If you are committed to your beauty, the first times, you may wish to take it slowly, step by step. Start with a standard bikini wax, which will remove the hair around your actual bikini line. Next, try a "full" bikini, which removes most of your pubic hair, leaving only a small amount of hair on your mons pubis. When you're ready, move on to the Brazilian wax, which removes all your pubic hair.

A Brazilian wax can run you anywhere from $20 to $75, depending upon where you live and which salon you select. A higher-priced wax generally means a more experienced waxer, and that's a good thing.

If your waxer is good, he or she will be moving quickly, minimizing the amount of pain you experience. Just to have an idea about the waxer's skills, ask the salon how many bikini, full or Brazilian waxes this person typically does in a week.

The procedure, like any waxing, can be very painful at first, but frequent visits usually cuts down on the pain factor. As for the embarrassing factor -- we like to think getting a Brazilian can't be any more embarrassing than a typical visit to your gynecologist's office. These aestheticians have seen it all before.