Skin reaction after waxing-folliculitis?

[Cindy1005]

Hello Wax experts,
I have a male friend who agreed to let me wax his upper chest and back for my waxing case study recently. He usually uses cool wax strips from the pharmacy and reacts -rednesss, irritation, acne for days afterwards. He never had a professional wax. I used Hive warm honey wax and the Hive tea tree pre/post wax lotions which I got with my Hive waxing kit. He was rather pleased with the results- his skin was slightly red afterwards but settled down after a couple of hours. He had no irritation for about 2 weeks, then he had the acne appear. It may be folliculitis but settled down after a few days. He wants me to wax him again before he goes on holiday to the beach next week. What can I do to prevent this reaction? He seems sensitive, although he tolerated the Hive wax much better than the cool wax strips. Are there any specific wax products you would recommend I use on him? Is waxing contraindicated in his case? I would appreciate your advice.

thank you

 

[Jack Dunn]

With a lot of guys unless they follow the aftercare often it can happen.

What type of aftercare did you provide for him?

I do a lot of chest waxing and often men have no experience of aftercare and how to maintain the skin after waxing so we need to give them clear and detailed aftercare guidelines.

With these things prevention is often better than cure so I discuss aftercare during the treatment and at the end of the waxing I give them written aftercare guidelines for them to take away and read at home..

The chest does for most guys have a tendency to react if its not looked after properly.

I recommend three products that make a huge diffrence ; firstly they need to keep the skin clean and fresh and an anti bacterial skin wash, or a tea tree based product is best, then they need to introduce light exfoliation after the skin has settled and only 2/3 times a week , this combined with a daily moisturiser to keep the skin soft does make a huge difference.

I do also suggest that those clients that tend to react that taking anti histamine ( if they are able to take this) can help the chest settle and lots of my clients do this and find it really helps.

HTH Jack

 

[Cindy1005]

Dear Jack,
I did give him the usual aftercare advice re swimming/very hot showers, no perfumes or exfoliation for at least 24hr etc. I used the tea tree oil aftercare lotion, but I doubt he applied anything antibacterial after that. I don't know if he does moisturize and exfoliate regularly, I doubt it though and he's not used to waxing like you said. The rash occurred about 2 weeks after waxing. I will be sure to pass on your advice and get him some tea tree oil aftercare lotion to use at home to help this from reoccurring. Thank you for your advice, I really appreciate it.

Cindy