Talk:Waxing

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Waxing is accomplished by spreading a wax combination thinly over the skin. A cloth or paper strip is then pressed on the top and ripped off with a quick movement against the direction of hair growth. This removes the wax along with the hair and dead skin cells, leaving the skin smooth. (www.about-hair-removal.com/waxing.htm):

How does waxing work?

1) Apply a thin layer of Wax in the direction of hair growth.

2) Place fabric strip on top, leaving the end of the waxing strip free for a firm grip.

3) Rub waxing strip vigorously to adhere it well.

4) Holding the skin taut, quickly pull the waxing strip in the opposite direction of hair growth. (Source http://www.ebodywax.com/howtousewax.html)

User:JamesTheNumberless|JamesTheNumberless]] 16:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Urban myth? 2 About The External Link 3 About Relevent External Link 4 Copyright infringment danger? 5 Images

[edit] Urban myth?

Does anyone know if this is true: Hair which has been waxed will grow to be longer then the original hair, i.e. if you wax your arm, when the hair re-grows. if not waxed again, will grow to be longer then before the initial waxing. --Fabio 01:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

This is not true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.122.187 (talk) 07:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

This is untrue. In fact, after repeated waxing, some hair refuses to grow back at all. After shaving, however, when hair grows back, it may seem longer and courser. The phenonemon here is that shaving gives the hair sharp edges, so it may seem longer or darker, though it is not. Hair that grows back after waxing, however, is normally soft and akin to the previous hair. HTH. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes I agree with what Frecklefoot has said. Waxing , in fact allows the hair growth to be reduced. it actually helps to lighten your hair growth and when you regularly get waxing done you yourself will observe the thining of hair from that particular area which is being waxed. for more on waxing stuff you can see this link www.geoamaan.com/entry/4/41/ Recommended Methods OF Hair Removal Hair Removal Guide

In order to answer the question of whether waxing really makes hair thinner, you need to understand what the structure of the hair follicle. I did extensive research on this subject and found that with waxing hair re-growth does become thin & sparce, and that shaving does make hair regrowth thicker. How so?

With waxing you pull hair directly from the root which means it will take some time before the hair actually regrows. If you wax every 8 weeks you'll notice that waxing session become much 10x less painful because the hair growth is sparce. Of course if you wait 1 year between waxing sessions then your hair will eventually grow. In many case its been proven that waxing has actually reduce there hair growth mostly on the arm, legs, chest and back.

I'm a body builder, ive been doing ebodywax sessions (entire body wax) for most of my career. Hair re-growth on my body (arms, legs, back, chest) is very thin and sparce. Here's a challenge: Wax one leg, shave the other. 16 weeks later take a picture and notice the difference. For those who have never waxed, you can get tips at ebodywax.com

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[edit] About The External Link

The following link is placed under the heading external link about waxing, but amazingly this link has nothing to do with waxing, I wonder if people at wikipedia pay a little more attention to the content of what is being posted on their pages instead of removing THE relevent stuff and keeping in the irrelevent junk on the main pages and misleading people.following is the link you can see yourself. I have edited from the main page as it doesnt need to be there its NOT relevent.

• [www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1139817600 The Waxing of Richard Christy] [Howard Stern]] staffer [Richard Christy]] underwent waxing on the air. This portion of the radio show is best described as half an hour of screaming.

[edit] About Relevent External Link

This article Hair Removal Guide http://www.geoamaan.com/index.php?View=entry&CategoryID=4&EntryID=41 is quite relevent with the waxing topic. It has great information about waxing techniques and tips. It also discusses the different methods of hair removal. There advantages and disadvantges are also given. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.2.162.253 (talk) 04:28, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright infringment danger?

Some parts of this article seem to be lifted word-by-word from

http://ezine-articles.com/?Waxing-Hair-Removal:-Answers-to-Frequently-Asked-Questions&id=82

(to view it, remove the dash in the domain name, it was blocked by the spam filter when I tried to post this)

It's the third result in a Google search of "waxing". Wich is pretty prominent. --W2bh (talk) 21:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

This article needs illustration, perhaps by a sequence of three or four images showing the wax being applied, the fabric strip being pressed on, and it being pulled off... maybe I'll take my camera the next time I go to my cosmetologist for a leg wax. KarenSutherland (talk) 08:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)