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"  My grandma used to say, &amp;quot;Vanity knows no pain,&amp;quot; meaning sometimes it can hurt like hell to look good. Case in point: laser hair removal. Being able to say, &amp;quot;buh-bye&amp;quot; to shaving and waxing comes with a price and I don&amp;#039;t mean the cost of laser treatments\u2014I&amp;#039;m talking about the pain. A few years ago I tried laser hair removal on my bikini line. When I asked the technician to describe what it was going to feel like she mumbled something about rubber bands snapping against your skin. Talk about an understatement. It was more like little knives stabbing me in the hoo-ha. Needless to say, my first session was also my last.  And waxing isn&amp;#039;t much better. I&amp;#039;ve heard stories of girls who downed more than the recommended dose of Advil or even a cocktail before getting a Brazilian. Some chicks even rub numbing cream on their V-zone to help ease the pain. Sure, some waxers are gentler than others, but I challenge anyone to come up with a tolerable bikini wax that doesn&amp;#039;t require anesthesia.  That&amp;#039;s why when a friend told me about a new laser that claims to be virtually painless. I wondered if &amp;quot;virtually painless&amp;quot; really meant, &amp;quot;virtually painless after three shots of tequila.&amp;quot; Regardless, I was tempted to give this too-good-to-be- true laser a try, so I made an appointment at Park Avenue Aesthetics in NYC.  The technician smeared an ice-cold gel all over my bikini area and assured me that at most I&amp;#039;d feel a few mild zaps. Girlfriend wasn&amp;#039;t lying. The only unpleasant part of the process was being naked from the waist down in front of a stranger. She said I should be hair-free in about six sessions and I happily booked my next appointment.  So now tell me, what&amp;#039;s the most painful thing you&amp;#039;ve ever endured in the name of beauty? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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