Tweezers, Wax, Thread....Oh my!

My eyebrows have been a problem area ever since I hit puberty and they sprung like fat, fresh catepillars and landed kirsplat on my forehead.  When I was young, I let them flaunt themselves thinking I was some thirteen year old version of Audrey Hepburn.  As I reached my teen years, I started plucking away but it was hard to cage beasts such as these.  During college, I discovered waxing.  Oh, the answer to my prayers!  Yes, it takes off a fine layer of skin and your face is red as a beet for six hours but to not pluck daily was a relief!  After college, I started to notice a small rash after every wax session.  It would clear after several weeks, but I was really getting annoyed.  Then, the rash stopped clearing and I had to break up with my lovely esthetician at Earthsavers.  I ran straight to the dermatologist and after an extremely painful procedure (because the rash turned out to be a horrible mix of white and black heads) my forehead was clear again.  Back to the tweezers I went with regret.  I started getting wind of a new fad for removing hair: threading.  With the use of cotton thread, my eyebrows could be whipped back in shape.  So, Thursday I went to see what this was about.  I had heard rumors of less pain, longer results, and of course no side effects that you have with waxing.  I walk in and am greeted by a small Indian woman named Bhavanna.  She tells me to lay back in the chair and pulls out the thread.  I am still explaining my life's battle with my gigantic eyebrows as she works busily getting the thread ready.  She does pause to exclaim "Your eyebrows too thin."  At this point I give up the small talk and try to relax.  She starts threading and the worst pain I've ever felt comes with it.  It felt like she was ripping my eyebrows, skin, and underlying flesh right off my face!  I tried to hold back the water building up behind my close eyelids, but it started leaking from the corners and running down my face.  I am thinking a couple things at this point 1) OWWW!! 2) Do I get a break from this agony? 3) What is going on up there because the burning is everywhere.  After a minute and a half, she is finished with one eyebrow.  Another excruciating minute later, I am finished!  She laughs and hands me a tissue to wipe my tears and we head to the register.  So, my final thoughts on threading are its dirt cheap ($10), very painful, but also very quick.  She said I should follow up every month for maintenance. I would definitely go back because I had redness for about 20 minutes and my eyebrows look fabulous!  I'll see you next time Bhavanna, and this time, I'll bring the tissues.