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another lady garden thread! wax, shave, trim or nowt?

156 replies

Buddhagirl · 04/04/2013 21:49

I've-always- wanted a large number of people to answer this question./weird. Just don't know what's 'normal'.

Trim for me, wax is just annoying, shaving is itchy and scratchy and natural is apparently not socially acceptable :-\

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Dottyspot · 05/04/2013 16:12

Shave it all off. Takes about 30 sec

Dottyspot · 05/04/2013 16:16

Oops posted too soon! Takes about 30 secs in the shower every morning. I think shaving is only itchy the first time you do it, if you do it every day it's not itchy at all, exact same as doing your pits! Personally I think hairless feels cleaner.. I like the smooth feeling!

BinksToEnlightenment · 05/04/2013 16:21

Agreed that shaving is not itchy when done regularly.

juniper9 · 05/04/2013 16:22

Word of warning about Veet- it can cause very bad burns/ blisters.

That was not an experience I am willing to repeat, ta very much.

My DP gets what's available, depending on how lazy I'm feeling. Recently I haven't been bothered with armpits or legs either. I asked him if he cared, and he said "a naked woman wants to have sex with me. No, I don't care." So romantic it belongs on a Hallmark card.

Bunbaker · 05/04/2013 16:44

"which for hygiene purposes is not a bad thing."

I don't think hygiene comes into it. Like eyelashes and nose hairs the hair is there for a reason - to protect what is underneath/behind it. Being bald doesn't make you any less sweaty or cleaner if you wash regularly.

BarredfromhavingStella · 05/04/2013 17:17

Used to wax but am now having laser in the hope of never having to do anything again after I've had all the sessions...

DiseasesOfTheSheep · 05/04/2013 17:28

I've never encountered a hairless vagina. I don't know what I'd do if encountered one. I think I'd find it all quite disturbing and run in horror.

I'd run in horror if I encountered a vagina of any sort in my day to day life, hairless or otherwise Shock

Other than my own, of course, which I don't really count as an "encounter" as much as a cohabitation of sorts.

DaveMccave · 05/04/2013 17:52

Shave everything but a landing strip. Too hairy for any other method to work. I don't think it's sexist, most men trim and shave their pubes these days too.

persimmon · 05/04/2013 18:00

I got one of those 'you were out' (I wasn't) cards through the letterbox today. It said 'parcel is under your bush'. Me and DH snorted for several minutes.

UnknownGnome · 05/04/2013 18:02

I don't like to hear that women will shave off all their pubic hair because most men expect it to be that way. I don't believe their expectations should come into it.

UnknownGnome · 05/04/2013 18:08

But to answer the question, I'm natural unless we're going swimming, then I shave the sides and trim.

I don't believe that it's more hygienic to be bald.

Somethingtothinkabout · 05/04/2013 18:17

Hot wax the sides and underneath, leave a thick strip. Wouldn't wax it all off, looks weird. Would feel uncomfortable if DP prefered that too.

I am 27.

I used to shave about 10 years ago, would never do it now and wish I never did. Too itchy now.

I hate having to wax but hate being hairy even more. Would actually empty my savings account in a heartbeat if there was a way to permanently smooth.

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 05/04/2013 19:27

It's not more hygienic to be bald. :)

Fine if you want to do it and all that, but this myth just peddles the pressure on women to do it, regardless of whether they want to or not.

Bunbaker · 05/04/2013 20:32

"most men trim and shave their pubes these days too."

Do they? I would find it odd, but I am much older Grin

ifancyashandy · 05/04/2013 20:58

What DonDraper said. It is not more hygienic. Strangely, the human body is designed to work and if we didn't need pubic hair to keep the nasties out of the orifices, evolution would have out paid to it!

That said, I like to shave underneath and the sides into a triangle. Good for head sex in my experience and looks better in thongs etc.

But if I was au naturel & a man got freaked out by my pubes, then he ain't man enough for me.

marmite69 · 05/04/2013 21:10

juniper9 I think our dps are related!

jinsymaw · 05/04/2013 22:23

It's funny that fashion through the ages also apply to down there. Am I wrong in thinking that ladies would wear wear a mirkin, shudders,
hundreds of years ago. Then 70 s and 80s gorilla style. Now it's strip landings or bald eagle!

flounderscominghome · 05/04/2013 23:31

shave everything except for a landing strip.
use to wax (still with a landing strip) but hated the waiting till the next appt.
i've never asked DP if he likes it and it has been in the same style since we got together.

Bartlebee · 05/04/2013 23:38

If I shaved mine, it would be stubbly within hours. Wax

Bartlebee · 05/04/2013 23:39

Oops, waxing is the only thing that works for me.

Dh trims his with electric clippers.

littlepeas · 06/04/2013 00:03

I've been with my dh for ages and long before the bare foof thing took off. I had a boyfriend shortly before dh who 'educated' me regarding this and once shaved it all off for me! Before that I had barely given it any thought. I like it very closely trimmed all over, but often let it grow longer. Dh has never stated a preference! I am 30.

jinsymaw · 06/04/2013 01:27

If you ever get that pimply, angry, plucked chicken effect after shaving then I have the product for you. It's NAds, yes you heard right, Nads IN Growth solution. Stings like a bitch when sprayed on but the effect is peachy.

sonofzod · 06/04/2013 06:08

from a guys perspective I prefer it looking natural, not like Don King in a headlock but not looking like Kojacks head either..

just a bit of a tidy up so it isn't like a amazon rainforest is more than acceptable

RiaOverTheRainbow · 06/04/2013 06:44

I know it's horses for courses but I've always thought the trimmed short style looks kind of stubbly Confused

BinksToEnlightenment · 06/04/2013 10:11

I can verify that most guys under the age of 35 are doing pube pruning.