Why removing pubic hair is a bad style choice

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Thanks Absof.

I find the "Hitler Tache" or the "exclamation mark" more ridiculous than a bald fanjo if truth be told. Surely you might as well be bald!

I have a fairly normal triangle that I just tidy up with a wax - I wear my bikini bottoms to the Beautician and hold to one side for a bit of movement leverage. I have had everything taken off, it wasn't painful, there were nice sensations during sex, and it's definitely more pleasant oral for your OH. For me (pretty sparse, electric wire hair) I could go about 6-8 weeks between. However ingrowing hairs were something that I disliked intensely - having straight hair down there can't help this matter much!

However one of my friends had a real bikini line issue - and was taunted by one not very helpful male friend, that she looked like she'd spilt a packet of "Old Holburn" in her lap. She had to have regular waxing, arms, legs, eyebrows, upper lip, fanny - so for ease she just used to take the lot off. For her she was a regular 4 weekly person. I think she is considering laser hair removal now too.

She was paranoid about it, but I've met men that like a big fluffy muffty too, and sometimes my husband asks me to grow it back. So I hardly think it's all mens preference. There is a section of adult magazines that focuses on the more "hirsute" woman after all.

If we are dealing in questions that you can't ask in real life....

I have a friend who has quite large inner labia IYKWIM, and she isn't confident about getting a wax.

I've told her that the beautician has surely seen a hundred different shaped fanjos so that waxing must be okay and comfortable. Does anyone have any experience?

Gets sparser and greyer as one gets older, usually by late 70s there is just a few straight grey hairs at the front in a kind of post modern ironic take on the brazillian

I think here may be a resurge in the market for merkins for those women who like the bushy look :)

I've never ever wanted to be a beautician- but now I definitely don't. What a way to spend your days - fanny waxing.

Had a brazilian for the first time a few weeks ago.

Never again. Ouch and ouch.

I would never pay someone to get rid of my hair what a waste of time and money.

I just shaved today, sit on the toilet floor like a frog with the Mach 3, all done in five mins and in private whats so hard about that?.

Legs are another matter I've spent ages on them today with the epilator and then the razor trying to get at the ingrowing ones

You really think anyone will sit up and take note of an article telling you how unhygenic shaved pubes is?

Readers of The Guardian (and I count myself among them) may well applaud such outspokenness but the average girl or boy doesn't give two hoots about infections, they just want to remain shaved and smooth.

There are a lot of men and women who will refuse oral sex unless their partner is clean-shaven (both ways probably!).

Unfortunately sex trumps hygiene and always will. So a great article but sadly the pressure will always be there for our young adults to comply.

'There are a lot of men and women who will refuse oral sex unless their partner is clean-shaven (both ways probably!)'

Really? Oh Never remotely been my experience but I guess I am old.

same as me Joan. what a bunch of uptight idiots they must be, sounds no fun at all. I can't believe the boys are doing it too... never bothered me in the slightest, a few hairs the last thing would put me off of my stride

myinnergoddess yes I too have that problem, I have brazilians and noone has ever even batted an eyelid at my flaps

Also another big flappy fanny here! Because of that reason hair is very irritating in between my legs.

I do something you shouldn't though...

I use removal cream. Just make sure it doesn't touch your inner lips and you're all good. Gone in 8 mins with no pain and I get far less (none really) ingrown hairs.

I get rid of all hair between my legs, have a bikini style on my pubic bone and get rid of all bum hair (I get a lot of that too )

If I left it without getting it sorted I would have hairs out of my bikini.

I have to say though, it's not pleasant to get hairs in your mouth, can't imagine why it would be any better for a guy.

Trimmed men for me please!

Why do we have to follow the clothes ie bikinis and not have clothes which do not require body modification, it's ridiculous.

I'm crap at knitting, but maybe if I start now then by the time my pubes fall out and leave me with anything ironic I'll have created a luxuriant cashmere merkin in dove grey

Grey is super on trend! I'd love a grey cashmere merkin!

I'm sure there are no flappy fanjos! I've always been a bit envious of the "butterfly" types. I will tell her your feedback, ladies.

I sport a "ziplock" fanjo, and that does look disturbing in the flesh. Very childlike.

A lot of men trim the mound because it makes the penis appear larger. An inch of curly bush takes an inch off the manhood don't you know!

My dh tends to trim himself with the hair clippers around that areas, just to lessen the foraging!

I get my bikini line waxed but only enough to wear a swimsuit. Last time I went unbeknownst to me ( well it hurt more and took longer but I didn't know why) she basically gave me a brazilian. I have no idea why - I didn't want it or request it, all I asked for was to go a little higher than normal so I could wear all my bikinis on holiday - well unless I was planning to reveal most of my fanjo .
I got the feeling that she felt it would be an improvement for me - apparently women of all ages get hollywoods and brazilians, not for me I'm afraid got loads of ingrowing hairs anyway.

What the fuck pube hair removal. Why?

Because not everyone wants to look like they've smuggled a clown down their pants at the swimming pool risotto

Wear shorts. Get a swimsuit with legs. Let it all hang out. Why is your clothing dictating your actions?

I'm puzzled about why anybody should be looking for bits of pubic hair at the swimming pool. Or beach. At the swimming pool, I'm swimming, not looking at people's crotches. At the beach I'm making sandcastles, swimming ... not looking at other people's crotches. And vain as I am, I don't imagine people are looking at mine. And even if they were, does it really matter if they saw, shock, some hair ?

What niminypiminy said. Clown smuggling indeed.

And still people say they feel more hygienic.

But it's not. It's less.

If you feel as though you are more hygienic, somewhere along the line you've absorbed and internalised the idea that your foof is dirty and you need to clean it up.

Just as women have internalised all sorts of other negative messages about our filthy sinful bodies throughout history.

I had this lover who shaved his bollocks.

Looked bloody ridiculous and didn't feel very nice. And oh he was pernickety.

Didn't last long.

I was being flippant Joan