my first foray into Brazilian was done by a technician and she ripped the fold between my labia. Seriously. It bled and bled and she said "oh, I don't know what happened". pfft. I didn't really, either, until I left and went straight to the walk in clinic where I was told that it's a tear but it's straight and because of where it was, it's moist and will just heal back together without stitches. I was choked that I paid $80 (and I even tipped her!) for that kind of abuse.

After that, I did them myself. It does hurt, and it's messy and not fun, but it's far cheaper than getting someone else to do it.

Again, I can't give kudos enough to laser. It's great not having to do anything down there other than trimming the length of the remaining hair.

I would love to get my legs lasered, but for now I'll just keep epilating them.