# Admission- I am afraid to shave my pubic hair **URL:** \ **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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/21 "2001-09-21T19:06:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*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. \*\* Well, **JC** , if at Dope-A-Ween, I can’t look you in the eye without collapsing into fits of laughter, at least you’ll know why. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/22 "2001-09-21T19:33:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \* > \*\*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 😉 \*\* Agreed. A setting of 2 (1/4 inch or so) is perfect. And yes, hit the ball sack too. Ok, not literally, but shave it. You’d look mighty dumb with 1/4" hairs everywhere and a big, hairy nutsack. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/23 "2001-09-21T21:43:10Z")
I can’t believe **thinksnow** hasn’t posted here yet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/24 "2001-09-21T23:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > ummmm…why don’t you do what most females [i assume, cause i do] trim it! My best friend, who is very much a female, is proud that she keeps herself smoothly shaven. Lips and all. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/25 "2001-09-22T08:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > .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 😉 If you put the shortest guide on your trimmer, it will actually keep delicate skin from getting near the teeth of the trimmer. ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/26 "2001-09-22T08:23:49Z")
I have the same problem as JC so I use a beard trimmer, then shave the scrotum, cause it’s gotta get some lovin’ too. And what chick would want to suck a hairy nut sack. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/27 "2001-09-22T09:00:46Z")
Just remember friends, that two shaved peoples make for alot of suction. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/28 "2001-09-22T11:10:10Z")
I do it now and then, mainly because hair sticks out of my swimming trunks otherwise ( urgh). The best kit for shaving ( face or down there ) is a good razor, good brush and good shaving soap ( i use tabac ). Build up a good lather. If you want some good kit find the ‘posh’ part of town and ask the barber there. BTW it makes your dick look bigger !!! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/29 "2001-09-22T13:03:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\* > 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!) \*\* Sometimes I just shouldn’t open threads. Ot at least stop reading as soon as the OP tells me I don’t belong there. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984/30 "2001-09-22T16:13:00Z")
\ \ \ Isn’t there some sort of way of stopping, or at least slowing hair growth (in a male, not überhairy, but hairier than I was at six)? Because shaving my armpits, face, and err… down under really wastes valuable shower time, and the razors are prone to nick my unmentionables. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admission-i-am-afraid-to-shave-my-pubic-hair/82984.md?page=1)