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Warning - sensitive question re pubic hair - maybe TMI

33 replies

swuahies · 06/12/2023 14:31

Sorry in advance. Not sure where else to ask.

Does anyone else get hair all along and on the inside of their outer labia? If so how do you remove? I use hair removal cream on the traditional bikini line area and trim the rest really short. I'd love to remove 100% of the hair but is it possible?

I've seen images of other women on porn etc without a single hair anywhere but they also don't have the huge labia I have!!

I'm not sure how common my issue will be to others....I get hair growing on the inner side of my outer labia if that makes any sense?! I don't know how I can get rid of this without also getting hair removal cream on my inner labia?

Or do other people just not get hair growing here? (I am a very hairy person in general and my hair is very course & dark, grows back really fast - thanks Italian heritage!)

It could be an unusual combo of large labia and dark/coarse hair but how to others manage this?

OP posts:
cactidream · 06/12/2023 15:13

swuahies · 06/12/2023 14:57

I've had full legs lasered and also a more 'traditional' bikini where I actually kept my pants on during treatment. That's been life changing enough for me - previously I could shave my legs in the morning and feel stubbly that night!

Kicking myself if didn't get this done at the same time - I just assumed it wasn't very common and I was too self conscious!

Go for Hollywood - they will do inside as well.
No pants during the treatment- just think that they see many women of different shapes and sizes, and they certainly don't care anymore!
Wear a skirt if feeling uncomfortable - so you can just remove the tights

Taurusandvirgo · 06/12/2023 16:03

I get hair there too OP. I've just bought an IPL in the hope it'll get rid of most of it once and for all. I usually just trim it short. I'm going grey so it won't get rid of those ones but hopefully will the dark ones.

Angry Birds you're not the only one with pubes but I know what you mean. It seems to be unfashionable at the moment. I'm keeping some at the top because it doesn't bother me and it does bother me being totally bald. It's just the hair around the labia and the traditional bikini line hair which annoys me.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 06/12/2023 16:11

Just embrace the bush OP and stop worrying about it. You are normal.

Helenahandkart · 06/12/2023 17:25

Your post made me feel really sad OP. As other PP said, have a good look at other women’s labia, they really do come in all shapes and sizes and I bet yours are pretty unremarkable, and no less attractive than anyone else’s.
As for the hair, it’s obviously a personal choice to remove it, but lots of us don’t. And lots of us have big protruding labia, and I have never found a man who cared less about either issue. It’s normal.

FannyFifer · 06/12/2023 18:03

I just thought everyone had hair there.
Certainly have never considered myself abnormal or particularly hairy.
As long as it's all clean & reasonably tidy it's all good.

ApintofwhatFarageishaving · 06/12/2023 18:15

It's normal and women in porn are not what you should be comparing yourself to. Go to a reputable salon for some Laser treatment 😃

gotomomo · 06/12/2023 18:15

You are normal!!! Embrace the hair. Was by a nudist beach today (on holiday, boat trip anchored 50m off it,) you couldn't help but notice the au naturel hair!

Pigeonqueen · 06/12/2023 18:17

I am 43 and I don’t do anything at all to any of it now. I spent my 20s and early 30s shaving everything off and I did like that at the time but it seemed to cause a lot of discomfort when it grew back which meant I needed to do it almost every day and I just got fed up with the faff of it all. So now it’s just full on bush and that’s fine. I don’t care what others do with theirs, but I have to be comfortable and I find it’s more comfy just leaving it all alone now. I have hair as you describe.

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