hairy legs and summer?

I totally love that old age means less/no hair on my legs. How does under arm hair grow so much? (go figure) I wear long skirts to work (food service) so nothing shows. I'm not in a relationship so I just don't care.

I've actually been told this, by family members. Of course, womanhood has been celebrated each stage of the way, was told that this was something to look forward to.

For now, shaving is part of my routine. I've a razor with protectors along the blades and a bar moisturizer circling around, much easier than the days of shaving cream, nics and cuts...i sliced my leg once, during my first year of shaving my legs. Probably could see an outline of a scar if I look close enough..

I bought a mens electric razor for my legs... its not a flawless shave and i dont keep up with it but it helps.. i dont have to mess with water and razors and cream. just sit anywhere and just do it. so simple! i wear pj pants 24/7 too so no one sees but me n hubby.. but i get fed up with a hairy mess at times..

That's a really good idea actually. And it doesn't jam too easily? My biggest problem is that since I don't shave that often, I end up overloading my Intuition too easily and having to alternate between it and disposables when soap/blade cartridges are wearing down too fast. If I adopted your method, I could ditch the disposables (+ the old conditioner I use with them, lol) and just use the Intuition in the shower (since all it requires is water) to quickly smooth it up.

I stopped two things the last time I was pregnant: Wearing a watch and shaving.

You might think, 'Well, yeah, that makes sense--she probably couldn't reach her legs,' which was true, but I stopped shaving my armpits, too.

Here's an interesting discovery on my part and also my take on the whole issue: I discovered my skin was happier when not shaving and I didn't get BO as fast (strange, but true for me).

My take: I figure that the hair grows there naturally and anyone who can't stand it doesn't have to look at it and can go home and shave themselves silly!

My skin is in better shape than when I used to shave--no weird bumps or cuts or friction rashes. I wear shorts, capris, go swimming and feel confident in myself when in public.

My husband objected a bit at first, but now he's used to it.

I shampoo all of my hair (though I don't condition my leg or pit hair!). My leg hair is very soft and stops growing after about half an inch. I don't know why that length, but it's probably genetics. My pit hair grows longer...maybe an inch at most.

I don't really get why people are so repulsed by hair on a woman. It's natural.
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And just in case you're wondering about no watch: My wrists swelled during pregnancy and after I gave birth and the swelling went down, putting one on felt constricting, so I stopped. I figured that I had a cell phone, so why did I need a watch?

I was traveling oversees and saw this woman from a distance that had the most beautiful, intricate lace hosiery on her. Everyone in the group noticed how lovely they were. When we got up closer realized it was just her own natural hair. I wasn't sure if I was more shocked, repulsed, or impressed.

If my hair grew like that I might be more inclined to let it go, instead I have patches (and of course it mostly grows on the front sides ) these days as I have gotten older but it is still so dark for the summer and noticeable that I keep shaved. However in the winter I don't bother to give the skin a break.

It is curious you should mention it Socklesswonder about letting armpits grow out and body odor. I have found the opposite; the odor was worse over time with letting it grow out so now I keep shaved at all times. I noticed that too in traveling in other countries where shaving is taboo, there is more odor. You can become more accustomed to it but it still permeates the air. I know this is not true for everyone and glad it is working for you, but for those it doesn' t, it can be especially hard to be comfortable in tight spaces, such as traveling on trains, buses, planes and in autos, and especially while dining. Though I know some partners in particular prefer the hair and this natural scent, I just cannot oblige.

More power to the hair and hairless, whichever we choose!

I have to second what Fresia said. I wish I could get away with not shaving my pits but I definitely get more BO if I don't. I don't get irritation from shaving most areas of my body as long as they're minimally moisturized and not dry. I've used glycerin soaps for some time now. It seems to help me keep a natural moisture balance without needing much lotion most of the time, and my skin is generally happy. (I didn't have a particular brand for a long time and just got drug store stuff, but now I've found an equally affordable brand I really like.)

The last time I shaved was probably three years ago.

I don't shave at all and I have no shame in going out with hairy armpits and hairy legs. The way I see it, society tells us that women need to be hairless because it's more attractive, right?

Well, I don't like the idea of me looking like a prepubescent girl to attract men. I think a real man shouldn't mind hairiness on a woman because: newsflash: women grow hair! It's natural. Expecting a woman to have a hairless body is like expecting a woman to wear make up 24/7.

That's just my opinion, though.

Some women shave because they think it feels better?
I prefer to be hairy, so I am!

I often don't feel like shaving, but I like to have smooth legs and arm pits. I wouldn't go out in shorts with unshaved legs. I actually want to get permanent hair removal on my arm pit. Then I don't have to worry about that anymore.

I do think women should choose for themselve if they want to shave or not. Somewhere in time society has somewhat decided that women should have hairless legs and armpits. When a woman let her hair grow, she will often get stared at or be commented on it. It's normal to have hair on your legs, otherwise it wouldn't grow on our legs.

The funny thing is that it's so taboo for women to have hair on their legs that in ads where companies *sell* razors/depilatories/epilators/&c., they can't show the process in which a woman's hairy leg has hair removed. No problem seeing a beard in ads for men's shaving products, but with women they literally show lathered up legs being shaved that are already hairless! With products other than razors, it seems they just show a picture of the product like it's a secret what it does. *shrug*

There's one shaver, I don't recall the name....purports to be some kind of new tech. They show woman shaving the sides of their face and their forearms but yeah, no legs and of course it mentions bikini zone, but the shaving the forearms? Really.

I don't shave from November-May usually. I haven't shaved in nearly two months now, even though it is the summer. I think it is because I don't have a place to put my razor in the shower, and I don't want to have to step out of the shower to get it and then have a ton of water on the ground to clean up. I know....excuses, excuses.

My personal opinion is this: no one thinks that men are gross for being hairy, so why is it such a problem for us?!

On a related note: if I marry a man, I hope that he doesn't have chest hair. I find that revolting, haha.

I tried that in the past. It's probably how I first proved to myself that shaved hair does *not* grow back thicker. A saleswoman who was trying to sell me the No!No! (didn't get it; looks like the machine does little) showed me her hairless arms from using it, too. I doubt she had as much hair to start with as me though, lol.

Anyway, with that shaver you mention, do they show actual hair being removed on all areas mentioned, or is the woman inexplicably using it while already perfectly hairless, like in all other shaving ads?

Haha. That would be hard to get used to, but if I had a partner who was okay with me having hairly legs, I'd definitely try to be more accepting of it.

I haven't shaved my armpits in almost 3 years and do not notice more stinky BO. What does affect my BO is what I eat or drink, or you know if I haven't showered for a couple days(there's no water here in California). My BO was MUCH worse when I shaved and drank coffee or tea.
I decided to shave my legs for summer because my hair is darker than most men's leg hair and just as long if not longer.

I like being able to grow strong dark hair - makes me feel like a Russian bear. I shave my legs from the knees down sometimes, my pits all the time because they really go to town in growing and I keep the good bits neat and accessible for maybe getting a partner one day. I think the fashion is to get waxed all over. A friend I began a relationship with asked me to go and get waxed. I was astounded he thought he had a say in how I manage myself being a woman. I said if anyone was going down there they had better be there for a better reason than giving me a wax.

Love this thread!

I am very depressed, so I do not shave my legs.

Ever since I started growing hair as a teen, it seemed as if my arm pit hair grew more than my y leg hair did. In my 20's, not because of depreession, I did not shave in the winter......Now from not shaving almost 9 months, an dbarely shaving my whole life, My legs, I have sporadic hairs growing...I can cut them off with a scissor. The hair seemed slowly stop growing back.
I will wear shorts life this as I really do not care due to my MI.

Not shaving my underarms is a different story...it always grows.

I was never one of those people in which I shaved daily...I guess even when in a relationship, it was never an issue. I know if I had to shave daily, my skin would be a mess.

Yeah, I can't shave my legs at all when severely depressed - it's just too hard.

I've been shaving my legs once a week since shorts weather started. Partially for the adherence to routine ( change sheets on Mondays, all new kitty litter, fresh towels and shave legs on Fridays), it gives me a sense of accomplishment. If I were to shave more often, my skin would be so raw and irritated. But there's still that thought, 'why the fork do I feel I need to do this?' It's just hair, why did we ever adopt hairless legs (on women) as a cultural norm in the first place?

I bought a pinky red dye and put in on my hair to cover my grey and give me red highlights. I noticed my nails went pink right away and that the dye wasn't coming off my hands even when I put cream on them. I decided to read the instructions. Quickly I put cream on my cheeks and ears where some colored hair was touching and then washed off the dye when I had only had it on for five minutes. I escaped having pink ears and pink splotches on my face and having some bright evidence on my face that I like to mess around with my life. I am going to try again but this time I read the instructions again first.