Do you shave your armpits?

[ShavenUnderarmHaven]

Have just done mine for the first time since last summer. I don't care what it looks like, but the humidity where I live has been a killer lately and I will try anything if it makes me feel less sweaty/ makes my antiperspirant work more effectively.

I have not shaved regularly for quite a few years now. In my twenties I pretty much always did though.

What's normal for you?

Is there less pressure on women to shave their underarms now compared to 20 years ago?

I couldn’t think of anything worse than not shaving my arm pits.

I do it at least once a week. I don’t do it for anyone else but me but I can’t stand the feeling of having hairy arm pits.

I run the razor over them every morning in the shower, so nothing has a significant chance to grow. The only hair on my body is on my head, but if others choose differently that's fine too.

I certainly don't do it with anyone else in mind. I just think it looks better so I feel better. It's practical too, deoderent adheres far better without underarm hair. This just maybe why a number of men have a problem which our noses have to put up with.

I shaved for years but gave up a while ago and find that I’m less sweaty with armpit hair than without it. I get less smelly, too. I don’t know why.

Yes daily. Never sore or painful as its literally a once over with the blade due to no build up of hair.

Personal preference as I hate having body hair and feel fresher and cleaner without

I’ve embraced my hairy pits for about a year now.
I still read so many comments from other women online shaming women with hair on legs, pits, vulva, it’s so sad.

I'd probably say, every 2 - 3 days.

Me, too. It took me a long time to realise I wasn’t actually removing hair for myself.

YESSSS!

I’ve had this discussion with so many girls who say they do it for hygiene reasons, not realising they do it because society is expecting them to.

I always shaved my legs and armpits. In recent years it started to become quite infrequent so I switched to waxing but it's very costly. The first time I went back to shaving my armpits, I was horrified by how sharp the stubble was compared to waxing regrowth!

I looked into investing in a home IPL but you can't use IPL on tattoos. My legs are covered in tattoos and there was no way I'd pay that amount just to use it on my armpits. I therefore decided to go for an epilator, which I'm really happy with. As expected, it was bloody painful on my armpits - it took me three days of yelping "ow, ow, ow... nope!" before I could grit my teeth and do the whole area - but the results are comparable to waxing.

Yes I do them as a matter of course whenever I’m in the shower, but though I do it often I’m not very thorough about it. My deodorant feels better when they’re shaved.

Definitely feel less pressure now than a decade ago. I used to meticulously do them looking for stray hairs etc, now I barely even look - same with legs though I take slightly more care to avoid nicks!

@KajsaKavat - I don't do it for hygiene reasons, I do it because I think it looks better for me. Just as when I go out I may choose one outfit over another because I think it looks better.

I don't feel others should follow what I do though, unkess they want to.

Philips Lumea here too. I have pale skin and dark blonde hair, but my underarm hair and bikini line hair are darker. The lumea has worked really well on them. Still have to do top-ups every so often but the ingrown hairs and irritation from shaving are a thing of the past!

Exactly! I find it maddening that instead of it being accepted that as grown women we can form an opinion of what we think looks and feels better it must instead be down to societal pressure. No, I just think being hairy isn't my choice.

Weekly through summer, sometimes legs, sometimes get them waxed

Nope. I am very fair. I gave up 20 years ago!

Yes but only when I can be bothered/when my armpits get stinky too easily. Every couple of months probably.

I do because I sweat quite a lot so it makes me feel cleaner. I don't like the feel of a combination of sweat and hair. I don't do my legs very often though.

I bought a philips lumea years back and blasted all armpit hair out of existence. I probably would still shave otherwise.

I smell more and feel I sweat more when shaved. Deodorant works better on me when there is hair there. Dunno why

@dikwad - You are a woman after my own heart ❤

I epilate mine, I get too itchy from shaving stubble.

Doesn't your skin get irritated from shaving every day? If not, what is your secret???!

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Absolutely

I've shaved everything (everywhere) since I was about 14.

Can't stand the thought of hair under my arms or anywhere else.

Nothing to do with porn or "societal expectations", I just didn't like how it looked and could never imagine ever feeling clean if I had hair on my body.

I wonder if it's just some people have more sensitive skin? Because honestly, it takes me 5 seconds as I posted earlier in the thread. Soap up the shower gel while I'm washing my body as normal then a quick few swipes each armpit and never had an issue. I've actually just realised I don't know if some people use shaving cream for this? I never have.

Nothing to do with porn or "societal expectations", I just didn't like how it looked and could never imagine ever feeling clean if I had hair on my body.

But not liking how it looks is a result of societal expectations. Otherwise how do you explain that almost no men remove all their body hair?