Eyebrow Wax - Who knew?

[CurleeDST]

Hello All,
> >
> >I had to take it upon myself to inform all of my girlfriends about
> >Jonsey and today's Funk. Well for my south and central jersey folks who
> >can't get hot 97 I will share today's funk with you. Please pay close
> >attention this can really affect all of us.
> >
> >This woman called in and said that one day her co worker came in and
> >her eyebrows were looking sharp and asked her where did she go to get
> >them done. The girl told her King Nails in Harlem and that she should
> >go because they are really good. The woman went and proceeded to have
> >her eyebrows and lip waxed. Two weeks later she realized that her lip
> >and eye brows were breaking out in puss filled bumps all over. She went
>
> >to the doctor's office and they sadly informed her that she had Herpes.
> >The married woman who stated that she never cheated was wondering how
> >she possibly got herpes not only on her lip but on her eyebrows.
> >
> >Well Ladies if you ever take the time to notice these people never use
> >a new stick. The same stick stays in that wax and if someone has herpes
> >those bacteria is now on the stick and now the bacteria festers and
> >grows in the hot wax.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >So Ladies, this would be a great time to invest in your own tweezers
> >and sharpen your skills. Or find a place that provides threading
> >technique.
> >

[nicki6]

EEEWWWWWW!!!!! Thanks for this info. As I read it, I realized that the salon I visit does use the same stick all the time, too!!

[CurleeDST]

I get my eyebrows threaded by this woman from India. No wax over here.

[LaNecia]

Thanks for posting! I'll keep doing my own! :ohwell:

[honey_jammz82]

I heard her call in as well, I was grossed out. I do not let anyone wax my lip anyways, I am too emberassed, I do it myself!

[victorious]

Eeew! I get mine done irregularly. I'm off to search for self waxing kits and tips now.

[CaribbeanQueen]

That is disgusting. So basically this woman has the disease for life cuz this salon was too cheap to use new stick? I would sue.

[Nefertiti0906]

:eek: Que Horor! I'm so glad I get mine threaded.

[bluediamond0829]

I actually heard about this from a lady i use to work with that was from New Jersey...

[cece22]

I think even if you use a new stick, that stick is constantly being dipped in the wax even for the same person. You would have to use a new stick everytime you dip in the wax otherwise the wax is contaminated. This comes at a good time when I went on Sunday and I noticed how she used the same stick, scissors and tweezers with out sterlizing on everyone. Some people have bumps on there face and if it is open or pussing eeww. I knew something could happen from this but I didn't think Herpes. I am freshly waxed I am going to try to maintain plucking them.

[SplashAtl]

Thank God I get mine threaded

[ms.sweetevie]

Now I'm scared. Maybe i should invest in an at home kit. :ohwell: Is it difficult?

[Vitality]

Alrighthy then....that's so disgusting, but it's possible. I have to find a eyebrow threader in the Austin area, any one know where can I go...

[NewYorkgyrl]

When I was back in NY I always got my eyebrows threaded. Now I am on Philly for school and I can't find ANYONE TO DO IT! So I have been waxing and I hate it.

[Guapa1]

Wow, I appreciate the woman who threads my eyebrows even more now!

[Koffie]

Wow, I appreciate the woman who threads my eyebrows even more now!

Girl, ME TOO!!!!

[lydc]

ewwwwww. I'm so glad that I don't get my eyebrows waxed anymore (especially after having them burn my skin), thank goodness for threading.


Alrighthy then....that's so disgusting, but it's possible. I have to find a eyebrow threader in the Austin area, any one know where can I go...

I don't live in Austin, but I found this.

http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/39490235/austin_tx/tara_s_salon_and_spa.html

[bajanplums1]

I had a close call in 2000. My bf wanted to clear it all off down there. So I went to what I thought was a reputable salon in a ritzy neighborhood for my first wax ever. I contracted a fungus. At first my GYN did not know what to make of it, she was about to give me a biopsy after the 3d visit and then the culture came back a fungus. The wax was contaminated.


I have never waxed since that day. I thread my eyebrows and I shave down there, vry scary. There are no laws regulating nail salons.

[JazzyFLPeach]

Ladies, I just wanted to share this information with you from snopes.com


http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/eyebrow.asp

HTH

[vevster]

I didn't realize that so many ladies on the board get threaded! I thread my brows too and I wax my own legs.