AIBU for asking if you pluck your pubic hair?

I use the Nair cream to take everything off, every few weeks. Smells a bit grim but very effective.

You might be my soul sister as I am on the same boat!

In the last 10 minutes I have seen this post and laughed out loud at the pink oboe/ beef flute! I think needed this! 🤣🤣

Sounds painful.

Let us know the outcome and how far you get before the pain kicks in.
Laser is definitely worth trying.

Just to add tot his thread for no other reason than to join in the funny stories.

I trim short with clippers rather than shave/wax ect

Went to do it this morning before my shower because it's getting out of hand.

Battery runs out and now I have a half-trimmed public area. A fanny mullet if you will.

It's on charge to finish once the kids are in bed 😂

I wax my own using Veet wax strips. I'm surprised that only one reply on this thread has said the same so far.
I wouldn't want to go to a stranger to wax it for me, or pay the amount that would cost. I wouldn't fancy shaving, as it grows back prickly.
I do tweezer stray bikini line hairs between waxes, but it would take too long to tweezer the entire area.

I use IPL and I pluck any random ones that pop through!

I have a Hollywood wax and I do keep it going for weeks by plucking regrowth. But I couldn’t possibly pluck as a starting point. I’d be there for a week.

Would highly recommend. I’m currently on Medoxil for thinning head hair and can confirm that it works for all areas! I’m a hair removal pro at this point. I’m like Tim Allen in the Santa Clause. I get rid and it’s back by the time I’ve pulled my drawers up

I used to pluck, but more for tidying than taking a lot off. Trim short first, it’s easier then. But also I did this when I was single and had no kids so I had plenty of time and privacy. No way would I get a chance now!
If you decide to use cream instead, WooWoo (if its still around) is designed for the whole area not just bikini line.

OK so the problem with epilating that region is that if you don’t trim the hair short first the epilator sort of tangles up in them, and it’s incredibly painful! Then you have to cut it out and de-tangle it, and trust me, you will not want to try again by the time you’ve done that and got it working again. Even once the bleeding stops. And yes, I know from experience alas! I also tried home waxing, but turned out to be spectacularly bad at it, and whilst I didn’t burn myself I did give myself the most horrific black bruises on the small section I did before giving up, that were really painful and took weeks and weeks to heal. The purple/green/yellow look as they healed was far worse than hair, as was the black bruised look which frankly made me look like I had a gangrenous crotch. These days I am single and don’t even de-hair my legs, and it’s blooming brilliant!

Much depends on your anatomy and mobility!

If everything is pretty minimal, smooth, taut.. then epilator and plucking the odd one it misses would probably be fine - particularly if you're not very... plushy.

If you're quite bendy and dexterous then waxing yourself is possible but its not something everyone can do - i am the opposite of all the above descriptors and absolutely cannot reach all the necessary areas in the right way to tension the skin and apply/remove hot wax (and strip wax is evil, don't do it).

Plucking one by one - only feasible if you're pretty thread bare I'd imagine and theres a good chance you'll catch some skin in the tweezers if you can't see what you're doing. Ouch.

She won’t have to worry about them in her mid 50’s as they would have migrated from the pubic area to her chin!

An epilator? Are you insane? Good luck with that.

Oh no, this was the PERFECT thread for that comment 😂

Pluck 🤣🤣🤣

I've stopped hair removal down there, I'm only doing maintenance. It all gets trimmed and tidied, perhaps a bit more carefully when I'm on a beach holiday?

Mind I'm from south Europe (mysterious) so a brunette and quite hairy.

After years of waxing everything off, now I've decided fuck that. I get a bit self conscious at the beach, as bikinis are tiny and if you don't wax/shave, no amount of careful trimming will result in absolutely nothing being 'visible', but meh can't be arsed anymore really.

Well done PluckedUp for this hilarious thread. It has kept me amused all day. 👏

I think the quality of women’s razors have improved such that bumps and cuts are a distant possibility.
i don’t really get why posters are so anti-shaving these days, whether it’s chin hairs or bikini/majora hair. It’s by far the cheapest, most convenient way to deal with the issues, with no wait time such as with waxing.
For those who might say that once you have done it once you have to keep doing it - well, are you going to wake up in a few years and decide you want a full beard, or to have pubic hair peeping out of your cossie when you’re at your over-60s Aquafit class? think not. You’ll continue to deal with it during showering until you’re so old and decrepit that it no longer matters and you no longer care.

I have not read the whole thread, but the first few pages many people seem horrified by this. But I have been plucking my bikini line for about a decade. I could not go to someone for waxing, small kids at the time so limited time, and would find it embarrassing… I know loads of people go but it’s not for me.
i prefer plucking, would never shave, imagine if you cut it., ouch. Plucking was a little uncomfortable at first but you get used to it. Pros are you can pluck whenever you want, just check every few days or once a week and pluck as they come through. Easy to maintain!

Good lord, no. I’d be there all year. If I don’t want to wet shave it I use men’s clippers and a mirror.

I use wax strips to remove hair from the bikni line, and underneath, leaving a teardrop shaped patch at the front. I do a lot of cycling and this makes things more comfortable (no pulled hairs), it also improves sensation during bedroom stuff. Some find do-it-yourself hot wax better for this task, but I'm too lazy for all that.

It takes a bit of practice to use strips, so you should practice on your arms and legs first. You will also need a mirror at crotch height! I can't think that plucking is a practical way of doing it, though i hear some people do this.

Edited to add: soothing antiseptics like tea tree, aloe vera, or witch-hazel are a must post hair removal. Oils like calendula, almond or argan oil are also brilliant post waxing to remove all of the sticky residue and soothe the skin.

I am wincing! Thank goodness I don’t have much body hair. I shave my underarms every June and December, whether they need it or not, and that’s my lot.

Do report back. Through the tears!

You could pluck but it woukd GROW BACK time after time time after time after time.....

Well if you have masochistic leanings, go for it 😂