I tend to believe waxing your legs is a lot like child birth. While in the middle of it you start to question your decision to take the adventure you are currently on due to pain. Soon after the event itself you are touching the baby soft skin of your child’s or your legs and suddenly you have no recollection of the pain. Maybe if I only had to wax my legs once every 5 years the pain memories would go completely away, but since this is done once every 6-8 weeks I had to find a way to dull the pain of waxing.

Pain Free Leg Waxing

This first thing I thought was I must be doing something wrong. There should be an easier way to wax my legs. I hit the net hard to confirm I was doing the right things and found a bunch of youtube.com videos, some very helpful and others disturbing. I did not know who to believe. In order to get some answers I decided to go once and examine the way a professional did the waxing. Boy was I glad I did! Not only did she assure me I was doing it right, but she gave me some wonderful tips to help reduce the pain of waxing. I was told to do everything you can to dull your nerves, open your pores, and relax.

Tips For Pain Free leg Waxing

There are several ways to dull your nerves prior to waxing. One of my favorite is to take a few aspirin about a half hour before the wax itself. As a helpful hint I was advised not to drink alcohol or coffee the day of the waxing. Even though you might think this will be helpful and have a calming effect in the long run it is not worth it. Instead of dulling your nerves it actually makes your skin much more sensitive.

Also, do not use ice to dull the pain. This was a mistake I made and will never do again. What made me believe freezing my legs before pouring hot wax onto them and ripping hair deeper than skin level was a good idea? Trust me. It is not a good idea! One of the best ways to get your skin less sensitive is by buying numbing creams. There are a lot of products made specifically for this issue and can often be found right next to the waxing strips or products.

Having your pores open will allow the hair on your fall out much quicker and easier. This will help you greatly and is yet another reason why numbing your legs with ice is a bad idea. What I find helps greatly is a warm, not hot, shower. A good 15 minutes in the steam will open the pores right up. It will work even better if you use some body scrub to remove the dead skin on the legs as well. Do be careful not to use too hot of water. You do not want to irritate your skin before you wax it and do not put lotion or any type of ointment on your skin after your shower. This will just tighten the pores you are trying to open.

Relaxing is easier said than done when you know what is coming, especially if you have had a bad experience with waxing in the past. Remember to breathe. Also avoid any type of stress. For example, one of the big stresses I had for waxing was the mess. I never knew how long to warm the wax for, or how to apply it without it getting everywhere. One of the best solutions I found was buying waxing strips like the ones I mentioned in my how to wax your eyebrows article. By having these pre-waxed strips it took all the guess work out of it. I no longer had to microwave the wax and try to hurry and apply, place strip, rub and rip. Holding the strip in my hands for just a moment or two was all I needed to do and I have gotten the same results.