Confessions of An Esthetician - My First Shave

Shaving intimate areas wasn’t something I was taught growing up or after I was married. While I can’t remember my first wax experience, I can remember my first shave experience. Why? Because it happens to coincide with birth of baby #2.

I ended up in the hospital almost 3 weeks early with a breech baby. A footling breech. I ‘thought’ that I might be in labor and that’s why I showed up there. The nurse checks me, runs out in the hall, and sticks me with a shot to stop labor because guess what? I was dilated to an 8. Yikes!

From there, it was a whirwind where I signed a bunch of papers, the OBGYN, anesthesiologist, surgical team, etc was called in. The husband was lost in the hospital, but baby was born less than 40 minutes after arriving from the hospital. One of the things that was done was my belly and top was shaved. And to top that off (no pun intended), it was a very quick, dry shave.

I might not remember all of the details 18 years later, but the thing I remember most about the whole experience wasn’t the shave itself. It was what happened afterwards. My skin was irritated and sensitive. And then the hair started to grow back. Can we just talk about the itching?! Hahaha!

A few years later, I learned about Brazilian waxing. And the difference between the skin irritation, itching and growing process was night and day difference. Cannot or will not ever go back! If you haven’t tried intimate waxing before, I’d like to personally invite you to try it this year. 2022 is the year of the Brazilian.

Don’t forget to

Breathe. Let Go. Relax.

Zoey Jolley, LE