WOW...and major OUCH!!! I feel sorry for her, I had a horrible experience with Nair, down under, and lemme tell you, when you are in pain in that region...it ain't no joke....(I know that's not grammatically correct but that ISH hurts.)
Thats kinda sick and scary, we've been learning in school about all the kind of stuff you cant perform on someone with diabetes, it sucks I always wondered how come it would hurt them. i guess now I know how.... I feel sorry for that person, especially since they continue to get it done... I mean I'd rather have a bush then have to go thru that kind of infection and outbreak every few weeks..... and it gave her herpes? I would stay away if I had an experience like that!
Man that's sad... I hope people with these diseases are properly warned about this....
I also had a messed up experience with waxing a couple of weeks ago.. I had finished waxing.. and a couple of days later I had like 3 pimples appear on my right leg.. I thought oh well, they'll end up disappearing in a few days.. But they kept getting bigger... and bigger... AND BIGGER.... until my mom dragged me by the ear to the doctor... Who ended up putting me on antibiotics! Turned out it was an infection and if left untreated it could have infected the rest of my blood
It's so scary to hear these things but people can be really slack when it comes to waxing, and that warm temp is the perfect breeding ground for all kinds of bacteria.
We have to be so careful of infections because it's hard for out bodies to fight them off. You'd be amazed how long it takes a little blemish to heal. That's one of the reason it's so important for us to keep our blood sugar levels in control. The more sugar in our blood the harder it is to heal.
Every waxing kit I have used has had a warning saying that people with compromised immune systems shouldn't use them. I've never had a wax done professionally before, but they really should be warning people to keep them safe.
I feel that articles like this are scaremongering. An interesting read but I think it was more of a one off than, as they made out, that waxing might be life threatening, LOL