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?
#Apply a thin layer of Wax in the direction of hair growth.
#Place fabric strip on top, leaving the end of the waxing strip free for a firm grip. 
#Rub waxing strip vigorously to adhere it well.
#Holding the skin taut, quickly pull the waxing strip in the opposite direction of hair growth.
(Source http://www.ebodywax.com/howtousewax.html)
JamesTheNumberless 16:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wax combinations

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

text: 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)
thread_title: Urban myth?

message: 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.
===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 disadvantages are also given.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.2.162.253 (talk) 04:28, August 29, 2007 (UTC) 
get your top lip waxed it will grow back thinker and sexy plus i lick toes  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.18.122.99 (talk) 11:07, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: About the external link

message: 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 disadvantages are also given.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.2.162.253 (talk) 04:28, August 29, 2007 (UTC) 
get your top lip waxed it will grow back thinker and sexy plus i lick toes  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.18.122.99 (talk) 11:07, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: About relevent external link 

message: Some parts of this article seem to be lifted word-by-word from  (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)
thread_title: Copyright infringment danger?

message: 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)
thread_title: Images

message: :"Also, if these areas are waxed, it may trigger hair growth that was not once there before"
Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? I'm not familiar with waxing or the research done on it, but it seems a bit questionable to me that if you wax an area with sensitive skin it will trigger hair growth if there was not hair growth there before. What is that based on? If this seems BS someone remove it or if it is relevant, please source it k? Tyciol (talk) 20:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Triggering new hair growth, source?

message: :If waxing is done regularly for several years, permanent hair reduction may be achieved
Where's the source for this? Is there research showing that plucking a hair from the root continuously negates the ability to regenerate the root? If not, I suggest this statement be removed. If someone supports this idea, please source it. Tyciol (talk) 21:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Leading to permanent hair removal, source?

message: This appears in the Benefits and Drawbacks section:
Waxing can be very cheap if you make the wax yourself, consisting of a simple solution of sugar, water, and lemon.
That doesn't make wax.  It makes lemonade.  I'm removing it.--99.164.63.47 (talk) 05:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lemonade? 

message: I'm flagging this section. Miley Cyrus destroying the self-esteem of little girls is the topic of the waxing page?
Bleedingcherub (talk) 02:43, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV waxing children

message: I don't think that's really appropriate for here, maybe wikihow. I'll remove it and it anyone doesn't agree we can discuss. Ninja Wizard (talk) 23:45, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Waxing Tips

message: What sort of "wax" is used for hair removal?  From the recipes I've found online, most "wax" appears to actually be various concoctions of caramelized sugar with no actual wax involved.  Is this always the case? — Beetfarm Louie (talk) 09:52, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Composition of the "wax"