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Participating waxing providers offer mobile appointments at locations they serve and where services are permitted. Confirm the exact location when booking.

Explore chest and back waxing services, including chest and abdomen, upper back, lower back, and full back. Select a treatment, search your area, and choose an approved professional if one is available. Service offerings vary by provider.

Yes. Search your city or ZIP code and preferred service to see available waxing professionals. Choose a provider to open their profile or booking page.

Waxing professionals can explore opportunities through the Mobile Facial Spa™ Provider Network. Professional verification and service approvals are required before appearing in provider searches.

Use Find a Provider to search your city or ZIP code. When an approved professional is available, their listing will direct you to their booking or profile page.

Soft wax is spread thinly and removed with a fabric or paper strip, often on legs, arms, chest, abdomen and back. Hard wax sets before being removed without a strip and is often used on sensitive spots such as underarms, bikini areas and the face. Sugaring uses a sugar-based paste, not wax, and may be removed with the direction of hair growth. Availability depends on each specialist and your skin assessment.

Waxing removes hair from the root. Many clients enjoy a smoother finish for about 3–4 weeks, but regrowth varies with the treated area, hair cycle, hormones and method. Sugaring commonly lasts around three weeks. Results are not permanent, and some regrowth may occur sooner.

A common maintenance schedule is every 4–6 weeks for body waxing, while facial or brow upkeep may be closer to 3–4 weeks. Aim for sufficient regrowth—often about ¼ inch—rather than waxing too soon. Your provider can recommend the appropriate interval.

For many waxing treatments, hair around ¼ inch (about 6 mm) long is a good starting point; the American Academy of Dermatology advises roughly ¼–¾ inch. Ask your provider before trimming very long hair. Avoid shaving immediately before your appointment.

Arrive with clean, dry skin and avoid heavy lotions or oils on the area. Avoid sunburn, tanning, harsh scrubs and unnecessary irritation. Tell your specialist about all medications, acne products, retinoids, recent peels or laser treatments, allergies, active rashes, and skin conditions. Your provider may ask you to postpone or seek medical clearance.

Keep the area clean and cool. Avoid hot baths, saunas, hot tubs, tanning, harsh exfoliants, heavy sweating, unnecessary friction and tight clothing while skin is sensitive—often for 24–48 hours. Use a gentle fragrance-free, non-comedogenic moisturizer as tolerated. Do not pick at bumps or repeatedly touch freshly waxed skin.

Do not pick or squeeze bumps. Keep the skin moisturized and let irritation settle before resuming gentle exfoliation, generally after a few days and only if the skin is comfortable. Avoid harsh physical scrubs right after waxing. Seek professional advice for recurrent inflamed bumps or possible infection.

Do not wax directly over sunburn, broken skin, open wounds, active skin infections, severe irritation, inflamed lesions, or an active eczema/psoriasis flare in the treatment area. Avoid waxing over raised moles or warts. A professional should assess recent chemical peels, laser procedures and other skin treatments before proceeding. Sugaring is not an automatic safe substitute for these restrictions.

Do not wax while taking oral isotretinoin or within six months after stopping it, due to skin-tearing and scarring risk. Topical retinol, tretinoin and other retinoids can also make skin fragile, particularly on the face. Disclose every product and medication; seek advice from the prescribing clinician and wax specialist rather than stopping prescription treatment on your own. Your provider may decline or postpone facial waxing.

These situations require extra screening rather than a blanket promise that waxing is safe. Poor wound healing, reduced sensation, easy bruising, blood-thinning drugs, some antibiotics, immune conditions, resin or fragrance allergies, or a history of severe reactions may warrant medical clearance or an alternative method. Tell your provider beforehand.

Pregnancy alone is not always a reason to avoid waxing, but skin may be more sensitive and comfort needs can change. Sensitive skin should be assessed individually; the provider may select a different technique or postpone treatment. Never wax skin that is currently sunburned, broken, actively inflamed or infected.

Professional waxing requires clean supplies, hygienic treatment setup and single-use applicators for each dip into the wax. Double-dipping a used applicator can spread germs. Providers must also follow their licensing, infection-control and service-location requirements.

Temporary redness is common. Contact a dermatologist or other healthcare professional if redness or swelling persists longer than 48 hours, or if you develop significant pain, spreading warmth, pus, blisters or signs of infection.