Teen Waxing
(& Everything You Need to Know About it!)
Among teens and preteens, hair removal can be a sensitive and tricky subject to tackle (emotionally and physically)! A typical question among parents with teens is “what age should they be allowed to shave”? But, there are many parents who may not want to go down that route and may find themselves wondering if waxing is a viable alternative.
If you’re evaluating your teen’s hair removal options, here are several things to consider about waxing:
Is Your Child/Teen Feeling Self-Conscious?
If you’re wondering whether to let your teen get waxed, ultimately it depends on why they want and/or need it. Most people will agree that the main reason to allow your pre-teen/teen to get waxed is because they are feeling self-conscious about their body. If it’s clear that huge caterpillars are over their eyes, the issue can be easily taken care of!
Example: A mother agrees, saying she initially set a minimum age requirement of 16 before her daughters could wax or shave. “This was working fine for my older daughter; she never had an issue with it,” she says. “However my younger girl had quite thick, dark hair on her legs, and she was getting teased about it at school. It got to the point where she didn’t want to go to school, and was in tears about the teasing. She was 12 at the time. So I had to make a decision: what was going to be more harmful to her in the long run — waxing/shaving her legs or having her education disrupted and her confidence hurt by the teasing? When I looked at it that way, it was no longer an issue for me.”
It Minimizes Hair Growth
Waxing is advantageous because it reduces hair growth over time. Hair is hereditary, and it’s true, some people are just born with extremely dark and thick hair! Shaving only makes things worse over time. You have to do it more often and the hair gets thicker, darker, and more coarse. Waxing will help reduce the hair growth and make it much more thin and less noticeable. A lot of people will start off with home waxing kits when a child suggests they want to start waxing, but in reality…a professional bi-monthly waxing visit is much more cost efficient and keeps the hair growth clean and tidy!
You Can Bond Over a “Pamper Day”
As an added bonus to waxing, the sessions can be good time for bonding! A fun day out, laughing, getting pampered and connecting with each other!
Give Your Child Options
Ultimately, when determining whether your daughter/son should wax, parents should talk to them about the reasons for doing it. Discuss what it feels like, as well as all of the hair removal options. There are ups and downs to shaving, waxing, or using other hair removal methods. Offering a choice of sensible options will help your child make the right choice for themselves!
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Hi, thanks for the article, it can be useful for grown people as well.
If you shave is waxing gonna be more painful, as I read that thicker hair will hurt more if waxed? If you stop shaving and wait long enough for hair to grow back, will it get like before shaving or stay thicker. How much thicker?
Thanks! (:
HI! Thanks for your question. Yes shaving makes the hair shaft thicker and stronger which can result in more painful waxing. It is best to stay on a monthly waxing regimen so the hair can thin out and become lighter and finer. This makes it easier to wax and a more comfortable experience. If you begin to shave after waxing, the hair will begin to get stronger again, so it’s best to stick with your waxing schedule. Hope that helps! Elle
Hi! Thanks so much for your kind and positive response, sorry if I missed it at first as I didn’t expect it. Yeah it helps :), so even if I shaved for long time I only needs to take the plunge and resist the most discomfort for the first few times, then it’ll all over and it gets increasingly comfier and only very moderately painful, though it depends on many factors, cool ^_^. Yeah of course once you start waxing, you stop shaving for that zone of the body.
But does shaved hair get eventually thinner if you stop shaving and let hair fully grow until it sheds and recover the tapered, so waxing would be less painful almost as if you didn’t shave?
As in part it’s because of genes and cause we shave young and hair keep getting thicker on its own to an extent :D. As those who start at 18 usually grow more hair than those who start earlier on average.
Thanks so much again!
Hi! Thanks so much for your kind and positive response, sorry if I missed it at first as I didn’t expect it. Yeah it helps :), so even if I shaved for long time I only needs to take the plunge and resist the most discomfort for the first few times, then it’ll all over and it gets increasingly comfier and only very moderately painful, though it depends on many factors, cool ^_^. Yeah of course once you start waxing, you stop shaving for that zone of the body.
But does shaved hair get eventually thinner if you stop shaving and let hair fully grow until it sheds and recover the tapered, so waxing would be less painful almost as if you didn’t shave?
As in part it’s because of genes and cause we shave young and hair keep getting thicker on its own to an extent :D. As those who start at 18 usually grow more hair than those who start earlier on average.
Thanks so much again!
P.s.Sorry, I didn’t consider the indentation on my last message which makes it unreadable, can I repost it here while you can cancel it?
Hi! Thanks so much for your kind and positive response, sorry if I missed it at first as I didn’t expect it. Yeah it helps :), so even if I shaved for long time I only needs to take the plunge and resist the most discomfort for the first few times, then it’ll all over and it gets increasingly comfier and only very moderately painful, though it depends on many factors, cool ^_^. Yeah of course once you start waxing, you stop shaving for that zone of the body.
But does shaved hair get eventually thinner if you stop shaving and let hair fully grow until it sheds and recover the tapered, so waxing would be less painful almost as if you didn’t shave?
As in part it’s because of genes and cause we shave young and hair keep getting thicker on its own to an extent :D. As those who start at 18 usually grow more hair than those who start earlier on average.
Thanks so much again!
P.s.Sorry, I didn’t consider the indentation on my last 2 messages which makes *them* unreadable, can I repost it here while you can cancel them?
P.s lol, I got it wrong twice, unbelievable ^_^
Hi, you mean waxing is gonna hurt more if one starts shaving?
If so it can be a tough choice to make when so young as shaving is much faster and comfier.
If you shave less often they might not get thicker as fast ?
Sure shaving may be faster but the results are much less desirable. Waxing will leave the area hair free for weeks, shaving only lasts hours. The choice is ultimately yours to make 🙂
Hi, sorry for the misunderstanding, I should clarify the question was not for me personally, I’m not that young first, plus I’m a guy, though I shave/”manscape” regularly, especially in summer, lately considering waxing.
The observation is more about how if there wasn’t such pressure to start depilating su young, especially for girls, maybe they could choose their favourite method more calmly and consciously considering all pros and cons and maybe more would choose to wax so it won’t hurt near as much as if one turned to it first much later, especially for underarms :).
Thanks for your responses.