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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?

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DinoMummsy · 09/08/2023 19:48

Nope, rarely if ever shave mines and haven't done for years, same with legs.

AmazingSnakeHead · 09/08/2023 19:31

@WhateverMate @StarlightLady I think it's probably a localised or cultural trend - the types of girls who wear Lucy and Yak dungarees and heave paperbacks bought from local independent bookshops around my university town seem to be unshaven. But I fully accept that it's still perhaps not the majority of women.

I must say though, it seems (at least in my circles) to be a normal and acceptable choice. When I was 20, to shave or not wasn't even perceived as a fashion choice, it was just the done thing. Asking whether you shave would have been like asking whether you wash your hair or wear a bra. Now, it at least seems to be pretty mainstream. I'd say only half of my friends have shaved armpits.

Lig · 09/08/2023 18:51

Yes - 2/3 times a week.
Before a holiday, I get them waxed.

CakAndMoreCake · 09/08/2023 18:45

Not often. I have incredibly thick hair, enough for 3 heads and wild. This is mirrored under my armpits. It’s not easy to deal with, coarse and thick. I’ve learnt to embrace it a bit rather than put my skin through trauma. Shaving leaves a shadow, no air removing cream does anything but make it brittle and wax would be like waxing a carpet

HoneyIShrunkThePizza · 09/08/2023 18:41

Yes every other day or so. I just feel cleaner that way!

GolgafrinchamB · 09/08/2023 18:39

Differentstarts · 09/08/2023 15:42

I can't believe how many of you don't shave your pits. What if you get hit by a car I'd be mortified

Do you think anyone would give a shit about the state of your armpits in a road traffic accident?

I shave my underarms probably 4 times a year. Legs get shaved if I'm going somewhere fancy, otherwise I don't bother. Never in winter because I'm in trousers.

My teenage daughter andd her friends shave all the time. I think the pressure to do so is even more than in my youth.

NewCracker · 09/08/2023 18:39

Rarely

Busubaba · 09/08/2023 18:35

My legs, armpits have been kept hair free since around 1980 and my nether regions hair free since from around 1986.

StarlightLady · 09/08/2023 18:31

@AmazingSnakeHead - The number of waxing studios about now does not seem to suggest a hairy trend; far from it!

WhateverMate · 09/08/2023 18:31

AmazingSnakeHead · 09/08/2023 18:22

I mean I think the whole point is that we are NOT mortified, that's why we don't shave. It's a trend now with young people, it's considered cool to not shave.

Aside from that, I really don't get the idea of something being embarrassing when you're dead.

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It's a trend now with young people, it's considered cool to not shave.

It really really isn't.

I know literally 100s of young people and they all (especially the girls) have shaved armpits and legs.

Most of the boys also shave their chests, just as the majority of footballers do.

dressedforcomfort · 09/08/2023 18:24

I do purely because I feel a bit grim and stinky if I don't. Legs in the other hand are only done when they are on display. In the winter there's practically thatch down there....

AmazingSnakeHead · 09/08/2023 18:22

Differentstarts · 09/08/2023 15:42

I can't believe how many of you don't shave your pits. What if you get hit by a car I'd be mortified

I mean I think the whole point is that we are NOT mortified, that's why we don't shave. It's a trend now with young people, it's considered cool to not shave.

Aside from that, I really don't get the idea of something being embarrassing when you're dead.

Thoughtful2355 · 09/08/2023 18:22

I don't when I can't be bothered and sometimes it gets unruly but I prefer it when I do, much less smelly and much less sweaty also yes deodorant gets on better. Hate the itch when I shave though but oil helps I like using coconut oil on them to reduce the itch

StarlightLady · 09/08/2023 18:18

@Tartareistasty - Leave your knix off as well! Simples! 🥹

Tartareistasty · 09/08/2023 18:16

StarlightLady · 09/08/2023 18:03

@Tartareistasty - Always make sure your bra and knickers match 😀

Exactly 😂
I once asked what to do on days I don't wear bra.

Changedmynameforthis55 · 09/08/2023 18:14

Yes every day, and if I'm going out in the evening I might do them a second time. I'm very dark haired and a sweater and it makes me feel nice and clean

StarlightLady · 09/08/2023 18:14

@ScarlettBeauregarde - I use the Venus Raspberry. ‘Have done for years.

Lakeyloo · 09/08/2023 18:13

Always. Not worried so much about bikini line or legs (especially in the winter) but for some reason I don't feel clean with hairy armpits !

Bluey124 · 09/08/2023 18:11

More people seem to shave down below then they do their armpits going by this.
I remember a thread months ago where nearly every women said they shaved down below where as on here, a lot of women don't shave their armpits. Just an observation!

ScarlettBeauregarde · 09/08/2023 18:09

What razor do you use out of interest?

WhamBamThankU · 09/08/2023 18:06

The trouble is a lot of people who think they don't smell sweaty..... do. Both men and women. I know I smell more when I let mine grow for more than 2/3 days

StarlightLady · 09/08/2023 18:03

@Tartareistasty - Always make sure your bra and knickers match 😀

LakieLady · 09/08/2023 18:03

I got a Lumea a couple of years. No more armpit hair!

Tartareistasty · 09/08/2023 18:02

Re patriarchy.
Shaving legs - because of patriarchy
Not shaving legs - because of patriarchy
😂
Just do what makes you happy!

Tartareistasty · 09/08/2023 18:00

I think people missed the joke on the paramedic one. It was always said about nice underwear

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