I'm hoping to do a comp next year, and wanted to ask a few questions about hair removal first...
1) Previous attempts at waxing kept me relatively hairless for a decent period of time (about 6 weeks from memory), particularly when I used a "hair regrowth inhibitor".
The problem was that I got some really nasty ingrown hairs - at least, I think that's what they were - lumps like zits about 1/2 an inch across, looked pretty bad, and took ages to go away... Not the kind of thing you want for a comp! Would this have been my technique at fault, and if I got it done professionally would it have been any bettter? Or is this just a part of waxing to be expected?
2) My trial run at shaving hasn't been a lot better.
I just did a trial patch at the top of each leg (inner thigh, where I figured the skin was most tender, and it was an easy area to hide, if things went wrong! :p) Thank god I did, because it's come up in some pretty severe razor burn... The follicle of each hair is really irritated - to the point of being like little zits that, when squeezed, ooze and pop (apologies to those with weak stomachs... :))
Now I know that skin can take a while to become accustomed to shaving, but irritation like that's ridiculous! Besides, it gets prickly after 12 hours, and I think you can still see the hairs, which are dark and coarse, under the skin (at least, when the irritation goes down)...
Basically, neither method seems to give the results needed for a comp... so how do other people do it?