What’s the worst thing you ever did to your body? To be frank (jokes aside), I love my body and I would in no way, hurt it deliberately. Thus meaning that I do not scar myself (with razor blades and fire and what nots), I get other people to professionally pierce and ’scar’ it for me. After all, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and when I look in the mirror; my tattoo(s) is what I call a thing of beauty, a piece of art on a human canvas. Now, how many of you have suffered excruciating pain for the sake of beauty? Ai sui mya pasai lar, semua pun boleh jadik! (For the sake of beauty, anything goes!) 
Reading Lilian’s post on bulu ketiak (armpit hair) here and here some time ago, brought very PAINFUL memories back to me. 
Painful AND embarrassing memories to be exact but I have learnt a VERY valuable lesson which I would gladly share with the lot of you.
As most of you know, I’ve known Ted for quite some time online and it was after about 1 ½ years before he decided to come and pay me a visit. I think I was OVER excited and obviously, being the vain pot (NOT!) that I was at that time, I wanted to give him a GOOD impression of myself physically since he already knew what a FANTASTIC personality (It’s been a LONG time since my Perasan-ism Syndrome kicked it and I think it’s about time for her to resurface.) I have seeing that we’ve been chatting for a LONG while. So, besides trying to keep my weight stable, I also wanted to have those smooth legs you see most some girls have. 
Now, now!I’m not saying that I’m as hairy as King Kong or anything like that BUT if any girl would have it (and some lucky bitches girls do), I bet they would LOVE to be hair free, particularly in several spots namely the legs, under arms and maybe even *there*. Sadly, seeing that I have such arse luck, my legs are not hair-free and so, I set out with full determination and knew that at the end of the day, I would end up with beautiful soft and smooth legs for at least 2 weeks ~ the time period Ted was going to spend here.
I, for one do not use ANY hair removal products. And as a matter of fact, I’ve never even TRIED any although my best friend had tried recommending numerous products which are supposedly the best because it stalls the hair growth. But no matter what, to me the shaver is the best and safest deal ever (although it can be quite a pain most of the time, leceh/troublesome mah)! I loved playing with it €“ as in when it comes to shaving. Mummy always told me, €œDon’t EVER shave your arms or legs, or when the hair grows back, you won’t be able to see your skin anymore.€ Although I never took her seriously, I was also not stupid to tempt fate (if it is connected) to try any stunt like fully shaving my arms or legs. Instead I would shave off small spots especially in places that go unnoticed most of the time like underneath my lower arms or my thighs, and no where else. It was the safest thing to do if you wanted to try something Mummy said not to, right? So, yes I was prepared to be spotted with fluffs of dark hair at those designated spots. 
Now, with Ted already planning his trip down, I knew I had to do something about the unsightly hairs on my leg and so I turned to a trusted friend who swears by the power of Veet. The worlds’s #1 depilatory products and the slogan is : Veet smoothness. A feeling that lasts. ~ Please take note of the slogan, it will come in handy in a few minutes as you might have to recall it. (Yes, no need to hide and give hints all ~ I say out loud-loud, ok?) Remember, that I’ve never tried any beauty stuff like this so, this Veet thingy was going to be my FIRST attempted at using any HAIR REMOVAL products.
I asked Irene (No, no!not IreneQ or Chienne) the instructions and she told me less is always better. Now, being a little paranoid since this would be my FIRST TIME, I read and re-read the instructions and no where did it say that less would be better so I FOLLOWED the instructions and layered my legs evenly with the smooth, creamy, kinda minty cream, note : evenly €“ as INSTRUCTED. Waited for several minutes and then quickly scraped it off. This wasn’t just the wash off kind, you had to use this plastic spatula thingy and once all of it was removed, only then did you wash off the excess. (I used the Pink one.) Once it washed it off, WOW!! 
The effects were SUPERB!! Soft, smooth and silky indeed (although I could still see some hair left there, most of it was off). I was ecstatic!! I quickly did the other leg coz I was so excited to see the results €“ it was true!! It really did leave a smooth and satisfactory feeling in my heart, AND I had a huge smile from ear to ear as I was doing my other leg. Since my first leg still had spots on it, I decided that maybe I should have left it on longer. 
BIG mistake!!!! Why did I NOT notice the warning bells ringing off when I felt a slight smarting beginning to happen? Why was I not sensitive enough to the cry of my leg? Why was I SOOOOOO ai sui that I had to dump myself in to this beauty craze? Why? Why?? WHY?????? *sigh* But it was too late. The smarting sensation which I thought was part and parcel of the process turned out to be a lot worst than I had expected. Despite look oh-so-wonderfully-smooth, my skin had suffered the effects of layering my leg with TOO much Veet. Believe it or not, Irene gave me a ¾ full tube of pink Veet and by the time I was done with my legs, hardly any was left!! 
And before you say, €œWho ask you to put on so much?!?!?!€ ~ please lar, my leg is very long leh, then they ask me to EVENLY distribute the cream!.what you expect??? I followed instruction ma! Now look what happened!haiyolar! 
There was nothing I could do. My legs were smarting like mad and the only thing I could think of to ease the pain was to put on some moisturizer. That really didn’t help much since the damage was already done. My skin was ‘burnt’ and I kind of had those open sores, the kind you get when you over scratch a mosquito bite. I hoped and prayed that it would soon heal but it was also too late. Ted was arriving in 2 days and there was NO way my legs were going to get healed in time! WAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! :cry: But WHAT TO DO? I diligently carried on my daily moisturizing ritual and although it didn’t smart that much anymore, I knew that snorkeling in Pulau Paya was going to kill me.
True enough, the sun and sea was no friend of mine during this painful period. It made things worst. I had to ‘fess up to Ted when he asked me what happened to my scabby-fied legs, I had to tell the truth and being the WONDERFUL man that he is, he gave me his aloe vera gel and I tell you, it worked wonders!!!! Not only did it sooth my smarting legs, it also shielded my legs from the sun too. So sweet lar!.
Lesson learnt : Never trust anything which is strong enough to remove/dissolve hair. (Rapunzel’s hair was strong enough to take the weight of her Prince €“ imagine how powerful Veet is!!! *sked edi*) Will never ever use ANY hair removal products EVER again. If I need to remove ANY hair, shaving is the way to go. Plucking off armpit hair is also not recommended because sometimes, you are not successful at yanking out the whole strand of hair together with the follicle and this half broken and irritated follicle will result in a VERY painful abscess. I too, NEARLY experienced this, but I was lucky coz I went in time when I discovered this painful lump and the doctor gave me some antibiotics which managed to get rid of the bacteria, and also because it was still in the ‘baby’ stage. In any case, why you wanna pluck??? Plucking is painful lar!! :shock: Why torture yourselves??? One day, when I strike it rich, I will PERMANENTLY remove all my ketiak (armpit) hair by zapping them away, FOREVER!!!
Until then, my shaver is my best body-hair-removal-friend.
Monday, 19. December 2005
careful lor, dun shave shave the wrong part come out lei, nanti susah dah. Cheers!
Monday, 19. December 2005
muahahaha….errr….muahahaha!
*pats yvy’s head*
Monday, 19. December 2005
joeC: hmm… which wrong part are you refering to?
yvy…
actually hor….
i got an idea.
goto hospital, loan sleeping gas, ask someone to pluck for u
whatver hair that you have also can pluck d:mrgreen:
joking… kekekekeke…:mrgreen:
Monday, 19. December 2005
Poor thing!! Well, I got the opposite problem. No, no, I don’t shave my legs’ bulu off! As a matter of fact, I can’t get them to stay on!! It’s TRUE! All these years over here, because of the dry weather, my bulu just plops off! Well, maybe my fault too, cos I ain’t bothered to lovingly caress my legs and thighs with moisturizer lotions everyday (like I see how women do – which BTW is kinda soo sexy), but hell, people ask me why I shave mine off!! Or at least I think they do, with those looks/stares I get when I’m in my shorts! Anyway, hahaha, had to pipe in. Er.. did I just make myself look very silly? LOL, who cares!
Disclaimer: It all grows back by the end of each vacation I have in Malaysia. So that’s NOT too bad, eh?
Monday, 19. December 2005
Just reading this post made the hairs on my legs stand….Ouuuchhh!!! Hair removing chemicals always have side effects so better be careful in using them.
Monday, 19. December 2005
SG : O yea…by the way I was done with Veet, I had NO more hair that could stand. *sigh*
LB : Lucky fella you!! Come lar we change places.
You oso think it’s sexy when a woman puts moisturizer on? Why arr?
Jellyfish : Aiyah! So ma huan…thats why I said, just shave lor….no need to pluck liow ma. ANYWHERE oso can shave leh….;)
Jeremy C : So cruel…so heartless!! =P
JoeC : Choi!! SO far so good.
Everything still intact. Lol 
Monday, 19. December 2005
Ta poh ai lui mai mia, char bo ai swei phai mia. Some people tattoo for his own pleasure that fundamentally is hard to define; some people tattoo for sexual gratification; some just tattoo for the deliberation of behavior in such a way as to attract attention on his/her tattoo part. At one occasion, I was curiously going after a sexy lady who had displayed proudly a tiny tattoo which was pricked just on top of that valley between the two fleshy masses of spring bums. For what? Ahammm! not being harm saap but inquisitively just to know what kind of that tiny drawing was. Unfortunately that silly mysterious tiny drawing could only be clearly seen under circumstances of closing range and without disturbances of that 2 vibrating bums!
Monday, 19. December 2005
Yep, I admit applying the cream is a bit too troublesome… C’mon, if you apply it on your legs, u really do not know what to do while waiting for the right time to wash it off. You cannot seat, (u dun want to transfer the cream to the chair…)you cannot go out of the room…..** roll eyes ** Oh, the armpits are the worst!! You suppose to keep your arms up for the whole 15 mins?? Arm cramps!
Just shave it and be done with!! Though I was wondering has anyone tried the electric shaver for ladies?? It’s not really taking off is it?? Is it good??
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
Hahahahahhaa…… crazy woman….. ahhaha….
But I am a sucker for long sexy legs.
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
So much pain just to try and be more attractive. Glad I do not have do consider such things. Just enjoy the results from the missus, who dun have to shave very often.
Your story reminded me when I was in the army. We had to do a 25 mile march as part of our training. All night we walked wearing full combat load and we were so tired in the morning. One of the older guys was really sore. He rubbed Ben Gay on his sore muscles and inadvertantly got it on a most sensitive area. Poor guy was screaming and running all over the barracks. He got no sympathy either. Was a major joke for our last few days of training.
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
Next time, just burn, burn, burn the hair off lah …
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
there goes my hopes of removing hair “there” wit veet. anyways, does anyone know how to reduce hair or thin hair thats on ur hands or legs? seems like mine is abit tooooo hairy!! terasa bila yvy kata king kong la!! haha..
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
wah, all that trouble for one guy. Ted must be so touched!
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
Waxing is best. And the pain gets less every time until you’re really used to it. Advantage over shaving or plucking is that you won’t get those spots that you do when the razor is not sharp, or in-grown hairs. The best is of course that new laser treatment that zaps the hair off permanently after a few times, but it’s damn expensive!
I wonder though, why our bodies haven’t adapted better to our environment. Surely in a country like Malaysia, not much hair is needed, like for example in Iceland, so our bodies should have realised that at birth and not grown so much hair in the first place!
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
Eeps, that must hurt big big time. Ya, shaving and then having hair regrowing is a story i heard before. Had even though you can shave your name on your thighs and let the hair thicken. Then shave it off and thicken it more…
Thanks for notifying me of the messed up template at my blog. Otherwise i would not have noticed. *bows formally*
Tuesday, 20. December 2005
Yee Wei : I dun think I want my ‘Yvy’ right across my thigh in dark hair, thank u.
No worries abt the little note – I just thought I was going blind!! *Your formal bows and all reminds me of how a butler like Niles from The Nanny, behaves* Bizarre…
Metria : Waxing??? That’s even worst right??? I think it’s my skin lar. It’s too dry n waxing would pretty much be like skinning myself alive. Blek!! Scary!!! However, it is weird…we dont really need much hair seeing that we live in a HOT tropical country yet how nice it would b like LB whose hair drops off while he’s away n come back when he returns to Msia. I just wished my dropped off n NEVER came back!!
Bunny : Hhmmm…..I dont know about touched but I bet he was sympathetic.
Shan : Pls dun use Veet *there* ok??? After the whole thing might just drop off!!! Habis lar ur family line then. Anyway, men are SUPPOSE to be hairy lar. Why you wanna look like a BOY?
Lynne : BURNT off the hair?? Excuse me, how do u suppose I do that without hurting myself???? Cannot lar, damn smelly u know? That’s why I stay away from waxing, even this Veet was damn busuk!!
Simple : The things women do for men. *rolls eyes* Wei, pity ur friend lar!!! Can imagine him looking & running all over the place as if he had red ants in his pants!! =P
BB : Hahaha!! Crazy I was not, stupid I was.
Well, lets just say that my legs have been complimented on before lar… *shy-shy edi*
Helen : At least u understand my experience. Lol….aiyo, never again lar. No matter wat – shaver all the way OR zap off forever!
KK : Yes, some ppl are like that. But then again, no matter WHERE you ink – ppl are bound to look at ur tats because in our society, it’s still considered taboo although ppl are slowly coming out of the ulu-ness.