Writing reality check - Product creation question

It's not in the stickies. However, there's nothing saying you'll get feedback, either - so it's not like they broke a promise or anything.

I don't see anything wrong with it. I didn't see anything wrong the first time you posted it, either. But I'm not in charge.

... not "venereal"?

But seriously, while the thread was disappearing last night I was giving the piece a very quick run through my own spinning software. I'm glad the topic re-appeared so that I can offer my results to the OP.

It isn't polished but I hope the OP will find something of value in it.



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Waxing doesn't have to be hazardous to your health.

Whether you know is ot not, waxing--even done carefully--leaves small, open wounds on your skin. These wounds leave you vulnerable to infection by any number of risk factors. You may or may not see bleeding follicles, but even if you don't, be assured that you do have wounds created by the waxing process. The range of infections waxing can leave you open to includes Staph, MSRA, Hepatitis, Herpes and worse.


What is to be done?

The first line of protection is gloves. Your esthetician should never interact with your skin--or the skin of any other client--unless the esthetician is wearing gloves.

The gloves, safely disposed of after each treatment, protect your esthetician from picking up bacteria, viruses or other risk factors from any other clients. When you enter the spa for treatment, the new pair of gloves your esthetician puts on provides a second line of defense for you, in case your professional happened to encounter risk factors from any other source.

Thorough scrubbing with antibacterial soap should also be part of your esthetician's preparation for each client, each treatment. This alone was once considered sufficient. We now know that it is not enough of a precaution, despite the fact that the change in recommended procedure has ruffled some feathers in the industry. Today, the recommendation from professionals at the highest levels of the spa world ,and from OSHA themselves, is to scrub AND glove every time, for every treatment.

As a consumer of spa services, you should at minimum demand these precautions for each and every one of your own treatments. Your esthetician without gloves, even if you have seen her her wash her hands quite thoroughly, could still be transporting bacteria, viruses or fungus, perhaps trapped under a fingernail. If she has something as innocuous as a paper cut you can't see, that alone could potentially expose you to a source of infection which she might happen to be resistant to but which could sicken or even kill you.

But as explained above, gloving up for you provides only the first level of protection. You should seek out an esthetician who makes an ironclad commitment to a surgical-quality scrub, like the doctors do on TV, and the use of gloves--for every client, every wax.

Some spas claim that the temperature to which the wax is heated will kill any germs. This is simply false. Wax is heated to a temperature close to body temperature or it would cause you serious burns. This actualy creates an environment ripe for certain bacteria.

The fact that the standard temperatures to which wax is heated are not enough to sterilize the wax is the basis for the next precaution you should always observe: no double dipping.

All it takes to contaminate the wax pot is for an esthetician to wax one client who has a bacterial infection, virus or fungus, and then dip that stick back in the pot. The wax pot, far from sterilizing the wax for the next client, in fact becomes a breeding ground for whatever micro-organisms were the cause of the previous client's health problem.

Double-dipping is using a stick to apply the wax to a client and then re-dipping that stick rather than reaching for a clean stick for each and every application of wax. If your esthetician double dips, stand up and leave. It is that simple and that important. In fact you should see it as your duty to report the salon or spa to your local health department over this dangerous practice. Double-dipping exposes you to whatever may have lived in the blood of countless strangers. Those life forms, thriving in the comfort of the warmed wax, are part of what is what may be spread onto your skin by a double-dipper.

And remember, this possibly infectious wax is not being spread only on healthy, intact skin. After the first area off skin is waxed there is a high probability that the next application will slightly overlap the area of your first one. The result? Tainted wax is actually being spread onto tiny open wounds.


If that sounds horrible, well, it is.

There is NO such thing as a wax that will not harbor bacteria. It does not exist. Because of that fact, double dipping is one of the single most dangerous practices in this industry. Even if your spa could ensure that no other clients ever carried risk factors, consider that the pot of wax being used on your lip this afternoon may have been used this morning to do a stranger's Brazilian.


Double dipping is all too common and very dangerous practice, don't stand for it.If you demand that your practitioner adhere to these practices, you should have a safe, enjoyable waxing session.

In a perfect world every esthetician would be aware of the risks and always adhere to these rules. As things stand, not everyone in the industry uses these best practices. We offer this information to allow you to be an informed and alert consumer so that you may have a safe wax, every wax.


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Good luck with your venture.



(I'm just another rookie looking for ways to contribute around here.)