Growing out for my first Brazilian and the itching is genuinely testing me — how do you all survive the grow-out?

Booked my first ever Brazilian for a week from now (holiday in 3 weeks, wanted a buffer in case my skin reacts). The salon said stop shaving and let it grow to about half a centimetre, which I have obediently done for almost 2 weeks now.

Nobody warned me about THE ITCH. Week one was fine, week two I am losing my mind, especially at night and in this heat. I've been moisturising which helps for about an hour.

Genuine questions for the waxing veterans:

- does the grow-out get less itchy with regular waxing or is this just the price of admission every time?

- any actual remedies that work? someone mentioned aloe, someone else said exfoliating but I also read you shouldn't exfoliate right before the appointment??

- is 2 weeks of growth even enough or should I have started earlier? really don't want to turn up and be told it's too short after suffering through this

Also lowkey nervous about the appointment itself but one problem at a time lol