Getting legs and underams waxed in Bangkok

I got my legs and underarms waxed yesterday. Sometimes I just love doing ordinary things on my travels, nothing touristy at all. So I walked into MBK and found a beauty salon and decided to get a wax treatment. But with the beautician having very little English, and me very little Thai it was quite a comical process. She looked at my legs, and shook her head, and said ‘Madame’ in quite a horrified voice. I assume that was because I was kicked by a horse on the horse trek and have a colourful bruise, as well as having a number of mosquito bites and ingrown hairs, the effect of which is multicolour legs that are not pretty. She waxed away, though, albeit with a shake of the head and a horrified ‘Madame’ occasionally. I occasionally replied with a ‘sorry’ in Thai, that she was subjected to my horrible legs. When she got to my underarms, though, I suddenly redeemed myself. After getting rid of the hairs under one arm, she smiled. ‘Madame,’ she said, this time with a relieved intonation, ‘Very nice. Good.’ I felt like I had something to be proud of, at least! It’s funny how much you are able to communicate with just some basic words and hand gestures.