Page 7 | Do you shave your legs in the winter?

beebee25 · 2025-12-07T06:55:48+00:00

I last shaved my legs in September and won't shave them again until about April.

YourZippyHare · 07/12/2025 09:21

Sometimes. Same as in summer - sometimes, according to my mood.

Pepperedpickles · 07/12/2025 09:14

I don’t shave my legs full stop. Just can’t be bothered anymore - I’m 45. I never wear skirts and in the summer when I wear shorts no one gets close enough to see my hairy legs so really couldn’t care less. I always used to when I was younger though. Each to their own.

starsintheirears · 07/12/2025 09:09

howthemoonshines · 07/12/2025 09:05

Me too.

If shaving my legs makes me look pre pubescent then how come I never get asked for ID to purchase alcohol?

I shave my legs every day and yet noone has mistaken me for a school girl - why is that?

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LOL right? I am in my 40s, if all it took for me to look instantly young again was to shave my legs then that would be bloody fantastic.

I would save a fortune on botox!

Oldraver · 07/12/2025 09:07

I gave up shaving my legs altogether a few years ago

And yes I have been body shamed for it

Zanatdy · 07/12/2025 09:06

Yes but only once a week in winter

marmaladeteal · 07/12/2025 09:06

Of course I do

howthemoonshines · 07/12/2025 09:05

Justlostmybagel · 07/12/2025 08:07

I hate that people bring out "looking like a prepubescent girl" everytime there's a thread that mentions women shaving.

I can promise that I still look like an adult woman, despite shaving.

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Me too.

If shaving my legs makes me look pre pubescent then how come I never get asked for ID to purchase alcohol?

I shave my legs every day and yet noone has mistaken me for a school girl - why is that?

Pineapplewaves · 07/12/2025 09:05

Yes because I find that the hairs just stick through your tights eventually (I have dark hair that grows quickly), also people notice when you sit down and cross your legs and your jeans ride up and DP would find it a turn off!

Shmee1988 · 07/12/2025 09:04

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 07:58

Nope, I never shave, even in summer.

I hate it that the beauty standard is for women to look like a prepubescent girl.

As opposed to a gorilla?

N4ish · 07/12/2025 09:01

All these women worrying about what medical professionals would think if they saw body hair! Believe me, they could not care less. It is normal and healthy for grown adults to have body hair, if a HCP is surprised or disgusted by that they’re in the wrong profession.

FieryA · 07/12/2025 08:56

Yes. I use hair removal cream.

Clearinguptheclutter · 07/12/2025 08:55

I rarely shave in winter.

OSTMusTisNT · 07/12/2025 08:51

Yes, probably a couple of times a week. I would be mortified if I ended up in A&E with a broken ankle otherwise 😆.

Worralorra · 07/12/2025 08:49

No. Been epilating for over 25 years and hardly anything grows back on the legs now! Underarms never grow back at all now, too, so it’s a win-win for me…

Rockfordpeach · 07/12/2025 08:30

I very weirdly, don't grow leg hair, my mum doesn't either. Everywhere else but nothing on my legs so Ive never shaved them and they are smooth and hairless. It's the one good thing about my body 🤣

BlueEyedBogWitch · 07/12/2025 08:29

Yes, because even though I’m fair, my leg hair is so thick that it itches like mad if I let it grow, and feels horrible under tights/leggings etc.

It was thick when I was a “pre-pubescent girl” too, so it’s nothing to do with that. I’m smiling at the thought of shaving my legs making my 51 year old, post-childbirth body look 12, though.

CraftySeal · 07/12/2025 08:25

Yes. Whenever I wash my hair, I shave my legs while leaving the conditioner to soak in before rinsing it off.

snoopythebeagle · 07/12/2025 08:25

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 08:15

The beauty industry makes their money from keeping us all striving to look as young as possible. It's unhealthy as fuck. From the second we start growing hair we are targeted to remove it, facial lines need to be gone, lashes to give us that doe eyed effect, can't have grey hair etc etc.

There's no denying it.

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Looking young is not the same as looking “pre pubescent” 🙄

If you think adult women look like underage girls just because they shave their legs then I think you need some help, quite frankly.

pinkpony88 · 07/12/2025 08:22

Crumpt · 07/12/2025 07:51

I'm surprised no one has said yes because they go swimming or do other exercise during the winter. I get far too hot in full length leggings. For that reason alone, yes. And also because I just feel a bit gross otherwise.

That’s me! I do mine because I swim regularly ☺️

LilyCanna · 07/12/2025 08:15

phantomofthepopera · 07/12/2025 07:59

I don’t bother usually until a hospital appointment this week. I was expecting just a consultation but it turned out I had to have a minor surgical procedure for which I had to strip off my bottom half and put my legs in stirrups. I haven’t shaved (anywhere) since August! I also had old knickers on and chipped nail polish. I wanted to die.

It was the boot up the backside I needed to take myself back in hand. I’m like a slippery dolphin now.

Seriously, medical staff aren’t going to judge women for having natural body hair - it’s not unhygienic or shameful any more than men’s is, and given loads of women never shave their pubic hair and don’t shave legs in winter / at all, it wouldn’t have even registered with them.

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 08:15

snoopythebeagle · 07/12/2025 08:09

No fully grown adult woman looks like a “pre-pubescent girl” just because she shaves her legs.

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The beauty industry makes their money from keeping us all striving to look as young as possible. It's unhealthy as fuck. From the second we start growing hair we are targeted to remove it, facial lines need to be gone, lashes to give us that doe eyed effect, can't have grey hair etc etc.

There's no denying it.

Justlostmybagel · 07/12/2025 08:12

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 08:08

Sorry, I didn't realise that my personal opinion wasn't allowed.

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It's allowed. I'm allowed to say I disagree too.

snoopythebeagle · 07/12/2025 08:09

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 07:58

Nope, I never shave, even in summer.

I hate it that the beauty standard is for women to look like a prepubescent girl.

No fully grown adult woman looks like a “pre-pubescent girl” just because she shaves her legs.

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 08:08

Justlostmybagel · 07/12/2025 08:07

I hate that people bring out "looking like a prepubescent girl" everytime there's a thread that mentions women shaving.

I can promise that I still look like an adult woman, despite shaving.

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Sorry, I didn't realise that my personal opinion wasn't allowed.

Justlostmybagel · 07/12/2025 08:07

TheVengaBusIsComingMyBusPassIsForthcoming · 07/12/2025 07:58

Nope, I never shave, even in summer.

I hate it that the beauty standard is for women to look like a prepubescent girl.

I hate that people bring out "looking like a prepubescent girl" everytime there's a thread that mentions women shaving.

I can promise that I still look like an adult woman, despite shaving.