My excruciating “hell” like personal experience of body waxing

Do you know that the devil himself appears before all the men when they go for body waxing?

I have always been intrigued by the idea of body waxing, and wondered how a perfectly smooth hair-free skin would feel like. Yet, there were quite a few inhibitions as this is not something that you would associate with a man. And even if I decide to go ahead, there are two prerequisites, which I am pretty sure are not going to be met:
 — First, it has to be a men’s only waxing salon!
 — Secondly, it has to be a male therapist (I still get uncomfortable even with the idea of a stranger lady touching my body 😔. I guess I am still too shy for that!)

I don’t know why but for some reason I decided to give it a try.

Recently I decided to put all my inhibitions aside and jump right into it. Often, great things happen when you do not think too much and jump right into. Or so I thought!

I googled for wax salons in my area and to my astonishment found one (and only one) that met the abovementioned criteria! It had very few google reviews but all great ones, and very expensive as well. I immediately booked an appointment.

The first thoughts were scary — in fact very very scary!

What is this shady place I have come to! It was on the top floor of a relatively unpopular mall. It was early Saturday morning — not many shops had opened, there was black tainted glass at the saloon entrance, the lights inside the salon were dim, and there was very less movement outside the shop! Only missing thing was a board outside the salon stating, “Welcome to Hell!”

Could it get any more shadier? I don’t think so!

I was thinking of cancelling my plans and to never ever return, when the male therapist opened the door and invited me in.

At my first thought, it appeared that the therapist had been appointed by the devil. But I was so wrong! He was the devil himself!

There was a soothing aroma in the room, and the therapist was a professional. He explained to me the procedure, all the after treatment body care tips — and all I was thinking “There is still time to run 😦!”

I asked him will it hurt — “Just a little bit” he said. Rumor is that he teaches a course on Udemy — “How to lie bluntly and effortlessly to the face?”

The Operation theatre!

“Is he going to remove my kidney and sell it in a black market?”

That was my first thought when I entered into that room. It had a long table in the middle, just like you see in an operation theatre, and a very large LED light stand by the side, just like you see in an operation theatre.

And everywhere on the wall were advertisements of hair transplant and erectile dysfunction. Trust me, it was not going well and I so wanted to run away — but was there something mixed with the aroma that made me stay? I would never know!

So it began!

And in no time, I had my shirt stripped off! and the therapist started with my arms. He had a very elaborate expensive looking setup with nice wax bottles and different types of wax strips. He immediately applied white transparent wax on my arms that felt sticky and lukewarm. He took out the wax strips, rubbed it on my skin — and before I could even understand what is happening, he stripped of the wax strip with a sound ‘Phhtt’ — and I screamed as I had not in a long long time!

And that guy did not even stop! I kept screaming, and he kept rubbing and ‘Phhtt’, and rubbing and ‘Phhtt’. My mind was still trying to process whether this scream is from the first ‘Phhtt’, or the second, or the ones that came after. Yet the process did not stop.

He tried to divert my attention by saying, “I have been doing this for past 30 years and was the first male only wax salon in this city. Now I see more and more men coming for body waxing. And the wax that I use, it is the best ice wax from France.”

But all I could hear was rubbing and ‘Phhtt’, rubbing and ‘Phhtt’.

Did he earlier said, “Just a little bit pain”?

That guy is a good therapist but can be a great professional liar!

And there is blood involved!

All the hair follicles that are removed, you can see all the tiny drops of blood spread throughout your skin. In no more than 10 minutes, I had both my arms waxed.

The person grinned and said, “Your arms are shivering.” “Dude, you should be glad that just my arms are shivering!”.

I gathered courage and with teary eyes finally told him to stop. I was glad that I am still alive, and that I still have my kidneys.

I think we should stop here. This is the first time, and I want to see how my body reacts to it before going any further!

You can see that I am good at making reasonable excuses. But both of us knew what is the truth. He agreed — rubbed my arms first with wax oil, then with very fragrant jasmine oil, and finally with a moisturizer. I put on my shirt, and came out of the operation theatre. And for these 10 minutes of round trip to hell, I ended up paying him more than 100 dollars! I have not earned this much from writing more than 50 articles on Medium over the past two months!

Ever seen a devil grin? I saw it first hand that day when leaving the salon!

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To the masters who rule the Hell!

I suggest you consider body waxing for male among the most dreaded punishments.

All the sinful men would have to get their body waxed, their hair would regrow by night, and next day they would have to get their body waxed again! Until they have repented all their sins.

And then spread this news to Earth. This is sure to make Earth a better place to live.

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To all my readers who have come so far in this article, I request your attention here. Behind all this story, there is a deeper thought at play.

Do women have a higher pain bearing capability than men?

When God created women, someone asked God that He has created such a soft and delicate structure, how is she even going to survive in the world.

To which God replied, “The softer she might appear on the outside, she carries immeasurable strength and power on the inside.”

The pain I could not bear for even a single instance, there are women who have been doing this willingly through out their lives!

If you research the internet on whether women can bear more pain, you would find research that is evenly divided on this topic, and hence I would refrain from making any conclusion here. But one thing is certain, a woman’s body experiences much more pain during here lifetime than a man’s body, including the one arising from frequent changes in hormonal cycles and periods.

Maybe God knew that men cannot bear the pain during childbirth, and hence He trusted women with this! Maybe!

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To all the ladies reading this!

If you are getting your body waxed for yourself and because it makes you feel good, You do you girl! More power to you!

But if you are doing this for your stupid husband/ male partner, trust me they have absolutely no clue what you go through.

Do this one simple thing, and send them to the nearby devil’s workshop once. They will come back loving you much more!

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To all the men who have never tried this!

I suggest you go out there and try it out once. After all! we love adventure sports don’t we!

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P.S. I would not care about the cold weather for the next few days and am totally flaunting my newly acquired super smooth baby skin. My sensation has heightened and even the cold water touching the skin feels very different. I am still recovering from the after wax redness and tiny bumps, so any suggestions from anyone are totally welcome 😃!

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