Adolescence is a time that is wrought with self-consciousness, and girls are typically self-conscious about being in a swimsuit AND about the bodily changes that are brought on in puberty. As hair sprouted in other places, a sign of the woman she was becoming, Neelam was ruthless in her determination to blitz every trace. The problem is that it never ends. The idea of teenagers getting a bikini wax has many commenters clutching their pearls, but I have to wonder, why all the outrage? I still remember a shaving episode that occurred when I was at summer camp as a young teen.