Sorry but can I ask how you remove hair "down there"?

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Firstly I'd like to apologise if this is tmi or inappropriate...I hope it's not.

I'm really fighting a losing battle with this one.

I like to stay completely clean down there, like after a Brazilian, but waxing just hurts to much and I don't like having to go to a salon.

Shaving is easier but it grows back too quickly and I get inflamed hair sacks so get lots of red spots....not the look I'm after.

What magic tricks am I missing? Surely there's an easy, pain free method of getting smooth without the pain?

Holmes I think your point about Muslims just shows that people do things for cultural reasons and then give other explanations. In America male circumcision is common and a whole host of reasons are given which would seem odd and unconvincing over here where male circumcision is unusual except for religious reasons.

Hmm, I am another oldie, so this hair removal thing has passed me by.

But it strikes me that any beauty practice that is painful, or itchy, or leaves you with inflamed in growing hairs is pretty stupid. I dislike discomfort too much for any of that sort of nonsense.

Ok I just began typing another long response but I can't be arsed. My hair removal is neither cultural nor porn- influenced. Disbelieve me if you wish. OP - I hope you find a discomfort -free solution !

I've never had an ingrown hair or found it itchy, I do however find I get thrush more often if I don't shave which is another reason I do but then I'm probably just making excuses to hide the fact I'm just copying a fashion trend

Laser ,then wax or shave what is left,

And surely this is a matter of personal preference, no one is forcing anyone to do it. wax, shave, laser they are all not fun or pleasant to experience, so you only do it because you want you, and not because you feel pressured, I personally would be mortified if dh ever saw me sporting this movement look mentioned earlier, but that is my own opinion,

It really depends what your hair is like, texture and quantity wise. I wax; I don't notice the pain anymore and it's the freshest, tidiest longest lasting solution leaving your skin in the nicest condition.

Razor shaving- just no. Cheap and rashy
Beard trimmer- never got anywhere near close enough for me
Immac- never removed enough hair and doesn't remove at the roots

I don't think a single poster on here has said women should remove their pubic hair, but that they do because they want to.
A little ironic that those against shaving are saying what women 'should' do with their pubic hair - even citing that it's coming back into fashion at one point - while criticising removing it because that's what women feel they 'should' do because of fashion, culture, porn etc

OP you've had some good recommendations for products. Whether you keep your hair or get rid of it is upto you but hope the advice has been useful either way!

I'm no follower of fashion just like a smooth clean hair free finish....

Funnily enough I've started to get a few on my upper lip and chin....they are also zapped....

Oh for being forty something....

CookPassBabtrigde for the first time ever I wish MN had a like button.

Those bollocking on about cleanliness and hygiene are talking utter CRAP. 'mingy and stinky' ffs.

Having pubic hair is actually more hygienic than not and hair removal in the pubic area is known to increase the risk of infection.

I never said it was cleaner and more hygienic than if left well enough alone...just that personally I felt cleaner, less smelly and minging without it

JackShit - what gives you the right to tell me what makes me feel cleaner?

I let mine get hairy once and felt I personally was more stinky.

My pits always whiff quicker if hairy also.

That's that for me personally.

I have a bikini genie and trim the front bit and then wet shave the underneath bit. I used to wet shave the front bit but last year i ended up with a ingrown hair which developed into a cyst/boil thing and i had to go to the doctors with it and explain what i had done I've never shaved the front bit smooth since.
I like to shave it all off underneath as it feels much cleaner. I certainly don't think i look like a 10 year old, especially after having a child

I remember temping when I was at uni during the summer holidays over 20 years ago. One of the women in the office mentioned that her boyfriend requested her to shave her pubic hair. She was outraged and said she wasn't a child and everyone else in the office was equally shocked. How times have changed.

A little ironic that those against shaving are saying what women 'should' do with their pubic hair - even citing that it's coming back into fashion at one point - while criticising removing it because that's what women feel they 'should' do because of fashion, culture, porn etc

Not there is no irony.

Pubic hair- going back to school biology lessons- is a secondary sexual characteristic.

It is a sign that a woman is fertile. That's why when you are an old lady most of it falls out- no oestrogen.

So having hair is the default setting for an adult woman.
It helps trap pheromones ( not smelly or mingy) and has a sexual aspect.

So no one is saying you should do anything with it except leave it as it's meant to be there.

I think women who feel the need to remove it as it makes them feel stinky or dirty have a real problem TBH- maybe they are the same women who like to spray their bits with 'feminine' deodorants.

pinkfrocks but you are telling women what they should do!
I think everyone understands why it's there but that doesn't mean they have to keep it if they don't want to.
It's no one else's business, no one tells me what I should do with my body.
I have known men to remove their pubic hair too. Each to their own.

Never used a feminine deodorant

Just found when I let it all grow once it smelt a bit of pee and sweat....

Hey ho I must just have a smelly one

I have no problem and I don't spray my bits with feminine deodorant.

I do not judge those who wish to not shave body hair, so why is ok for others to judge my decision to remove it?
And why does it mean I have a problem?

I am not completely ignorant, I realise that it is a secondary sexual characteristic and that it traps pheromones. That doesn't mean that I don't have a choice to remove it should I wish to do so.

The inference that is being made on this thread that women shaving makes them everything but normal, free thinking women is quite frankly insulting!

It is my body...if I choose to have no hair at all, then I shall and I refuse to be made to feel that my reasons are no less valid than those given for keeping body hair.

I also don't 'have a problem' either .... Someone who is so judge regarding someone else's preferences clearly might....

I couldn't give a rats arse how hairy anyone else's is....

Only how do you get your nose down there to smell it? Genuine question.

If you shower morning and night then you shouldn't smell of anything except a normal womanly odour- which is not unpleasant so I am told .

The inference that is being made on this thread that women shaving makes them everything but normal, free thinking women is quite frankly insulting!

LOL!

No more than the inference that women who don't are smelly and mingy.

I really think we should be allowed to do what we want we our foofs.

I don't do anything with mine but I used to wax it all off 10 years ago and it really did feel better for me during sex. Let's give people some respect when they pass their own opinions on their own foofs

Actually- there's a thought- how often do the mingy ones wash?

I recent-ish thread here shocked me because it was obvious that quite a lot of women don't actually wash that often.

I shower every morning and bath fur relaxation at night Thank you.