do you shave your arm pits?

[AbsolutelyPatsy]

my dd, 21, has stopped
my it looks cool
she still shaves her legs she tells me
anyone else stopped/ or never bothered

Only since I discovered a Lumea about 3 years ago and I’m in my 50’s

Before that I never bothered it was always cool in the 80’s to be hairy all over!

I do because I feel like I smell more when I don’t. I don’t get any irritation and it only takes 2 secs in the shower so to me it’s a no brained. Genuinely don’t care what others choose to do though. To each their own!

I shave under my arms once or twice a week, purely because it helps me feel loss hot & sweaty. And surely deodorant and antiperspirant must be more effective on bare skin.

@Kintsugi16

I shave daily Never wax or epilate as believe it makes you more likely to develop breast cancer

Evidence please? Never heard this before.

I shave my armpits everyday. I have shaved my armpits and legs since the hair started growing so it's just what feels 'normal' to me. I also wax my bikini line - always have .

Sometimes I do it regularly, sometimes I go months without (early 30s

for reference).

I like it when it's really grown out, it feels womanly and... human? I don't know how to explain. But then equally sometimes I like it smooth too. It's never a decision I make based on what someone else thinks.

I only said ‘I believe’ so can’t, and don’t need to provide evidence.

To me, ripping out hairs at the root around the lymph node areas and then applying chemicals seems a bit mad. No scientific evidence, it just seems wrong to me

Twice a week for me. I'm lucky enough to be able to give each one 3-4 passes with the razor in the shower and it's done. No lumps/rash.

i go through phases. I dont shave usually until the summer and tbh, even then I often dont bother, but if i start feeling self conscious or noticing that im avoiding certain clothes, then I think it defeats the point.

I think hairy pits look quite nice on a lot of women, although i dont like it when its really long or bushy

I don’t understand just doing it in the summer. The time of year makes no difference

Yes, daily. Same with legs and pubic hair.

It takes about two minutes in the shower.

I shave everywhere but armpits. I like the way it looks with hair. I only started to leave it this summer just to try it

@Kintsugi16

I don’t understand just doing it in the summer. The time of year makes no difference

Course it makes a difference. I don't get my legs or pits out in the winter

@Kintsugi16

I don’t understand just doing it in the summer. The time of year makes no difference

it does, cos i dont tend to go round in sleeveless tops in the winter. Its only in the summer that I sometimes feel self conscious about it. Plenty of women dont shave, but will not wear sleeveless tops. Shaving or not shaving doesnt have to be an irreversible decision much like any other hairstyle, facial hair or body hair thing.

Yep. I am virtually pube free. But that's the way I like it...

I always shave my armpits because, like some previous posters have also found, armpits really smell if I don’t shave.
I’d grow the hair out if this were not the case though. I think hairy armpits can look really great.

Yes. I'd have sweat rings if I didn't.

Nope, hairy pits here.

I do because I prefer how it looks on me but I actually think skin on skin is sweatier. It certainly makes me more sweaty in the bikini area when the hair is removed.

Yes daily. Legs too.

I hate the look and feel of armpit hair.

@Elys3

Nope, hairy pits here.

Do you trim them or do they stop growing once a certain length?

The hairs don’t grow very long any more. Either because I used to wax them once or because I’m just old

Ah, the joys of getting older. I shaved mine about a month ago and they're just getting to the point of needing doing again.

We won't discuss bikini lines, especially not finding WHITE hairs in the trimmings

I only shave them when I remember, which is probably, as a pp about once a month maybe? I'm fair-haired and getting older, so there isn't much to get rid of any more. Plus, DP and I both need reading glasses to see up close, which happily means we can't see if there are some stray hairs under arms or around the bikini line...

DP trims his armpit hair, but only because he says it would get long enough to plait if he didn't. He is a gloriously hairy beastie though

@Elys3

The hairs don’t grow very long any more. Either because I used to wax them once or because I’m just old

Mine don't grow so much since I've become 'old', same with leg hairs. I still run the razor over the area in the shower, force of habit, even there is nothing to shave . Sad or what?

The only hair on my body is on my head.

My deodorant adheres better to a
Smooth armpit.

I used to wax but didn’t like the regrowth period. Armpits, legs and pubes shaved daily, using hair conditioner as part of my morning shower routine. My personal choice, just as much as men who opt to shave their faces.

Speaking of men, l prefer them without underarm hair too.