Paraffin waxing is a luxurious treatment that is intended to moisturise and soften the skin paraffin wax is not like warm or hot wax that is used for hair removal on the face and body that type of wax is much more viscous and bonds to the skin paraffin wax is a softer wax because of the paraffin oil component as its a soft wax it melts at a lower temperature so this means that the skin can be treated with the wax without causing burning or blistering during paraffin wax treatments