Prep and aftercare
Prep, the room and aftercare
General guidance that your esthetician confirms at your visit. It may change for your skin or the service.
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Step 1: Before you come
Hair about a quarter inch long. Clean, dry skin with no lotion on the area, and no scrubs or exfoliating products for two days before.
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Step 2: In the room
Your esthetician says each step before she does it, tests the wax on her own wrist and pauses whenever you ask.
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Step 3: Right after
A cool compress or a soothing mask, and a few minutes to sit. Wear loose clothes home.
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Step 4: The next two days
No hot baths, saunas, tanning or hard exercise. Sunscreen outside, and don't scrub or pick.
Details
Short notes that help
Hair length
About a quarter inch, or a grain of rice. Skip shaving for about two weeks first.
Skin products
Skip scrubs and exfoliating products on the area being waxed for two days ahead of a visit, and for two days following.
Heat and sun
No hot baths, saunas or tanning for two days. Put sunscreen on outside.
Clothes
Loose and soft, so nothing rubs the area for the rest of the day.
Exercise
Hold off on hard exercise and swimming for a day or two, until the area feels normal.
Hands off
Don't scrub, pick or scratch. If something feels wrong, call us and we'll talk it through.
Ask first
When to ask your doctor before you book
Tell your esthetician at the visit, so she can plan around it.
You are pregnant or might be
Ask your doctor before you book.
You use a prescription skin medicine
Ask your doctor before you book, and tell us which area it is on.
A doctor is managing a skin condition
Ask your doctor before you book.
On the tray
What is laid out in the room before a wax visit.
Sample photos.
Book a time
Choose a time on the booking page, or send a message and we'll reply by text or email.