A professional waxer has spilled the beans on what it's like to remove the bodily hair from women's nether regions for a living, and why she 'has never quite understood' clients who schedule sessions during their periods.
Writing anonymously for Refinery 29, Mrs X, as we shall call her, reveals: 'I've had clients where I've seen them before their first baby, and I gave them a Brazilian before they gave birth - which a lot of women request,' she writes.
'It's kind of like preparing them for a big life moment and giving them a little bit more confidence or control before this massive event happens.'
Mrs X adds that performing bikini waxes on heavily pregnant women is 'always really difficult' because they are more sensitive to pain, and, practically speaking, harder to reach.
She admits that post-birth, 'things down there change a little', and says she enjoys the sometimes decades-long relationships she garners with her clients.
Mrs X does have her fair share of horror stories.
'Nightmare' clients have included a woman who insisted on keeping and taking home every used piece of hard wax in paper towels, 'to see how much [hair] was removed'.
She also refers to a client who got 'turned on' during bikini waxes, and would 'moan' with pleasure every time she ripped a strip.
'Finally, I finished the service and left the spa room, but she ended up staying in there with the door closed for almost a half-hour,' Mrs X writes. 'God knows what was going on.'
Overall, however, Mrs X appears to find her job rewarding, and feels a sense of camaraderie with her clients during their intimate sessions.
'You're sort of in it together,' she concludes.
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