Ok, so nobody come for me, I was shopping at Walmart months ago, and stumbled across some Nair, never used it before & I saw it said hair removal, I’m thinking

“hey this is pretty cool” I mean right ? Just slap it on like lotion & rub the hair off ? No taking the time to shave and get in all the nooks & crannies, alright well fast forward to now I really needed to get soft tonight right, but I didn’t have a good razor, busted open the bathroom cabinets, there she is, the holy grail (I’m thinking), I’m reading the bottle wondering why the hell haven’t I already been doing this! Alright, lock the bathroom doors strip my clothes off, I start applying that shit like my life depended on it, bottle said lay it on thick, don’t rub it in! Alright I set a timer for 10 minutes, alarm goes off I grab my dry towel, I start going to town scrubbing the absolute fuck out of my body, I’m ready to feel like a new woman! Immediately my vagina lips are IN FUCKING FLAMES, my asshole is screaming, all 1 can do is try to get it the hell off! I wipe down my legs and hop in the shower, BAM water is hotter than the preachers wife on resurrection day, fuck my skin is practically melting at this point, start rubbing conditioner all over myself, grab the shower head and try to just get it off, get out of shower, can’t even dry myself off, my skin is crying, run up stairs grab the phone I look up what to do, it says put petroleum jelly on the burned areas, I do just that, everything feels alright at this point, 30 minutes later I have to go pee, I bee bop down the stairs with no worries, drop my shorts sit down & start peeing, now l’m really in some fucking trouble the pee is attacking my vag lips like a goddamn hornets nest, I jump in the shower, start hosing off with cool water, run upstairs grab my phone again look up once again WTF DO I DO, it says maximum strength baby desitin, ok I slapped that shit on now I’m sitting here writing this hoping & praying it works & if not my only other way out is someone on here knows what do I do! PLEASE COME FORWARD if you can put the fire out between my legs 🥹

  • Mark@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    You can buy depilatory that is made for intimate areas but you still can’t put it on the vagina or the butthole. It burns.

    I am so sorry, you are going to be miserable for a few days. Lotions and balms are probably going to make it sting even worse.

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Yeah so, first of all, 10 minutes is too long to leave it on. Second, anything scented is going to be more irritating than the non-scented version. Third, vaginas don’t like corrosive chemicals.

    I recommend a pH-neutral body wash like Vagisil Scentsitive Scents for sensitive areas. It won’t fix the burning but will hopefully not exacerbate the issue where other body washes might.

    • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      Gold bond medicated itch powder, the menthol variety.

      Slap it down there, especially after a shower, and you’ll have a good time with a lot less pain.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    There must be some point to this stuff because they’ve been selling it for decades. But I don’t understand who uses it or for what.

    • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Its fine for legs, but dont put it anywhere near millions of nerve endings. Last time I looked it they were clear about not using it near genitals.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      6 days ago

      When I was in the Army, shaving was the bane of my existence. Well, shaving in the field was; I hated it so much. Never enough water, more shit to carry, winters are the worst because getting hot water is hard enough, and shaving with cold water sucks.

      So, like OP, I found hair remover for men, and I’m like, “WTH why do men shave when we have this??”

      The answer is: because these are all noxious chemicals, they feel like noxious chemicals, they smell like noxious chemicals, and they leave your skin raw and red. They really are only useful for guys for whom normal shaving is even worse, usually because of a tendency to ingrown hair problems from shaving. Or maybe there are guys with sandpaper skin; I don’t know. But there’s a reason why men (at least) still shave.

      Someday maybe there will be a depilatory that’s as gentle as it is in sci-fi, but right now it’s just a caustic, irritating hot mess.

      I really feel for OP. :-(

    • lurch@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      same for me. it doesn’t even save time or effort. it just really irritates, maybe even harms the skin on top of taking as much time as shaving anyway. it’s so useless. can’t recommend.