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Would yours have been hairy?

57 replies

snowandshowers · 25/04/2023 10:05

I was watching Derren Brown on TV. He asked a young woman to help him on stage and she was in a position that bared her arm pits. Perfectly waxed and smooth. I thought if it had been me I would have shown stubble or hairy armpits. Not that it matters but it would have to me.

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Cakencookieobsessed · 25/04/2023 10:06

Smooth.

TomatoSandwiches · 25/04/2023 10:07

Right now they would have about 3mm growth, not that I'm particularly bothered about showing my armpit stubble tbh, actually I quite like a bit of hair there.

BertieBotts · 25/04/2023 10:07

Strange question - I'm not particularly bothered by having visible hair/stubble now, but when I was younger, I did. So if I wore clothing without sleeves or with very short sleeves, I made sure to shave. If I was unshaven, then I wore longer sleeves.

Therefore it was a total non issue.

FourTeaFallOut · 25/04/2023 10:08

Yeah, I'd have had a shower before I went out on a night out and I shave armpits as standard - without paying any attention to whether I really need to or not. So there wouldn't be any stubble.

CindersAgain · 25/04/2023 10:09

If I was wearing an outfit that shows my armpits, they’d be pretty smooth.

Trixibella · 25/04/2023 10:10

I just shave them as standard while waiting for conditioner to work. It’s automatic. My legs are not!

CaptainCorriganIsFlying · 25/04/2023 10:12

I’m with you, OP. Only shave when wearing something that will reveal the area.

Could currently plait my pit hair.

LittleMie · 25/04/2023 10:15

Well if I was out for the night they'd 100% be smooth. Random day maybe a bit of stubble but never anything more

StarlightLady · 25/04/2023 10:18

The only hair on my body is on my head. And that has been the case for well over 20 years.

Charlottewebsbabies · 25/04/2023 10:18

I only bother if I'm wearing sleeveless tops/dresses or my roll on starts to pull on it
My legs-i only bother if I'm getting them out
Currently my pit hair isn't stubble,but not hanging to my elbows either-i did them about 10 days ago,as it was my birthday
Christ knows when I'll bother again

HeadbandOverMyEyes · 25/04/2023 10:20

Am I odd for finding hairy armpits kind of sexy on a woman? I think it's a combination of "aw, cute n fluffy" + glimpse of something usually hidden + maybe reminiscent of other things…

CookieChumbles · 25/04/2023 10:21

Smooth, I just run the razor over them in the shower every day. Takes about 3 seconds and I don't even think about it tbh, just always done it.

CosyCoffee · 25/04/2023 10:25

I noticed that OP, and she also had beautiful muscle tone in her shoulders and arms.

My armpits are currently a bit hairy but if I was wearing a vest I'd make sure they were smooth. Although I also think hairy armpits on women can look sexy, but unfortunately usually only on attractive well toned younger women. Which rules me out.

hopeishere · 25/04/2023 10:25

I had mine lasered. Best decision ever! Dark and hairy so it's much easier.

FlibbedyFlobbedyFloo · 25/04/2023 10:29

I epilate, so there isn't that much, even if I let it grow. But if I was wearing a sleeveless top, I'd be hair-free

Tessisme · 25/04/2023 10:30

Mine are hairy. My legs were too until a couple of days ago when the sun peeped out from behind a cloud. Pits will stay hairy as they will never see the light of day😅

Ramunea · 25/04/2023 10:31

Mine would have been long, braided and beaded.

beeskipa · 25/04/2023 10:33

Most likely hairy, I don't shave them often! I'm with PP - I think it's kind of sexy (on myself, and on other women).

LadyKenya · 25/04/2023 10:35

I gave up that shaving lark years ago!😌

StressedToTheMaxxx · 25/04/2023 10:35

hopeishere · 25/04/2023 10:25

I had mine lasered. Best decision ever! Dark and hairy so it's much easier.

How many sessions of laser did it take and does not s single hair grow back?

Dhallow · 25/04/2023 10:37

I'm not sure what you're getting at? That it's surprising that she had shaved pits?

snowandshowers · 25/04/2023 10:39

Dhallow · 25/04/2023 10:37

I'm not sure what you're getting at? That it's surprising that she had shaved pits?

I am not "getting" at anything. I am just commenting that mine would not have looked so good

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shivawn · 25/04/2023 10:39

I do mine everytime I shower so they'd normally be pretty smooth. I'm a bit lazier when it comes to other areas.

CalpolDependant · 25/04/2023 10:40

Each of my armpits only grows about 5 hairs, and at a glacial pace too, so I can say with certainty that I would be pretty hair free in the pits area.

My body appears to have redirected all hair growth that was meant for my pits to my top lip and the bit between my eyebrows.

(I should just say eyebrow. If left to own devices, I would just have one eyebrow.)

CindersAgain · 25/04/2023 10:40

snowandshowers · 25/04/2023 10:39

I am not "getting" at anything. I am just commenting that mine would not have looked so good

Even if you were going out for the evening in a sleeveless top though?

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