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  2. Bikini waxing - Wikipedia

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    It can be helpful to take a mild anti-inflammatory medication (such as ibuprofen) an hour or so before waxing to reduce potential pain from the waxing. [6] Products such as topical anesthetics are available to lessen the pain involved. [3] A bikini wax during pregnancy is generally more painful, due to increased sensitivity. [7]

  3. Waxing - Wikipedia

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    Strip waxing (soft wax) is accomplished by spreading a wax thinly over the skin. A cloth or paper strip is applied and pressed firmly, adhering the strip to the wax and the wax to the skin. The strip is then quickly ripped against the direction of hair growth, as parallel as possible to the skin to avoid trauma to the skin.

  4. Hair removal - Wikipedia

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    This involved 25 studies with a total of 8919 participants. Using a razor probably increases the chance of developing a surgical site infection compared to using clippers or hair removal cream or not removing hair before surgery. [36] Removing hair on the day of surgery rather than the day before may also slightly reduce the number of ...

  5. Analgesic - Wikipedia

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    An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in some instances eliminate, sensation, although analgesia and anesthesia are neurophysiologically overlapping and thus various drugs have both analgesic and ...

  6. Ibuprofen - Wikipedia

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    Allowing sufficient time between doses of ibuprofen and immediate-release (IR) aspirin can avoid this problem. The recommended elapsed time between a dose of ibuprofen and a dose of aspirin depends on which is taken first. It would be 30 minutes or more for ibuprofen taken after IR aspirin, and 8 hours or more for ibuprofen taken before IR aspirin.

  7. Pain management - Wikipedia

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    Active and inactive μ-opioid receptors [1] Image of visual pain. Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging.

  8. Pain tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Thus, trauma victims (or patients in pain) are given painkillers (such as morphine) as soon as possible to prevent pain sensitization. [12] Kalat suggests that morphine should be taken before surgery; [12] "People who begin taking morphine before surgery need less of it afterward." [14]

  9. Male waxing - Wikipedia

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    Male body waxing refers to all body areas from neck to toe except the genital and buttocks area. Normal body hair is finer with shallower roots than pubic hair. It is usually removed with strip wax which leaves a smooth result and exfoliates the top layer of dead skin cells. [citation needed]