What is deep bikini waxing and how is it done?
Although connoisseurs of "natural beauty" still exist somewhere, in the modern world there are only a few of them, and most people will not at all appreciate the "increased hairiness" on the girl's body, accusing her of being sloppy and unwilling to take care of herself. The bikini area, at first glance, is not visible to outsiders, but in fact, any modern underwear will give its owner if she does not figure out what to do with the vegetation under it. Depilation of a deep bikini is designed to solve the problem.
What it is?
To begin with, you need to dot the i's once and for all: depilation and epilation are not the same thing. If epilation involves removing hair from the root, gives a long-term effect and in most cases is done in a beauty salon, then depilation is the removal of only the outer, visible part of the hair... This means that after depilation the hairline will soon grow back, but the procedure itself can take very simple forms - up to an ordinary shave.
The next task is to figure out what a "deep bikini" is. Again, just a bikini depilation should not be confused with the same deep bikini procedure, because they are different things. "Just a bikini" involves removing hair, primarily in the visible area - on the sides of the pubis and on the inner thighs.
Roughly speaking, depilation does not affect the area that is hidden directly under the panties. If we talk about depilation of a deep bikini, then we mean complete hair removal in the female intimate area in the broadest sense of the word - the hair is removed from the parts of the body visible to those around, and on the pubis, and between the buttocks, and even on the labia!
The skin becomes completely clean, like a girl's, and therefore it is aesthetically pleasing, and does not contribute to the accumulation of odors or the reproduction of bacteria, and sweating will significantly decrease.
Contraindications
Despite the all-round benefits of deep bikini depilation, in many cases the procedure cannot be carried out, which, as a rule, is associated with a health condition. At the same time, some prohibitions apply only to a certain method of depilation, but most are still universal and imply a complete rejection of such experiments.
If you are experiencing at least one of what is named in the list below, you should already give up independent experiments, instead contacting a salon or a doctor in order to get extremely accurate recommendations.
So, the main reasons, meaning that you should not rush to depilation of the intimate zone:
- any damage to the skin in the treated area, as well as genital herpes in the acute stage;
- diabetes and high blood sugar;
- heat;
- allergy to the components of wax or mixtures for sugaring (for appropriate methods);
- pregnancy, and when using laser depilation - and lactation;
- varicose veins;
- separately for laser depilation - malignant tumors even outside the treated area, problems with the cardiovascular system, mental disorders.
Ways of conducting
Although the final result is always the same, the amount of time you do not need to repeat the procedure differs depending on the technique used. In addition, each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, so in some cases, a beauty salon may even offer a combined hair removal technique. However, let's try to get a good idea of how each of the methods works.
Shugaring
This newfangled procedure by the principle of its action is very similar to wax depilation that has existed for thousands of years - with the difference that the compositions of the masses that help remove hair are fundamentally different. The word "shugaring" itself comes from the English word "sugar", because it is he who is the main ingredient for the mass.
You can experiment with sugar mixtures at home, while there are quite a few recipes for hair removal compositions, and you can choose additional components yourself to get a brighter effect, including skin nutrition, fortification or rejuvenation.
A clear advantage of shugaring in comparison with wax depilation is that it eliminates the possibility of ingrown hairs, as well as the fact that shugaring a priori involves light scrubbing with exfoliation of the keratinized upper layers of the skin. It is also considered less traumatic, although the master will always and in any case make it softer and safer than the amateur - the risk of bruises and burns due to ineptitude is present. The result of a professional deep bikini sugaring is not just hair removal, but also clean, soft, silky skin in the place where the hairline used to be.
In general, the result of the action of shugaring is clearly visible for two to three weeks, after which the hair begins to grow back. Nevertheless, the hairline after the very first procedure is no longer so striking - it becomes lighter, thinner and softer.
Professionals say that with each procedure the hair becomes less and less, but let's be objective and truthful - women go to shugaring for years, and their skin still does not become virgin naked.
Shaving
This technique is probably familiar to everyone, because already in adolescence, girls hardly immediately went to the salon for hair removal, and something had to be done with the vegetation on their legs. Shaving is the simplest method in terms of organization and conduct - a razor for a penny can be bought at any supermarket, no special preparation is required. Every woman has shaving skills and there is no need to take care of the skin after that, so we will not mention shaving at all in the relevant sections of this article.
Given the impressive accessibility of shaving and given the fact that in most cases it does not hurt, many young ladies still prefer to go to beauty salons for more complex and more expensive procedures. There are several reasons for this, and first of all, difficulties with shaving the intimate area: you can still achieve the desired effect on the pubis and the inner side of the thighs, but you can't really get into the area around the anus and you simply won't be able to capture all the hair with a razor.
It is even more difficult with the labia - the abundance of skin folds will lead to the fact that the intimate area will be all cut, and the hair will still remain! Even if you do depilation of a deep bikini in a kind of truncated form, then even on the pubis the consequences of the procedure will not be visible for long - in a few days the bristles will break through, which will be both hard and rather prickly.
Thus, shaving is underestimated by many young ladies precisely because such a procedure should be too regular, and in the understanding of a deep bikini, it is still not effective enough.
Depilatory use
To put it simply, a depilator is the same razor, only electric, so its use in a beauty salon is unlikely - this is a device purely for home use. Working with him also does not deserve special attention in the subsequent sections, so we will capture all the nuances right here.
The depilator is convenient because, when used correctly, it is safer than a razor - it does not have open blades that must be guided directly over the skin. The electric drive allows you not to press on the skin at all, but to conduct it only superficially - this is exactly what should be done, otherwise a conventionally safe device will nevertheless provoke irritation, which should not be normal. This unit is small and compact, and it is reusable, which means that compared to razors, you are less dependent on stores.
The main drawback of the razor - the extreme fragility of the effect - is logically observed in the depilator. In this case, the razor can walk along the pubis again as soon as it becomes rough, but the depilator can be used no more than once every couple of days - the minimum hair length should be at least half a millimeter. This means that the schedule for personal care must be correct.
But the depilator is a little more practical in situations where you need to work with hard-to-reach places - with its help you can try to gently get to the labia, thanks to which the depilation of a deep bikini can be considered complete.
As in many other options for depilation, it is advisable to carry out the procedure on steamed skin, since it is less stressful for it - you can use the tool literally immediately after a hot bath. For effective hair removal, it is necessary to carry out the tool against the growth of the hairline, but it is not necessary to press and exert efforts.
First, the depilator must be started at low speeds - thanks to this, the device will be able to catch hairs of different thicknesses, and the result will be better.
Wax strips
Everyone has heard of wax depilation, but in the deep bikini zone it has its own characteristics. Usually, in the intimate area, the hair is rather hard, dense and thick, therefore only hot wax can "take" them, and this procedure is recommended to be carried out exclusively in the salon. Without proper experience and deciding to carry out depilation on your own, you can run into trouble - from ingrown hairs to skin burns.
In addition, the procedure is hardly pleasant in terms of pain, but the master at least knows how to deal with it.
It is impossible to name the exact time when the hair will grow back again - too much depends on the individual characteristics of the organism.Usually, the period for hair restoration is estimated at two to four weeks. At the same time, many clients note that after the first procedure, the hair begins to grow a little slower, becomes weaker and softer.
Be mentally prepared for what might be painful. If, in principle, you can hardly endure even minor pain, it is better to warn a specialist about this in advance - you are not the only one with him, and cosmetologists have come up with various tricks like lidocaine lotion that can reduce the painful sensations. In addition, experts advise not to do wax depilation during menstruation, when the sensitivity to pain is generally increased, but they recommend taking up the issue in the late afternoon - thanks to this, pain will decrease.
How to Prepare?
If you have never done wax depilation of the intimate zone before, at least for the first time it is worth contacting a specialist - he will tell you about contraindications, and show how to do it, and give advice about subsequent care, and will probably recommend not to do it yourself. It is important to remember that using wax in the groin is very different from its use in any other places, since the bikini area is, in principle, the most delicate and very sensitive, it is extremely easy to hurt yourself here.
A couple of days before the procedure, it is worth limiting the access of ultraviolet radiation to the area planned for treatment - no beaches and solariums.
Preparation for deep bikini sugaring is generally very similar to preparation for wax depilation, with the difference that sugar formulations are considered more gentle. It seems that there are no strict bans on beaches and tanning salons before the procedure, but it can be assumed that a minimum of stress for the skin before the test is good news. In all other respects, the preparatory procedures are identical.
How do they do it?
Wax depilation in the salon will take about 20-30 minutes of time. First, the wax, which is usually chosen for the needs of the bikini zone, is hard and looks like polymer, is melted in a wax melt, and the skin itself is cleaned, degreased with a special lotion, dried and sprinkled with talcum powder so that the wax sticks only to the hairs. When the mass has melted, the master quickly applies it in a thin layer onto the skin using a special spatula in the direction of hair growth.
While the wax is not frozen, strips of cloth or paper are urgently glued to it - they will pull for them to tear off the frozen mass, although some types of compositions can be used without such strips. The hardened mixture is torn off with a sharp movement, in the direction against the growth of the hair, after which the remaining wax is removed with a special agent or any oil (some compounds can be washed off with ordinary water), and the skin is covered with a cooling lotion.
The technique is considered quite effective, but individual hairs can still remain.
The scheme for performing shugaring of the deep bikini zone is practically the same: everything happens almost letter by letter in the same way. To begin with, the area planned for treatment is wiped with lotion and sprinkled with talcum powder, because sugar mass, like wax, can equally well stick to the skin, causing unnecessary pain when torn off.
The mass for shugaring is applied to the skin in a thin layer and slightly pressed, however, shugaring, unlike wax, usually does not imply any stripes - it is torn off directly, with your hands, grasping the protruding solidified edge. After hardening, it remains to rip off the sugar chunks in the direction of hair growth, then wipe the intimate area with an ordinary damp cloth and moisten with lotion.
Skin care after depilation
Wax depilation, despite its impressive popularity, is not only painful, but also quite traumatic for the skin.Doing this at home, a woman runs the risk of "rewarding" herself with bruises and even minor bruises, which, if the procedure is performed correctly, must completely heal in a couple of days at most.
If this did not happen, but pustules have formed, an urgent need to go to a dermatologist, because it may be about infection.
Skin irritated by wax depilation will need to be protected. One cream for early healing will not get rid of - it is necessary to forget for three whole days not only about beaches and solariums, but also about public baths and saunas, because inappropriate heating is possible here too, and when swimming in common reservoirs it is easy to catch an infection through a wound. On the first day after waxing a deep bikini, it is also not advised to swim in the bathtub and use scrubs with washcloths - only a warm shower is allowed and no more.
Although sugaring differs from wax depilation in its relatively gentle attitude to the skin, it can also violate its integrity., especially since in essence it is also a scrub. After such a procedure, the restrictions are completely similar to those described above - no bath on the first day, and without bathing and sunbathing in public places, you will have to do three days.