Dangers of Over-waxing

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Jan 20, 2012

Kim P.

Me and my mom work at a hair salon and i clean up there twice a week and she waxes her 'stache' and brows like every three weeks, if not, two weeks... i'm so telling her about this in the morning lol

Elite

Jun 18, 2011

I agree 100% with this article, I actually wax for a living but i encourage my clients to wait at least a month in between waxed to let the skin heal and to prevent early aging. I do however use the "hard wax" and it seems to be alot better on the skin then the " soft wax" that most people use.

but being in this industry for a while i have definitely seen people over wax, i have some clients insist on coming every two weeks, and i think that is just too much

Jun 16, 2011

Emily S.

I personally dislike waxing for my sensitive skin. I love threading as an alternative for my skin, but since I moved out of NYC I have not been able to find a salon that offers threading anywhere, so I picked up a spring hair remover. It's safer than waxing and acts in the same fashion as threading; it's not recommended for eyebrows though. For my brows I just have them waxed once in a blue moon and maintain them myself with good old tweezers and scissors.

Elite

Jun 16, 2011

Wafi A.

Uh oh. I wax every two weeks. I used to thread, but it hurt too much. I used to thread my entire face, but I only wax certain areas. Hmm... definitely going to rethink waxing. I may go back to threading.

Elite

Jun 14, 2011

Krystal C.

Interesting look on waxing, I've never heard or thought it could be harmful... but I guess if you have sensitive/thin skin then I can definitely see how repetitive waxing could be harmful in the long run.

Jun 14, 2011

Yasmin K.

It's a fallacy that waxing leads to skin sagging. It's doesn't. Skin sagging is typically caused by either the muscles behind the skin becoming weak either through age, lack of use or illness. In some cases the muscle becomes weak or damaged due to apraxia which was caused by stroke. Pulling the wax off can indeed peel the dead layers of skin off but it won't cause muscle damage that would cause skin sagging.

The other way skin sags is due to the fat and collagen being lost due to age or diet but again waxing will not cause skin sagging.

As for " it takes your body a month or more to restore the layers of dead skin ripped off with the hair, so if you wax every two or three weeks, you'll make your skin more and more fragile". That is utter nonsense as well. Skin cells are replaced DAILY. When you wax the dead skin is being peeled off not live skin.

It just goes to show that most makeup artists have no background on anatomy or the skin and disorders of the skin - all of which is part of cosmetology. My respect to MUA who do go to school - either cosmetology or makeup artistry - and learn the foundation needed to take care of a client's skin and makeup.

Jun 15, 2011

Ning C.

Actually, Sammy studied plastic surgery before becoming a makeup artist, so he does have a background in medicine, anatomy and how the face (and skin) ages and sags. That's why we used him as an expert on this subject. At Beautylish, we choose our experts very carefully because we want to give the most accurate information to our readers.