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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Mike on October 15, 2014, 12:23:11 PM

Title: Waxed scalp
Post by: Mike on October 15, 2014, 12:23:11 PM
About 4 years ago, I tried to wax my head at home with one of those cheap kits from Walmart. My hair wasn't long enough and I didn't know what I was doing so it was a disaster. A friend went to schook for waxing and posted on her facebook that she wanted to try waxing a scalp just to say she did it. Well, I took her up on the offer. It took exactly a month to get my hair to the 1/4" required. Last night was the night, we got started and found out it was better for both of us if she used smaller strips and did it chunk by chunk. After about 3 1/2 houre we were both tired so called it a night. It is about half finished, the other half will be done on Saturday. Overall the pain wasn't too bad because she used a good wax. Other than maybe 20 stray hairs, it is smooth amd no shadow! Right now it just feels like I have a sunburn.
Title: Re: Waxed scalp
Post by: Sly Red on October 15, 2014, 02:01:27 PM
Mike, glad to see that you are Sly again.  Frankly, I don't get what the advantage of waxing is.  I've had very small areas waxed to clean up my eyebrow line and it hurt like hell.

Red
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Post by: baldaholic on October 16, 2014, 02:05:28 AM
wow Mike!
this is amazing - can you post some pics?
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Post by: Tyler on October 16, 2014, 08:53:58 AM
I'm thinking you have a high pain tolerance.
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Post by: slybeard on October 16, 2014, 09:04:32 AM
So now that you did it, will you do it again?  I have heard that waxing becomes easier and less painful after it has been done a few times.
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Post by: zetaeffe on October 16, 2014, 10:09:40 AM
Look forward to hear about the final results!  O0
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Post by: zetaeffe on October 16, 2014, 10:25:35 AM
So now that you did it, will you do it again?  I have heard that waxing becomes easier and less painful after it has been done a few times.

I can speak about tweezing, but it works the same way: yes it gets way less painful because after the first time there's much less hair to pull out.
So it gets less and less painful if you keep doing it. If you let alll the hair grow back then the more hair the more pain.
Title: Re: Waxed scalp
Post by: Bizarro on October 22, 2014, 03:16:25 AM
This is really interesting!

Mike are you going to keep waxing your scalp? We want to se the result!

Zetaeffe is our Master Tweezerer :D How many times do you have to tweeze your scalp in a month? eyery week?

Is waxing/tweezering the best way to get a real shadow free BALD head?
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Post by: 02kpjw@gmail.com on October 22, 2014, 11:42:10 AM
I will stick with a sharp razor.   Waxing sounds just too painful
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Post by: Goatee on October 22, 2014, 12:34:02 PM
Plus, if you do half now and then half on saturday isnt your hair going to grow back patchy?
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Post by: Semi-Sly on October 22, 2014, 12:53:58 PM
I used to have my back and shoulders waxed regulary; until I broke down and had them lasered.

When waxing consistently every 4 to 6 weeks the hairs tended to grow back in more fine in texture.  When I let it go for 6 months or more, (like when I was deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan) it would grow back in to its original consistency.

I got really tired of the expense and frequency of waxing so when I got it lasered.  After numerous lasering sessions all of the hairs that had color in them have died.  The hairs that had already turned white or grey were unaffected by the laser and still grow as normal.
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Post by: agentfortyseven on October 23, 2014, 01:19:43 AM
Sounds like quite the experience, although no shadow would be pretty sweet! I let a gal wax my chest once and holy hell once was enough! Let us know how it turns out
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Post by: meanderthal on October 24, 2014, 02:21:04 AM
I am very eager to see the results. I have wanted to try waxing for a while.  Though I love to shave, i want the daily smooth without all the daily effort!
Title: Re: Waxed scalp
Post by: slymyke on October 24, 2014, 09:04:37 AM
I'm not sure if I would want to start waxing my head, since you would have to let it grow out to 1/4" each time.  That is a whole lot of time with an un-smooth head.  Plus, how did you manage to wait for four days until Saturday to have her finish the other half? 

She must have been a good looking friend... ;) >:D
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Post by: Goatee on October 24, 2014, 11:23:44 AM
The only thing i would wax is the wooden fireplace!! lol
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Post by: MooFacer on January 02, 2017, 12:54:48 AM
Does it take a long time to get stuff to grow back if you wax it?
Title: Re: Waxed scalp
Post by: Tyler on August 27, 2017, 11:35:26 AM
Did you wax your scalp?