# Admission- I am afraid to shave my pubic hair
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 21, 2001, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984 "2001-09-21T09:10:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@the\_gullywumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_gullywumper)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/1 "2001-09-21T09:10:14Z")
i would like to shave my pubic hair, or at the least just trim it like a banzai tree, but i have two hang ups. i’ll assume an uncomfortable razor burn will stay with me for a few days after and what if i mess it up and i look like a gay porn star the next time i get a girl home. do i need these hassles? i think not
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### Author:  [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/2 "2001-09-21T09:16:05Z")
You can get a cream for the razor burn and it’s not easy to screw it up down there. Worse comes to worse just remove all the hair down there. I’ve never heard any complaints from female from the lack of “foliage”. So hell go for it after awhile you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/3 "2001-09-21T09:44:26Z")
I second Tiki’s comments. It helps reduce sweating during the summer time, and I tell ya… a botched shave job or a bit of razorburn is _nothing_ compared to a sweaty scrotum.
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### Author:  [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/4 "2001-09-21T10:56:45Z")
I am staying out of this thread-- except to offer the following advice.
Search for ‘thinksnow’ and ‘scrotum’
_runs away_
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### Author:  [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/5 "2001-09-21T11:13:19Z")
I have thought about this too. I dont know if I could do it though. Maybe my wife would do it for me?
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### Author:  [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/6 "2001-09-21T11:14:35Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Phlip \*
> \*\*I have thought about this too. I dont know if I could do it though. Maybe my wife would do it for me? \*\*
Good god! Do it yourself man. Don’t trust anyone but yourself down there.
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### Author:  [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/7 "2001-09-21T11:19:21Z")
This is a question I have always wondered. I guess this is the perfect place to ask.
Without beating around the bush, no pun intended, are you supposed to shave the sack as well as the area above the shaft? The sack seems dangerous to me. Do you stretch it or something?
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### Author:  [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/8 "2001-09-21T11:31:02Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Barbarian \*
> \*\*I am staying out of this thread-- except to offer the following advice.
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> Search for ‘thinksnow’ and ‘scrotum’
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> _runs away_ \*\*
There’s always Scylla’s [ball shaving accident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81642) thread. This should be required reading for anyone planning a little deforestation.
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### Author:  [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/9 "2001-09-21T13:35:22Z")
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> \*Originally posted by The Mighty Tiki God \*
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> > \*Originally posted by Phlip \*
> > \*\*I have thought about this too. I dont know if I could do it though. Maybe my wife would do it for me? \*\*
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> Good god! Do it yourself man. Don’t trust anyone but yourself down there. \*\*
Yeah, I was wondering that too…
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### Author:  [@junkyardangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junkyardangel)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/10 "2001-09-21T13:55:53Z")
One piece of advice-
If you do shave, get Aveeno shaving gel. It is the best in known space, for delicate areas.
The doctor told my daughter to use it. It really helps with razor burn and bumps, ect.
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### Author:  [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/11 "2001-09-21T13:56:55Z")
ahhh come on men. just trim it a bit with some scissors, the shaving is completely unnessecary.
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### Author:  [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/12 "2001-09-21T13:58:47Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Phlip \*
> \*\* are you supposed to shave the sack as well as the area above the shaft? The sack seems dangerous to me. Do you stretch it or something? \*\*
Having just done a fresh scraping this morning, yes, I stretch it. In it’s natural, wrinkly state, you can’t get 'em all. Once the skin relaxes, I bulge the stuff to one side, stretch the skin taught, and wail away with the razor blade! (hint: the Mach III seems to be a crowd favorite). (hint #2: do NOT use aftershave!)
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### Author:  [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/13 "2001-09-21T14:23:14Z")
[imaginary convo at work/] coworker: geez, unclebill, yer walkin funny today.
unclebill: i, uh, cut myself shaving…[imaginary convo at work]
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### Author:  [@adzoa\_k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adzoa_k)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/14 "2001-09-21T14:24:20Z")
ummmm…why don’t you do what most females [i assume, cause i do] trim it! 😛
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### Author:  [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/15 "2001-09-21T14:30:10Z")
I will neither confirm nor deny that providing this service to each other is something a couple can do for amusement.
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### Author:  [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/16 "2001-09-21T15:56:35Z")
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> _Originally posted by junkyardangel \*
> \*\* If you do shave, get Aveeno shaving gel. It is the best in known space, for delicate areas._\*
The best stuff for shaving is Coochy Cream. You can find it in _ahem_ Adult toy stores. It’s the only thing that curbs rabid razor burn. Leave it on your skin for a few minutes before you begin shaving and ALWAYS use a brand NEW razor. Each and every time.
Oh, and beard trimmers are the best for cutting back a bit. Painless and quick, but if you’re not careful you could trim too much 😉
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/17 "2001-09-21T16:12:35Z")
You see, I just can’t do this (I have in the past).
I’m a hairy, gorilla-pelt type of guy. When I did I was left with a bald weenie and a huge hairy pelt everywhere else.
It looked like a desrt in a rainforest. It’s just silly.
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### Author:  [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/18 "2001-09-21T16:32:52Z")
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> _Originally posted by the **gullywumper** _
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> … and what if i mess it up and i look like a gay porn star the next time i get a girl home.
😕
How does messing up make you look like a gay porn star? I wasn’t aware that gay porn stars looked any different than straight ones.
Esprix
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### Author:  [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/19 "2001-09-21T18:28:35Z")
they do, esprix, except theyre in better shape and have much bigger dicks…
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### Author:  [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/20 "2001-09-21T18:30:34Z")
pardon me, but that should read: they dont, esprix.
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