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Oversharing: Parisian Laser Hair Removal

By Stephanie Jankowski 14 Comments

We’re baaaaaack!

I know you’ve been all, “Where has that hilarious weekly Oversharing series been?” and you haven’t been able to sleep for lack of entertaining tales o’ lady bits, explosive bathroom mishaps, and foul words spewing out at the most inopportune times. Well, have no fear, loyal Oversharers, we’re back in action and the fun starts with the lovely Vicki Lesage who has graciously agreed to kick off the new season. Some look forward to fall TV; we look forward to discussing TMI incidents with no detail spared. To each her own.

Women's humor brought to you by American Vicki Lesage and her Parisian laser hair removal

 

Tank tops are my thing. They show off my toned arms, one of the few features worth showing off (because, hello, you can’t SEE how funny I am). With sleeveless shirts, though, comes a responsibility to keeps those pits shaved. Hence, the reason I opted for pricey laser hair removal. And why not throw in the bikini area while we’re shooting laser beams at sensitive bits?

I was living in Paris at the time, and located a swanky place off the Champs Élysées that would happily take my euros in exchange for permanently burning hair off my body.

At the consultation, the doctor compared the color of my hair (relatively dark) to the color of my skin (relatively see-through) and determined I was a good candidate for the treatment. She wrote a prescription for topical anesthetic and told me to bring the numbing cream and my freshly-shaved goods to the next appointment.

At the next appointment, a quick-talking mademoiselle led me to the Special Room Where They Rub You Down With Anesthetic Cream.

“Blah blah le blah?” she asked.

“Pardon?” I eloquently replied. I was still working on my French and had missed class the day they taught laser hair removal lingo.

“Ah, you speak English. Please take off zee clothes.”

Let the fun begin. I obliged, leaving only my bra between me and zees total stranger.

“I put cream, to show you how, then you do zee rest yourself, yeah?”

Got it.

“You want me to do your underlegs?”

What the eff was an underleg? I assumed it was a bad translation of “part of my body next to my hoo-hah” so I replied, “Oh, I’ll do that myself.” I’d let her demonstrate on my armpits and I’d do my “underlegs” on my own time.

*SWIPE* pause *SWOOSH*

Before I knew what had happened, she’d rubbed anesthetic cream down one side of my lady bits and back up the other. “You see how it’s done? Now you do underlegs.”

The heck? I’d thought she was going to do my underarms… oh, I get it. “Underlegs” had been a poor translation of “underarms.” I’d unwittingly asked her to rub down my previously- private parts, leaving the pits for myself.

Naked, shaken from the recent fondling, and still generally confused, I somehow managed to spread the cream on my underarms as she watched.

“Now we wrap you in plastic.”

This just got better and better. She bandaged a roll of saran wrap around each shoulder and armpit, then covered my bikini area, creating a chic transparent diaper. “This keeps the cream moist.”

*Gag* *Cough* *Blerk* She didn’t know the word for “underarm” but she knew everyone’s least favorite word, “moist?”

“Get dressed and wait in zee waiting room until you are called.”

Excusez-moi, WHAT? I have to go in public like this?

I trudged down the hall, armpits and butt crack squeaking under my clothes, embarrassed to enter the waiting room looking (and sounding) like this.

I needn’t have worried.

The room full of mummies barely looked up from their tattered copies of Vogue, embarrassed enough by their own saran-wrapped beards, necks, arms, and legs. We waited in mutual silence as if saying, “I won’t look at what you’re having lasered off if you won’t look at mine. WEIRDO.”

Five sessions later, I was hair (and plastic wrap) free. If only they could laser off the embarrassment.

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Vicki Lesage embarrasses herself in print on a regular basis. Her books, Confessions of a Paris Party Girl (January 2014) and Confessions of a Paris Potty Trainer (May 2014), recount the ups and downs of her crazy life in Paris, no detail spared. Between books, she blogs at VickiLesage.com, where she ensures she will never be able to run for public office.

Find Vicki on social media if for no other reason than her ADORABLE kiddos! Like her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @VickiLesage

 

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  1. vernette says

    October 7, 2014 at 8:01 am

    Well boy am I glad I put down my coffee BEFORE I read this story. I have been laughing at my computer like a crazy person and I’m at work. Thanks for the overshare Vikki and Thanks Stephanie for a great start to the new season!

    Reply
    • vernette says

      October 7, 2014 at 8:02 am

      Whoops…that’s Vicky and not Vikki. Sorry!

      Reply
      • Vicki Lesage says

        October 7, 2014 at 11:32 am

        What better way to kick off the season than to look like a crazy person at work? Glad you got a few laughs out of it 🙂

        Reply
  2. Ashley says

    October 7, 2014 at 11:35 am

    So funny – I love “I obliged, leaving only my bra between me and zees total stranger.” Lol. This oversharing idea is amazing!

    Reply
    • Vicki Lesage says

      October 7, 2014 at 11:39 am

      It’s funny how modesty goes out the window in the name of beauty!

      Reply
  3. Real Life Parenting says

    October 8, 2014 at 11:33 am

    O.M.G. Having had ye old laser treatment myself, I understand the procedure. However, I have never laughed out loud throughout the entire thing like I did reading about yours!!

    The “underlegs” absolutely got me but I was snorting with “*Gag* *Cough* *Blerk* She didn’t know the word for “underarm” but she knew everyone’s least favorite word, “moist?””

    You are one funny chica, Vicki!!

    Reply
    • Vicki Lesage says

      October 8, 2014 at 12:07 pm

      Why thank you! Here’s a big, *moist* kiss, MWAH 🙂

      Reply
  4. don says

    October 8, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    Hahaha, classic woman stuff!

    Oh to be a fly on the wall in the saran wrapped women parts holding pen room thingy. too funny.

    Reply
    • Vicki Lesage says

      October 8, 2014 at 2:23 pm

      Oh, there were dudes there, too. Mostly getting their beards done, which in some ways is worse because you can’t hide it, unless you put a bag over your head. Though having saran wrap around 90% of your head is basically the same thing.

      Reply
  5. Liz says

    October 8, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Holy of holys. You are brave! I’m gonna stick with shaving. And “moist,” seriously? I don’t suppose that sounds better in a French accent.

    Reply
    • Vicki Lesage says

      October 8, 2014 at 3:23 pm

      Nope, just as squicky in French!

      Reply
      • Stephanie Jankowski says

        October 11, 2014 at 10:23 pm

        “Squicky!”

        I could read you all day, woman! Thanks again for Oversharing 🙂

        Reply
  6. jeff says

    October 23, 2014 at 11:54 am

    A few differences between Vicki and I:
    1. You CAN see how funny I am.
    2. I am trying to grow more hair.
    3. She’s actually funny.
    4. I’ve never been to Paris.
    5. I know what an underleg is and I am terrified to look at mine in a mirror.
    6. I think Vicki is awesome.

    Reply
    • Vicki Lesage says

      October 23, 2014 at 3:19 pm

      Come to Paris so you can tell me how awesome I am in person. And so I can see how funny you are in person. It’ll be epic 🙂

      Reply

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