# so i'm waxing my pudendum . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720 "2001-07-16T20:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/41 "2001-07-17T19:48:35Z")
Yeah, it does say “15 minutes” max. I just wasn’t sure if I just got a sucky product. Okay, I’ll give it the ol’ college try and do it for 15 minutes next time. I already shaved my legs so I’ll have to wait until this weekend to try out the Sally Hansen again. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/42 "2001-07-17T21:00:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Jomo Mojo \*\* > I’ve been shaving my pubes for years … but I’m really tired of shaving — I can never do it there without drawing blood. Have you tried the Mach3? I hate to give in to fads, but that thing works. > [@](#): > > That leaves wax. > > Do you think any of those wax salons would do a man? Why not? …the technique can’t be too much different. :eek:Ye-ouch! Just the thought of it makes me cringe! You theorized that there should be no great difference in technique, but _come on_, women don’t have soft dangly-bits, they are mostly smooth, tight surface to work with rather than loose, hanging flesh. If you manage to pull this off (hehe, that’s a pun, son), let us know. 'Course, I suspect we’ll hear your screams from where ever we are before you regain consciousness enough to post. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/43 "2001-07-17T21:44:46Z")
I’ve said this before, but at the risk of sounding like some corporate shill: I shave, uh, down there- and I use the Gillette Mach 3. I have yet to nick myself (and if you ever have, you know that it just does NOT stop bleeding). That blade is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/44 "2001-07-17T23:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > **I’m afraid Coldy needs to take some anatomy lessons. 🙂** Feh. Vagina’s a decent cover-all term isn’t it? Yeah, sure, it’s the _inside_, technically. I should have said pudendum then? Me, a lowly educated Dutch small town boy? Bite me. 😛 Let me put it this way. I’m an end user in this respect. I don’t know what all that shit under the hood of my car is either, but I’m an **excellent driver**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/45 "2001-07-18T00:04:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > Let me put it this way. I’m an end user in this respect. I don’t know what all that shit under the hood of my car is either, but I’m an **excellent driver**. 😃 Let me just reiterate, since I haven’t said it in a while…I love Coldfire with all the love a girl from Chicago can have for a Dutchboy. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/46 "2001-07-18T00:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jomo Mojo \* > \*\* Do you think any of those wax salons would do a man? Why not? My money is as good as any woman’s, and the technique can’t be too much different. Have you heard of any unisex wax salons? > > No, really. I’m serious, this is not a joke. > \*\* 1. Find a neighborhood with a lot of gay men in it. 2. Find a full-service salon in said neighborhood (trust me, you’ll have _lots_ of choices). 3. Find a not-too-embarassing word for conveying what you want - full front wax? Not sure. Maybe “Brazilian wax” will get it across. 4. Make an appointment. 5. Get a prescription for Percodan. Take one beforehand. 6. RIP! A coupla points: ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/47 "2001-07-18T01:07:16Z")
(I hate it when I click wrong) OK, the points: if a salon posts prices for butt waxing (double ow!), you know you’re at the right place. I don’t think anyplace will wax yer balls. Much more fun to get someone’s help with shaving. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/48 "2001-07-18T01:19:25Z")
I don’t **have** balls but the thought of waxing them has me crossing my legs in self-defense. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/49 "2001-07-18T01:29:01Z")
Well, shaving one’s balls is no picnic either, I can tell you. But I go _very_ carefully and on occasion I’ve succeeded at it. You’re right, waxing them is out of the question. You know what, actually Gillette sent me a free sample Mach 3 in the mail last month, and daggone if it didn’t do a really smooth and bloodless job. But I needed a replacement cartridge, and yesterday instead of going and finding one, I just used a fresh Bic. Ye-owch. I bled. I’m never using Bic again! And that’s the whole “ball of wax”, to coin a phrase. ---
**Author:** ![SolarPhallusMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SolarPhallusMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolarPhallusMan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/50 "2001-07-19T15:10:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\* > I may be falling to the enticements of a troll (well, one DOES have to wonder about the likelihood of someone in possession of the parts denoted by the controversial term choosing the monicker “SolarPhallusMan” as her username)–but if I may put that aside for the moment and take her femaleness at, uh, face value, I must admit I have a problem with the way everyone else has a problem with what she chose to call her genital equipment. > \*\* Thankyou, I must say. Why should anyone be concerened with what I call my own body parts. Damnit! I should be able to refer to my vaginal area as alphagetti or tupperwear, or anything(well, maybe not alphagetti-that paints a nasty picture). It is the usage of the word cunt which offends, and I can say that I do not use it in a negetive manner. That said, I have decided on going to a salon. I tried a home kit, but with no avail. Thank you, everyone. And AHunter3, I am very much female and hardly a troll (wink). (Hey! I met Tricky last night!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720/51 "2001-07-21T00:25:31Z")
As I read this, I could ony feel saddened by the passing of my Panisonic Wet/Dry shaver. Droped it in the shower. It didn’t even bounce. At this time I can’t afford to replace it so I’m letting it grow again (tmi?) Good luck to all who shave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-waxing-my-pudendum/72720.md?page=2)