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to ask you if you are hairless down there??

327 replies

melzyR · 26/10/2011 01:44

a drunk conversation on a girls night sparked the conversation of shaving down there.... i was very surprised to hear that out of 11 females only 3 still had hair down there.... Its not something i ever thought about before, and in the conversation i was 1 of the 3 that wasn't completely bare down there lol i am now the center of several hairy jokes, which doesn't bother me as they are quite funny... But anyway, as none of us no each other on here my question is are most people bare down there?

OP posts:
breadandbutterfly · 26/10/2011 01:56

Been long tedious threads on this before. Try google.

HairyToedHobbit · 26/10/2011 01:57

Well I am as nature intended. [hshock]

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 26/10/2011 01:59

Oh Gawd, I know it's bad form to say it, but has enough time really elapsed since the last one of these threads for another to rear its head...?

HairyToedHobbit · 26/10/2011 02:02

Well to be fair, if the OP was really surprised to discover that she was in a minority within her group of friends she can't have seen the many previous threads on the subject. Are we not allowed to ever repeat any discussion on MN?

Original poster
melzyR · 26/10/2011 02:12

sorry, obviously i haven't read that thread on here before, i wasn't expecting to make people 'mad' with a repeat conversation Confused just thought it would be an interesting conversation that's all.

OP posts:
Moominsarescary · 26/10/2011 02:20

I have no hair down there

my2centsis · 26/10/2011 02:25

lol some people are so rude. OP i havnt read a thread like this before either!!

considering no one knows me on here i will speak the truth lol, i have shaved down there several times as dp hinted he would like me to try it.. but always seemed to get a rash type spots that it looks quite hideous lol, i read to try shaving with conditioner instead of soap but that didn't work for me either... i am now nearly 8 months pregnant so cant even see my yoohoo to attempt to shave down there, and i think waxing would f*ckin hurt!!!

I however do like it when dp has hairless balls Blush but hair still above it... i think its sexy.. hehe

Bearskinwoolies · 26/10/2011 04:32

Ah, waxing isn't that bad, just remember to have a shot of vodka and an ibuprofen beforehand.

Been waxing for 6 yrs now, it's way better than shaving (and the subsequent spots/cuts) and I (and dh) prefer it that way.

Bread - if we followed that logic, mumsnet would implode.

ednurse · 26/10/2011 04:34

All off, all the time.

HauntedHengshanRoad · 26/10/2011 05:05

I shave everything except a patch at the front. This way I get the hairless feel that I like (hate having hair rubbing around down there) without the uncomfortable "youthfulness" of having it completely bare.

Morloth · 26/10/2011 05:20

Got the whole lot, no plucking, waxing or shaving.

Waste of valuable time.

GotArt · 26/10/2011 05:24

I used to get waxed pretty regularly, just left a nice bit at the front but definitely underneath waxed too. Then I got pregnant with the second and just didn't get out for that wax. It grew in... it was horrendous. A couple of weeks before giving birth, I attempted shaving, grabbed DH's shaving mirror, angled it between my legs to have a go and was shocked into oblivion by the ugliest thing in the world; my vagina. Grin Its been 5 months since that day... neither have I waxed or shaved. To scary for me and I don't know as though I could put someone through that. Grin

Oh, I haven't read a thread on this here either.

All my friends do some type of hair removal, but not Brazilian.

FearfulYank · 26/10/2011 05:32

My best friends (and I) still have some hair. Just keep it neat!

I know someone who waxes and is really pathological about me not doing it. When I was pregnant she was horrified that I was not going to go in for a wax before giving birth. :o

FanjoForTheMuahahammaries · 26/10/2011 05:34

Yes YABU to ask such a personal question Wink

smoggie · 26/10/2011 06:00

I am booked to try laser removal soon - although just a "tidy up" not complete removal. I react badly to shaving, waxing, cream removal etc. It's the bane of my life!! Ingrown hairs and rashes -eughhh. Couldn't go hairless - just seems a bit unnatural.

MsWeatherwax · 26/10/2011 06:39

I don't do any hair removal.

fastweb · 26/10/2011 07:34

I tried whipping it all off back in my younger days.

But looked like a badly plucked chicken and it was itchy.

Did some radical tidying with the orginal epilady (the one with the evil whizzing spring) but the spring grabbed a bit of labia, which took rather a long time to untangle and left me with a minced butterfly. So gave that up as a (phobia inducing) bad job too.

At 43 I tidy with non evil new epilady or a razor, in a sort of "fluffy bits stay inside of bikini bottoms" style.

I lightly trim for length control, so essentially I have a slightly tamed, but distinctly 70s, bush.

I will wait till my 60s/70s for a full hollywood, on the basis it will all fall out by itself so no effort is involved and there is no itchy regrowth problem.

BOOareHaunting · 26/10/2011 07:44

I am also as nature intended but with a 'bush' that needs more gardening after my ECS with DS Grin

I have tried the total trim before but it felt wierd/ un-natural so let it grow back.

I use scissors to keep it short and shave. Waxing is meant to be better but my way works for me.

A friend did sut her's into a heart shape and dye it red once for valentines day. Shock Grin

SilveryMoon · 26/10/2011 07:49

I try to keep it trimmed and tidy, but can't always be bothered find the time.
Dp has told me on many occasions that he would like it bare and has offered to do it himself, but I do feel a bit funny at the thought of being completely bare.

Becaroooo · 26/10/2011 07:54

Ewwww...no!

As Caitlin Moran said, if you do that what you are left with is a "ruinously expensive, cold looking childs fanny"

I look like I have a wookie in my pants and like it that way Grin

Really interesting point on pubic hair, though, OP.

When did womens pubic hair become something dirty and to be got rid of??? I blame the porn industry myself. There must be so many teenage boys who have got their sex ed from porn horrified to dicover that woman actually have pubic hair and arent completely bald down there Sad

Blimey, only 7.50am and I am talking about pubic hair and porn already! I love MN Smile

Whatmeworry · 26/10/2011 08:01

A summary from previous threads:

  • There seems to be a generation shift, younger women go hairless, older ones dont, and it seems to be thirtysomethings on up who don't.
  • Why Isn't clear many think its increasing pornification, people who do shave say they think it's more hygienic.
Ifancyashandy · 26/10/2011 08:27

It isn't more hygienic. We have hair round our orifices (eyelashes / nasal hair / ear hair /pubic etc) to protect us. They stop the nasty germs getting in.

That said, I shave underneath and trim the sides because I like the way it looks and feels. Am single so not doing it for a bloke but mainly because I wear thongs and it looks 'better' IMO.

But am under no illusion - I know it stems from porn culture.

Oh, am 41

TheVampireEmpusa · 26/10/2011 08:27

All off for me.

But then I'm also pierced down there and piercings + hair doesn't tend to end well. Confused Plus it just feels nicer, more sensitive.

AFuckingKnackeredWoman · 26/10/2011 08:28

Am of the plucked chicken variety myself.

just like it that way.

I am 26

shinybaubles · 26/10/2011 08:34

Have had it all off before, in a desperate and misguided thought that he might find it sexy etc but dh said why was I trying to look like a child we both agree neat and tidy much better. I do trim and shave and wax as necessary to keep it under control but not totally bare anymore.