Herpe's on your face... is waxing worth it??

My sister Laura told me about a story that she saw about this string of lawsuits about people getting herpes on their face from waxing.  How could this happen?? So the back story of it.... Someone with herpes (during an outbreak or not) goes in for a bikini wax.  The technician/waxer does the deed... dip, spread the wax, rip, dip, spread the wax, rip, dip, spread, rip... you get the point.  During this process they use the same stick to dip into the wax and spread onto the nether region thus contaminating the whole bowl of wax with cells and anything else that sticks to the stick and ends up back into the bowl... this thought alone right there is enough to make me throw up, but lets continue.  That client is now thoroughly waxed and teary eyed walks out of the shop having paid for this torture.  Enter client #2 for a simple eye brow/lip wax.  They hop up on the table and the technician/waxer grabs a new stick, dip, spread the wax, rip- sound familiar.  Here is the question... was that a new bowl of wax or did you just get wax contaminated with icky nether region cells spread on your face??? (gag)  Wouldn't you be surprised if at a later date you end up with a herpes outbreak on your upper lip/eyebrows?? (shudder)  I can hardly continue from being so absolutely skeeved out.  I am sure that these cases were flukes from serious dive places, but still, I bet you are thinking- was that a new stick?? Was that fresh wax?? Did I get someones lady part cells on my face??? You are now freaking out right now... with good reason.  Google it... it is shocking.
     So here is my dilemma with this situation. Despite being a girl, I have no idea what I am doing with a pair of tweezers, make up, or any type of hair product.  I fake my way through it with just plain dumb luck that I don't end up looking like a circus clown with shaved off/ permanent marker eyebrows.  This would explain why I pluck my eyebrows about once every couple of months.  In the mean time it looks like caterpillars have taken up residence on my face.  My only saving grace is that I am not overly hairy and what crazy out of control hair I do have- is blonde.  Thank you sweet Baby Jesus for small favors.
     Last night I attempted to tame the crazy situation that has taken over my face.  I climbed up on the counter so I could get an "up close and personal" look at said mess.  While up there not only do I get that close look at my eyebrows, I also get to admire my pores and all imperfections of my face in general.  I would like to add that in the past couple of years, I have begun to avoid the mirror.  There are some days that I can go all day without looking- and most days it is the accidental glance when I am looking at my teeth after brushing.  There just isn't anything that I really want to look at/admire/cry about... anyone that has had babies with in the last 1-3 years that isn't a freak of nature that snaps back into former shape within weeks of delivery knows exactly what I'm talking about.
     Back to my sad story... After 10 minutes of plucking single hair after single hair, missing the hair and pinching my skin, cussing about pinching my skin, back to single hair after single hair... etc. I started to wonder just how bad herpes on your eyebrows could really be.  Really, what are the chances that that would actually happen to me??  I mean seriously, there is hair there to cover it up right, and how often is there an outbreak?? Stupid thought, I know, but I was REALLY missing that hop up on the table and telling the girl "just clean them up" (side note: it is amazing that they know what that means when I really have no idea what I want them to look like, but somehow that phrase makes total sense), close my eyes, two seconds of pain, and viola! Perfect eyebrows with absolutely no effort on my part.  Nope, now I get to sit on the sink, pluck, pluck, plucking till I'm cross eyed only to accidentally look in the mirror the next morning and see that I have missed a few places and have to start all over again.  All of this in fear of getting herpes on my face.  It will definitely make you think twice about going to a shady nail salon and thinking "Hey look, it's only 8 bucks for an eyebrow wax! Sign me up".... but I still wonder- especially after a night like last night... should I take my chances for the sake of vanity and convenience??