Hi. I wax men and women.
Skin in the groin area is easily irritated and or damaged. There are 4 likely causes of post wax trauma and rashes. In no particular order the cause may be
1. Friction trauma from an inexperienced therapist who hasn’t managed to support the skin
2, heat trauma - it’s been hot and wax hasn’t been cooling on skin as fast as usual, so skin may become over stressed and develop prickly heat type rashes
3. You have an allergy to something used in the wax - maybe the wax, or the lotions
4. You have a bacterial or fungal infection
Or any combination of the above.
Treating the problem is straightforward: a mildly medicated cream; clean underwear and loose, breathable clothing; a good but not obsessive hygiene routine, including a freshly laundered bath towel each day and a daily light dusting of mildly medicated body powder to absorb perspiration and keep the skin dry.
Avoid activities that make your skin sweat until the skin is healed, wash your bed linen regularly and wear freshly laundered cotton boxer shorts to bed.
Don’t pick, scratch or constantly touch irritated areas.
You can make up a salt wash spray using a teaspoon of salt in 500ml of water, popped into a spray bottle and spritzed on to the skin once a day to speed recovery. The solution should taste like tears - barely salty. A salt wash is drying so don’t carry on spritzing for more than 7-10 days, (depending on how helpful you find it).
When the skin is healed swop your prescription cream for a mild body lotion. Don’t exfoliate until the skin is properly healed.
You should see a substantial improvement within 3 days. If not, refer back to your doctor. You may need a different cream in a few days time.
Try not to worry and make sure to tell your therapist you had a dreadful reaction both when you book your next wax and again in the treatment room. They might want to test patch an area to exclude product related sensitivity.
