How lovely are your armpits?

[Insomnia11]

Anyone else pissed off by advertisers' constant need to cause paranoia and fear to sell their products?

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www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/29/underams-beauty-industry

Because apparently, 100% of women don't like their armpits. (Who do they ask?) And if you have lovely armpits, it makes you feel confident and every success in life will be yours. FFS.

Mine are great thanks

They are befurred with a generous sprouting of dark blonde lushness and I can't be arsed to do anything about it. Someone on another thread said they like having hairy armpits as it makes them feel all sexy and continental so I have decided to take that approach, as path of least resistance. Trying to shave the buggers now they've got this long will deffo be a razor clogging PITA

I liked this bit from link1

"Some 62% of the women surveyed said they suffer underarm skin problems like breakouts, discoloration or itchiness"

STOP FUCKING SHAVING THEM THEN PLASTERING THEM WITH STRONG CHEMICALS THEN! THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T LIKE IT!!!!

And rest

I haven't a clue what my arm pits look like, I don't spend anytime inspecting them. I don't shave either I have other things I'd rather do.

62% suffer skin problems, I agree it's shaving and chemicals. I know when I was younger I tried shaving and applying deoderant straight after, I nearly shot through the ceiling, it burnt.

The cosmetic companies have really hit a low if they have to stoop to making women feel unhappy about their armpits.

Armpits? I have never even considered my armpits! I'm sure they're fine. How bizarre.

Just quizzed DH on this. His first response was a confused 'sorry?' followed by 'what have your armpits got to do with me?'

i've got a skin tag in the left one. or maybe the right.

i suspect that might not be the right answer, though.

came across some of the old pics of julia roberts with hairy underarms on show on msn the other day. armpits make headlines, apparently. who knew?

I don't ever think about my armpits. Don't care much about my nose either, it's just a normal nose. Though I suppose if you think about, noses are quite funny-looking things.

I have very long toes and very long fingers though. So I won't have to be stretched, but instead I will be held up as the epitome of beauty and all you normal-fingered lot will have to worship me. Isn't that how it's supposed to work?

I must have seen that commercial 20 times now, and I still have to yell "MAKEUP FOR ARMPITS, FOR FUCK'S SAKE?!???!!!" at the screen.

I should think my neighbours are now fully apprised of my attitude to "beautiful underarms"

Sybil - you are a genius! :o

pmsl @ "unsightly empty bits in my gloves"

Thanks, spidookly, just went back and read Sybil's utterly inspired marketing plan

My baby DS thought my armpits were lovely. His fave place to snuggle down and sleep. He is nearly 3 and still likes a good armpit snooze...

If Proctor and Gamble don't invent useless rubbish vital products like this to make us fulfil our every dream and need our potential as paranoid women who are so desperate to look right that we will do or buy anything, then how on earth is it going to grow it's business ($11 billion profit last year if I read the figures correctly)? Perhaps P & G could invent a product which will make me into a person who can interpret company figures. Oh no, I guess they wouldn't like that. Oh well, it's stopped me worrying about the state of my Islets of Langerhans...

Mine are gorgeous and hairy. But not big enough. I'm thinking of silicone implants. What do you think?

Do they make merkins for armpits? And what would they be called?

Pitkins. I may market a whole range, for women unhappy with their pits. Are your pits too bald - try pitkins. They will come in all sorts of shapes and colours. Beautiful armpits will be easily achievable.

Aliceliddell...can we do a swop . I hate hate hate mine. I shave and always have.
I am slim and sporty, but if there is one part of me that is grossly fat and ugly, its my arm pits....and now I am way over 40 they are getting fatter. I would give anything to have them chopped off, or have liposuction on them.
Can anyone advise or help please. I cant afford private treatment....

jelly you may have what are beautifully known as "dog ears" -I have that. When my arm is up they don't go right in, when the arm is down there's a sort of fat bit that hangs out?

I used to hate them when I was younger, especially in sleeveless tops, I thought they looked awful. These days I don't really care TBH. Part of the beauty of getting older IMO is realising that a lot of this stuff doesn't matter?

I think you can get plastic surgery, but it's not recommended. As I think it's actually breast tissue sort of spilling over into the pit area? And not fat as such. I know that mine were then even when I was super slim. It's just how your body is.... Sorry they make you feel crappy.

Apols if it is something completely different that you have!

Jelly & Sardine - are you mad? The armpits are a woman's crowning glory and should be accentuated. Loving the pitkin! Could have appropriate colours - red&green Xmas, pink gay pride, red white n bleurgh royal wedding, party colours election day (no blue please)...

Are we going to have to have pit parties and all sit around looking at our armpits in mirrors and feeling the love?

I want a punk pitkin underarm mohican

To quote from another thread a little while ago:

"But she's got lovely armpits! With hair and everything!"

I love that quote!

Mine are pretty normal and hairy, even hairier than usual as I am pregnant and my underarm, leg and pubic hair seems to grow to plaiting lengths, certainly mohican length! I could really be an armpit-hair, plaiting feminist

Jelly, really, pit-tits are very desirable. Everyone will be wanting implants there soon.

Alternately, stop shaving them, stop worrying about them and try and realise that they are perfect. Keep your arms in place and everything!

Probably sharing too much - but - I have vestigial nipple under mine. So does that make my underarms truly sexy?

Or not so much???

Alice - fame at last! Quote of the week:

"Mine are gorgeous and hairy. But not big enough. I'm thinking of silicone implants. What do you think?"