Down there hair!

Betty?
Wax, laser, or dye?

(The following is not for the faint of heart- but truly needed from what I have unfortunately already seen this last summer.)


Hmm- it is that time of the year when short shorts and bathing suits crop up all over the city. Now, what to do with the well ‘hair down there’ or newly polite termed “Betty”. Boys can have Johnsons’- polite term so now we have ‘Betty’s’.

Interesting conundrum. We have waxing where we can have a bikini wax- then a Brazilian or a full Brazilian that removes everything from front to back unlike the basic Brazilian that leaves a landing strip (in case I guess someone needs directions).

In the care and attention of our Betty’s we can wax or laser. Having once tried the wax process it is something I was not the least interested in trying again. Why? You go in have warm wax spread out on your body like a cake being iced with a spatula- muslin spread over the warm wax and the rip of a huge oversized bandage pulling the hair by the root out of your body. Ouch! I think I have a high pain threshold but to go through that again- only to have to repeat the procedure every 3 or 4 3 weeks was enough for me to head straight back to the drugstore for a good old-fashioned razor.

“It gets easier every time you go. “ one of my best girlfriends advised.

“It was not so bad,” advised one of my macho male friends- but he was speaking of his back- not the neither regions of his body. His eyes did get a funny sparkle when I told him what I was writing about and seemed to understand more then I did about the various different fashions about down-there-hair.

“So?” Nope not the deal for me for that kind of pain I wanted some assurance it was not going to turn into a lifetime obsession.

Then a few years ago another friend had to point out to me that as women age the private part hairline actually extends. “To protect the general public from older women showing too much that they should not show” was the kind explanation of this human oddity. Great, so as our behinds spread so does the hairline at the front ensuring we cover up so as not to insult the masses. Wonderful as we try to think of ways to thicken our hair and our eyebrows we get more hair there--- transplants? The gods of humanity truly do have a great sense of humour.

Interesting concept this laser, advised it takes 4 or 5 seasons to completely remove the offensive hair and anticipating never having under arm stubble again- as well as other stubble – was certainly something to draw me in. Then also told-‘Well maybe once a year you will need a touch up as the body produces new hair follicles all the time.’ Okay- but for the most part stubble free underarms and neat and tidy Betty regions are of interest to most of us women.

Apparently there is a numbing cream to apply one hour prior to your laser treatment to reduce the pain involved. That sounded a tad goopy and how would I be to judge the pain portion comparatively if I cheated on the laser section. I advise the no- goop and for me the pain was less then the one try at waxing. Also- the under arms area hurts more then the private parts for both techniques!

Just as this was all coming together for me I heard about another new invention- the dying of Betty? Yup not kidding. There is special dye for Betty- from Betty Beauty (bettybeauty.com) so you can mix and match so to speak or get funky with hot pink. What? Now how to be fashionable? Wax- so you can adjust to the newest craze or laser just a normal bikini leaving you styling options for later. Apparently, the Brazilian is now going out of style. Who knew?

So, for this season may we suggest wax for the maximum style adjustments? Nothing permanent here so you can change your mind with the ‘styles’. Laser the general area and then wax for styling purposes, laser the entire area and forget about maintenance. (not just for style but for some of us who are a tad lazy and don’t want to worry about upkeep)

Then the most versatile option. Laser the general area; go for waxes to change with the styles that are in at that moment (who ever comes up with this stuff?) and then you can dye what is left with Betty dye and change with your moods and outfit.

Shocking pink today—or for Valentines Day--then gone tomorrow!