Have I been shaving wrong my whole life??

[WashingMatilda]

I am having an existential crisis.
I have just seen a Dove advert and she is shaving her armpits DOWNWARDS.
I have always shaved them upwards, as in from the bottom of the armpit towards my shoulder.
Google has been no help at all.
I'm just staring at the ceiling wondering what else I could have been doing wrong MY WHOLE LIFE.
TELL ME I'M GOING TO BE OKAY.

[PookieSnackenberger]

OMG I do mine sideways. Always knew I was a wrong'un.

[RB68]

Up Down side to side - lol stubborn little buggers

Legs upwards when I do but v fine blonde hairs so often down bother, particularly as usually wear trousers

[ShizzleYoDrizzle]

Up, down, and diagonally. Armpit hair doesn't follow the pack.

[WashingMatilda]

I'd never even thought of sideways. This is another level shit.

[insancerre]

Dh told me off for shaving my legs upwards
He says always shave downwards
I tried it but it did nothing, just flattens the hairs

[spiderlight]

I've just realised that I do my left one upwards and my right one downwards. Never really thought about it until now!

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

Never mind how you shave - are you using the right POWDER-SOFT deodorant afterwards?
God, those Dove ads really make me want to throw something at the telly - all those women in ecstasies about the state of their armpits...

[AuldHeathen]

One of the joys of the menopause: armpit hair has gone.

[Userwhocouldntthinkofagoodname]

I do mine in then out, has worked well for 20 years.

[nakedscientist]

One of the joys of the menopause: armpit hair has gone

WHAT? Really? Is that a thing?

[NameChangeFamousFolk]

Downards, then slightly to the side, kind of front to back. But everyone's hair growth is different, I guess?

I learned from a Madonna quote in 1989 about how she did it. Her armpits looked nice.

[LakieLady]

One of the joys of the menopause: armpit hair has gone

Really, AuldHeathen? I need to ask for a refund, as mine still need a regular shave.

My once magnificent bush is down to a few sprigs now, though.

[pullingmyhairout1]

Blimey. I go up and down on armpits. From ankle to knee legs. Wax eyebrows and upperlip and use a lady shave on the bush. Never really thought about which way the hair grows!

[Kidsarekarma]

One of the joys of the menopause: armpit hair has gone

WHAT? Really? Is that a thing?

Sadly no, not for me.

I epilate. No shadows at all.

[AuldHeathen]

Well, l have a small amount of soft fluff, so better than the previous dark coarse stuff.

[RJnomore1]

Hold on hold on.

You're supposed to shave your legs down the way?

😮

[MrsKoala]

I don't bother much with pits as i don't mind the hair there. But what direction and how do you shave your bum/back of upper thighs?

I have to put my foot up on the wall, with my knee to my chest and shave from the inside of my crack upwards - which is actually downwards i suppose - to my knee. Then i stand straight with legs together and twist round and shave the backs of the thighs sideways in an outwards direction.

[ShizzleYoDrizzle]

I don't grow hair on my bum or thighs. I do have hairy toes though.

[MrsKoala]

Don't wax them. It makes my lips (on my face) tingle it hurts so much (same as pits). But then again cutting your toes shaving really hurts too. And they bleed like fuckers.

[dudsville]

I think I shave downward on underarms... It's a sensitive area and I don't like the thought of going against "the grain"!

[Neverknowing]

When I tried to wax my armpits massive mistake never again it said your armpit hair grows in two directions so you need to put two wax strips and pull them opposite ways. So I shave my armpits in both directions, it's a minefield op.

[WashingMatilda]

mrskoala you shave your crack?

[ShizzleYoDrizzle]

Oh actually I do get some hair in my crack. So nice that I feel I can share this with all of you. Just not on my bum cheeks.

[MrsKoala]

Yup. I used to get it waxed when i had more time. This involves getting on the bed on all fours, then spreading the cheeks with your hands and leaning on your face. Like a kind of modern day heironymous bosch tripod. While a stranger pours hot wax on your ring piece and rips it out. It's a strange sensation. The heat is the weirdest part. Once my waxer slipped and i got a thumb up there. Feels lovely after. I don't bother with the front tho. Just the hairiest parts. I do stomach too. Apart from the chest rug, i'd say i was the female Tom Selleck.

[ShizzleYoDrizzle]

Once my waxer slipped and i got a thumb up there.

Oh my word!

Did you have to pay extra for that?