Pubes (Yes, I'm going there, and yes, this is serious)

[Boozy]

I guess men have tougher skin all over. There's no way I'd run a man's razor over my delicate girly cheeks.

[Jadedcarguy]

It ain't holster leather by any stretch.


The Mach III works fine on my face for about 4 or 5 uses before it gets irritating. Anywhere else and it causes razor burn something fierce. I put aftershave on it once.
















ONCE.

[Flyndaran]

I guess men have tougher skin all over. There's no way I'd run a man's razor over my delicate girly cheeks.

Secondary sex characteristics of men getting thicker skin, hair, and more sweat glands thereby getting much stinkier.

I shave my face in the shower when the irritation and nicks don't bother me as much. As to ingrown haris, I get them everywhere so for me it has absolutely no correlation to shaving.
I would love to contract a non-harmful disease that causes all my hair to fall out. I'ld miss my eyebrows and eyelashes, but if that was the price to pay for no more shaving, haircuts, or ingrown hairs, I would gladly submit.

[Jadedcarguy]

I would love to contract a non-harmful disease that causes all my hair to fall out. I'ld miss my eyebrows and eyelashes, but if that was the price to pay for no more shaving, haircuts, or ingrown hairs, I would gladly submit.

Flyn, you ever see that movie Powder?







"He is electrolysis."

[BookstoreEscapee]

I hope no one minds that I laughed out loud reading this whole body hair exchange...

Great thread Greenday.

Hehe, thanks for sending me here, DF. I hope the next NJ meet isn't uncomfortable...

Personally, I hate not shaving my legs. Stubble annoys the hell out of me. And I overslept this morning, so...

As for, uh, other areas, I have shaved in the past at the request of a BF, then stopped at the request of the next BF. I keep it trimmed for myself; no guy should expect me to rip it out at the root, though. Not gonna happen.

[vanima]

there are times of the year that a razor can't TOUCH my skin... its horrid.. but i have ezema on my legs...and at times when the weather is changing.. my skin goes "AHAHAH I HATE MY OWNER AND AM GOING TO tURN INTO A GIANT ITCHY SPOT!!!"

it sucks.. but either way.. i keep trimmed down there for my OWN sake..

I actually don't like smoothness.. it makes me feel like a pedo... *shudders*

[Flyndaran]

Flyn, you ever see that movie Powder?







"He is electrolysis."

I am rather tough, but I don't think my mangy wookie body could handle the level of repeated mini-electrocution required to divest myself of hair.
Also, that stuff is hella' expensive.

[fireheart17]

Well let's see...after reading the entire exchange I'll slip my own little thoughts in.

Pubes on a guy: Not fussed as long as I don't inhale them when I give oral. Trimmed is OK. Shaven....

Pubes on a girl aka me: I'll shave and occasionally trim them. Underarm hair I will shave but only when I'm wearing something sleeveless. Leg hair I can generally get away with because I'm very fair and you actually can't see it. If I'm wearing a short dress/skirt anyway I'll wear stockings/tights.

Other bodily hair issues: Don't care. I haven't done anything to my eyebrows, again I'm fair, but mum will occasionally pluck them if it's obvious they're becoming a mono-brow. On guys, really don't care about hair.

[Seshat]

I have only one comment:

Scratchy stubble == mega-ow.

[kamn]

Huh, guess Im gonna be the minority here. I preffer to shave, realy hate to have a swamp down there whenever I see someone I like.

As for girls, I preffer that they are shaven, but so long as its not a jungle Im cool with it. I also dont ge the obsession with shaved legs and armpits. Legs, allright, hairy can be wierd, but it can be a great feeling as well. Armpits, I have no idea what gave anyone the idea that they need to be shaven. I dont find it ugly/hideus/whatever, and so long as she doesnt stink like a pig, she shouldnt have to worry about them.

[bigred]

It may also depend on the type of hair a person has. As a natural, fair, redhead, apart from my map of tassie the rest of my body hair is sparse and very very fair. I shave my legs every couple of weeks in summer. Armpits about the same. Don't bother in winter. I don't do brazliians etc. Strikes me as strange.

Would anyone turn down someone they are attracted to simply because of hair?

I think the hairless situation is a fashion, and will/has changed. But we will have a generation that thinks it is normal, while the generation below them doesn't bother.

[Rapscallion]

Would anyone turn down someone they are attracted to simply because of hair?

I don't classify myself as suffering from male pattern baldness, because it causes no real pain. Were I going to go into the tilting lists of romance, however, I know that to stand a reasonable chance of a desireable result I would have to shave my head down to meet society's expectations. Right now, I have the look of a comfortably assigned, middle-aged man, and that wouldn't be appealing to many.

Yes, it does play quite a part, and I'm not looking at trimming close to the bone.

Rapscallion

[Boozy]

Would anyone turn down someone they are attracted to simply because of hair?

If the hair made that person unattractive to begin with, then yes.

I haven't particularly cared for a few haircuts my husband has gotten over the years, but hair isn't really important to me, so I never stopped being attracted to him. But I could see myself becoming less attracted to him if he gained, say, 100 pounds. I would still love him, still stay with him, and still enjoy every other aspect of our relationship....but I can't say his appearance would be overly appealing to me at that point.

I guess my point is that attraction is pretty subjective.

[ditchdj]

You know, I always thought there was some kind of stigma about men shaving their pubes even though I hear lots of women do it, especially in porn, but after noticing that a lot of men in pornos do it I tried it and found it much more comfortable. For one thing, it gets stifling hot here in the summer, so my skin breathes better down there. Also, I don't have that problem of any of my hair there getting pulled if my pants or underwear self-adjust when I'm sitting or walking. As for the stubbles breaking out, I found that if I rub my area with rubbing alcohol (yes it burns but not that bad), then it doesn't break out the next day.

[Cat]

I shave for the weekend when I go see the boy (which is funny.....he stops shaving on the weekends)

I'm part Italian, so I'm pretty hairy, and its dark. When I hike or camp....eff that, you're lucky if I shower