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Do you shave your armpits?

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ShavenUnderarmHaven · 08/08/2023 23:37

Have just done mine for the first time since last summer. I don't care what it looks like, but the humidity where I live has been a killer lately and I will try anything if it makes me feel less sweaty/ makes my antiperspirant work more effectively.

I have not shaved regularly for quite a few years now. In my twenties I pretty much always did though.

What's normal for you?

Is there less pressure on women to shave their underarms now compared to 20 years ago?

OP posts:
Floralnomad · 09/08/2023 00:09

I don’t grow hair under my arms

Nevermay · 09/08/2023 00:09

never

caringcarer · 09/08/2023 00:07

Every other day in the shower and legs every 4 or 5 days.

Yarsvi · 09/08/2023 00:01

Only when on display which is vanishingly infrequent. Definitely smell much more when shaved.

Watsername · 08/08/2023 23:59

Only when they can be seen, which is rarely…

HappyBinosaur · 08/08/2023 23:58

Every other day all year round.
My legs on the other hand are hardly every shaved unless it’s summer!

Purplepeaches123 · 08/08/2023 23:58

Yes every other day usually although I could leave it a week and not get much growth.

Catsmere · 08/08/2023 23:56

The few times I tried hair removal there (not shaving) twenty or more years ago it just made my armpits feel sweatier and smellier and more prone to chafing. The hair is there for good reason and it was only stupid socialisation that made me embarrassed to think of some random seeing it when I was strap-hanging on the tram.

Lindy2 · 08/08/2023 23:55

Home laser hair removal got rid of my underarm hair. I wish I'd done it years ago.

I no longer have to endure stubble rash and it is much cleaner and fresher.

MissTrip82 · 08/08/2023 23:55

I had mine lasered.

Im not silly enough to think I’m immune to societal pressure, why would I be?

My husband has armpit hair and doesn’t sweat/smell more than me. It was purely aesthetic for me, in the context of the society in which I have lived for more than 40 years.

letsdonextweek · 08/08/2023 23:55

letsdonextweek · 08/08/2023 23:49

Yes, very quick every motioning and legs

Morning!!* 🤦‍♀️

SM4713 · 08/08/2023 23:54

I've shaved, or occasionally had it waxed, since age 12, so over 30yrs now. I've maybe gone 2 weeks in the winter at most without removing it.

Blarn · 08/08/2023 23:54

Very spoadically, even in my 20s whenI shaved my legs and pubic hair every day. Ifind shaving my underarms uncomfortable and the hair isn't very dark. It's never bothered me but I notice unshaved puts far more regularly now.

continentallentil · 08/08/2023 23:54

Alwaystired2023 · 08/08/2023 23:44

Sporadically... once a month sometimes once every 2 months! Don't really think about it to be honest

Yes this

KittensAllOverTheCarpetAndSofa · 08/08/2023 23:53

Very rarely. I find I sweat and have odour more when I’m shaved.
If I want to wear something sleeveless I would shave, but only if I was going out in public.

BirthdayComplication · 08/08/2023 23:53

Don't know, waxing is longer lasting and hair grows back soft

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ShavenUnderarmHaven · 08/08/2023 23:52

BirthdayComplication · 08/08/2023 23:46

Wax, hot wax always. Shaving is too bristly and scratchy

Yeah I'm already not looking forward to regrowth.

Would a beard trimmer or one of those electric lady shave things give a fairly close crop without irritating the skin instead of a 'real' razor I wonder?

OP posts:
Mamai90 · 08/08/2023 23:51

Every couple of days, I'm not a sweaty person I just prefer how it looks and feels though I'm guessing that's down to society's conditioning of me!

TranscendingTheSituation · 08/08/2023 23:50

Yes, every day or every other day. Never had any pressure but I just don’t care for how they look/feel with hair. I’m also quite sweaty so it feels easier to apply deodorant/anti-perspirant to cleanly shaven skin.

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ShavenUnderarmHaven · 08/08/2023 23:49

I'm not a particularly smelly person though i don't think.

That's the thing, I would have said this myself until very recently. But I just feel sweaty so much lately.

The humidity has been up at 80 and 90 something per cent and I'm walking/ carrying stuff so mild exertion - I am seriously hoping it is that and not that I'm going into a new sweatier phase of perimenopause!

OP posts:
letsdonextweek · 08/08/2023 23:49

Yes, very quick every motioning and legs

WhateverMate · 08/08/2023 23:49

Yes, every other day.

I just don't like the look or feel of my armpits when they're hairy.

user556378 · 08/08/2023 23:48

Wife2b · 08/08/2023 23:44

Yes every other day, no pressure from anyone it’s personal preference.

Same

BirthdayComplication · 08/08/2023 23:46

Wax, hot wax always. Shaving is too bristly and scratchy

EscapeRoomToTheSun · 08/08/2023 23:46

Nope, not since my early 20s. Once I stopped I wondered why I ever had! Although I do appreciate the argument that deodorant probably would work better. I'm not a particularly smelly person though i don't think.

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