Laser is expensive, but add up the amount of times you will need to get waxed and it's associated costs, laser comes out cheaper in the end. Stella is right though the laser hurts, kinda like getting popped with a rubber band all over your back/legs/wherever. The numbing lotion should help but for it to be effective you usually need to put it an hour before treatment so you either put it on before leaving the house or there at the office, which means you have to wait an hour before getting anything done. Toxie, i believe in straight forward answers to straight forward ?'s