Eyebrow waxing + antibiotics = big NO NO

Eyebrows waxing while taking antibiotics is a big no-no for me. I normally thread my eyebrows because I'm blonde and have a lot of baby hair on my face. Also next to my eyebrows. So I love it to get rid of them and have beautiful, sharp contoured brows. I was happy with it for years. So why change a winning concept? I still don't know why I did it. But as I was learning about makeup and skincare in a kind of crash course I figured it would be a great idea to wax my eyebrows. This way I could test multiple brow bars and figure out which one is the best.

I wish I hadn't tried this. So read and learn... Here we go! I made my appointment and went to the brow bar whilst taking antibiotics as I wasn't aware that there might be any interaction. We checked the temperature of the wax, and it seemed okay. It didn't feel too hot. So the brow specialist waxed my brows into a beautiful shape. But when the wax hit the delicate skin of my eyelids it already felt a bit hot, but nothing too painful. So we continued. After waxing the skin looked a bit red, but that was all. The brow specialist put on some soothing creme and that's it. Sounds all quite okay, right?

When I got home, I put on some light makeup to just conceal the redness and I was ready to for the day and meet other people. Totally forgetting the waxing that morning I hadn't looked in the mirror all day. At least hadn't taken a close look. When I took off my make up and cleansed my face the big surprise started to show. The skin around my brows was completely red and I had blisters on my eyelids. And I can tell you, you don't want burned eyelids, it hurts. It hurts every time you blink, it hurts when you have your eyes open and your eyelashes touch the blisters, it just hurts. It hurt that bad and I didn't want to have discoloration on my eyelids, so I went to see my GP. He gave me a creme to put on to help reduce the blisters and redness. And after it was almost gone, I used vaseline for quite a while to support the skin for full recovery. And you don't see anything of it anymore, luckily.

So I decided that that was the end of my waxing experience. But what happened? As I was on antibiotics my skin was more sensitive than normally. For my GP this was a no-brainer. But I didn't realize that, even though the brow specialist asked me whether I used any medication and we discussed the antibiotics. So please be aware of the medication you use and the effect it can have on any treatment, even when you don't see an obvious reason for interaction. Your brow specialist should inform you about this possible interaction. But as medicine and chronic conditions are often overlooked, you should pay some attention to it yourself.

This is all from personal experiences, and won't guarantee that this is the best option for you. Every person is different and react different to influences, products and treatments.

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