Today, I decided to use an at-home waxing kit for the first time to get rid of the hair on my upper lip. After experiencing the trauma of waxing, I fell asleep. A few hours later, I woke up to see that I now have acne everywhere I had waxed. I have an acne mustache. FML
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Today, I had my back waxed to deal with the uncontrollable hair growth. Afterwards, I broke out in numerous pimples where the hair used to be. Basically, a lose-lose situation. FML
Today, I realized that my boyfriend really does have a problem with my upper-lip hair. I woke up this morning to him ripping a wax strip off of my face. All he could say after I stopped shrieking was that he had hoped it wouldn't wake me up. FML
Today, I wanted to look really good for my date. I was a little self-conscious, so I decided to use Nair on my upper lip just in case I had a female mustache. Unfortunately, it turns out I'm allergic to Nair. Now I DO have a mustache. A rash mustache. FML
Today, I tried to bleach my upper lip hair. I now have a bright red mustache. FML
Today, I waxed my upper lip hair. My boyfriend later told me that he missed my mustache rubbing onto his. FML
Today, I decided to wax my own eyebrows with a Do It Yourself kit from the pharmacy. I'm now missing half of my right eyebrow. FML
Today, I wanted to remove my mustache hair with hot wax. The hair is still there, but my skin is all burnt dark brown. Tomorrow is my first day at school. FML
Today, I decided to wax my eyebrows. My entire eyebrow came off. FML
Today, I went to the hair salon to cut 6 inches off my hair. When I got there, I decided to get my upper lip waxed for the first time. When my boyfriend came to pick me up for our date, I asked if he noticed anything different about me, the first thing he said was, "I see you got rid of your mustache." FML
Today, I was getting my chest waxed. The woman dipped the stick into the wax and hit her elbow, making wax fall into my eyes. FML
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stryder9090 28
I mustache you a question...WHY?!
llamarrama01 21
Leaving the hair would've shaved you the embarrassment.
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ohSNAPyall 27
Maybe your skin is just irritated. Try some aloe vera.
whale_fail44 13
that has happened to me in the past. I found that using baby powder before waxing helped a little. And it didn't hurt as bad :)
Cely988 29
That happens because when you wax the hair, you pull out the root as well and so the pore is left open and it gets clogged easier. I wax my upper lip & that happens to me as well but after a while my skin clears up. Just wash your face regularly and everything will go back to normal :)
smhsmh 13
Don't worry it's gonna go away soon
askullnamedbilly 33
If you have small red dots where your hair used to be, that's actually pretty normal and they should be gone by tomorrow. If your skin is really irritated, swollen and looks like actual acne, it might be too sensitive for a method as harsh as pulling the hair out by its roots. Try shaving, the whole 'your hair will grow back darker and thicker' thing is a myth anyway.
a1_z9 10
If her upper lip doesn't like waxing (assuming she used face-specific wax!) it's likely shaving could irritate it too! While it doesn't actually thicken the hair it does make the tips blunter so you get that lovely stubbley feeling. There's plenty of different methods to try though.
ohSNAPyall 27
You could have your upper lip threaded.
YouKnowIMeantMe_ 21
Happened to me only once and was because of the wax brand. I don't know why it happened, but I changed brands and never happened again.
a1_z9 10
It should fade in a bit if you let your skin rest, just be glad you didn't decide to do a test patch in the 'hitler' area instead!
WhatHappenedToIt 22
Maybe it was a reaction and your allergic to the wax? I had my legs waxed once and I broke out in hives everywhere they waxed. Didn't know before hand. Now I get laser done. Much nicer :)
emporiumprincess 11
I was about to say the same thing... I had a major allergic reaction to wax and had to go on steroids to make it go away. A good option for your face is threading- I do that... A lot faster than tweeting, gets ALL the little hairs, actually gets more hair than waxing. No reactions because no products are used... BIG fan of threading
Sheepalicious 20
Time for some ProActive!
foxy_grampa 19
Are you sure they're not just hives? Could be an allergic reaction to something with the waxing kit. Either way, that's not very fun to deal with
greencurtains74 11
I just use some little scissors on mine. But mine is thin and blonde so that may or may not work for you