# Apple Juice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259 "2000-06-03T03:19:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/1 "2000-06-03T03:19:49Z")

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Is it true that drinking a glass of apple juice before a bikini wax or plucking your eyebrows helps to dull the pain?

If so, how?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/2 "2000-06-03T03:25:37Z")

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Unless you unintentionally left out the word “fermented” between the words “of” and “apple juice” the answer would be no.

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> Is it true that drinking a glass of apple juice before a bikini wax or plucking your eyebrows helps to dull the pain?
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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/3 "2000-06-03T08:30:51Z")

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I doubt apple juice would have any sort of effect other than as a placebo. However, apple juice does taste yummy-yum-yum, AND, according to my old P.E. coach, can help clean out your digestive tract.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/4 "2000-06-03T13:52:17Z")

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My WAG would be that it gives your blood sugar a quick jolt, thus making you feel better for a few minutes and more able to deal cheerfully with the resultant “discomfort” (they don’t call it “pain”, do they?) 😃

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/5 "2000-06-04T01:32:22Z")

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I personally find it hard to believe, but a friend of my daughter swears that they taught her that in beauty school. I have since asked around and it seems like her school isn’t the only one teaching it.

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**Author:** ![Wood\_Thrush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice/21259/6 "2000-06-04T03:05:18Z")

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> Unless you unintentionally left out the word “fermented” between the words “of” and “apple juice” the answer would be no.  
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Isn’t fermented apple juice called apple _cider_?