# are dudes really nairing that much? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288 "2003-06-03T02:27:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thumbupmybum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@thumbupmybum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thumbupmybum)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/1 "2003-06-03T02:27:10Z")
Alright so I’m in the pub with my brother the other day, and he’s all “so, I totally Nair, everywhere, I don’t have a hair on my body these days, and my girlfriend too” and I’m all “woah, that’s madness” and he’s all “no man, everyone’s doing it, I know lots of people who do it” and I’m all “really?”. He even wants me to do a piece about hair removal for the goofy local arts rag I write for. Are people really balding it up that much out there? Am I totally stuck in the 70’s?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/2 "2003-06-03T07:31:16Z")
I only shave my face. I don’t know anyone who uses Nair all over. Either you aren’t stuck in the 70’s or we’re stuck there together 🙂 (though I’ve never been in the 70’s). ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/3 "2003-06-03T07:39:17Z")
My brother shaves his head and uses Nair for that purpose. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/4 "2003-06-03T11:16:01Z")
Well you can buy [Nair For Men](http://www.drugstore.com/qxp72010_333181_sespider/nair/hair_remover_for_men_body_cream.htm), so I guess some people must use it. Personally I’ve heard a lot in the media about male hair removal, but I don’t know if it’s just the sort of shallow self-absorbed people who crop up on every other vacuous TV program, lifestyle magazine article, etc. ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/5 "2003-06-03T12:22:48Z")
It is mostly men who are into fitness… hair can hide your muscles… I honestly despise body hair… My SO likes chest hair so I no longer nair there… actually… I used to nair almost everywhere… but now… I just keep it trimmed so it looks clean. body hair is nasty… ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/6 "2003-06-03T15:08:36Z")
I’ve tried that Nair for men stuff (just like normal nair but smells like … cucumbers?). It doesn’t work for me. My hair is near impervious, and my skin isn’t. So to have it take off the hair, I get a chemical burn. Guess I’ll just stick with the razor, and that not quite everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Rapunzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Rapunzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rapunzel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/7 "2003-06-03T16:44:00Z")
I guess I must be stuck in the 70s too then, because if a chappie of mine asked to borrow hair-removal cream I don’t think I’d stop laughing for a week. Really, that must take a _lot_ of Nair. Can you buy it in industrial sized tubs from Costco?😃 ---
**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/8 "2003-06-03T18:09:02Z")
One time I shaved my balls with a razor blade. I had to go real slow as to not cut them off by mistake. Wait, was that out loud? ---
**Author:** ![thumbupmybum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@thumbupmybum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thumbupmybum)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/9 "2003-06-03T18:19:38Z")
I knew I couldn’t trust my brother. Hooray for the 70’s! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/10 "2003-06-03T19:15:04Z")
I _really_ hate body hair also. Up through high school, I would never wear short sleeves because I hated the hair on my arms but I never shaved it off or anything since that would look odd. However, I finally realized it wasn’t that bad. But, when I started cycling back in High School, I began shaving my legs (not for speed or anything, but because I had a nasty bike spill once and the wound on the side of my leg got infected a bit. The Dr. recommended I shave to lower the risk of a similar incident happening again [I assume hair increased the risk of infection?]) Well, when I moved to SF, a city that does not have the most bike friendly terrain, I still shaved because it looked much “cleaner” compared to having the hair grow back. I have noticed an increasing number of depilatory products that either are inclusive of, or specifically advertised to, males. Even though I have minimal chest hair, I do plan to have it permanently removed, again just for personal aesthetic reasons, along with most of the hair below the waist (except for my privates, of course). I think if that ridiculous macho notion that shaving is a determinant of sexual orientation, perhaps even more guys would? ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/11 "2003-06-03T20:36:43Z")
I am very anal (pun in the works!) about body hair. Once, I tried to nair my eyebrows, but my skin flaked off bit by bit. it was hideous. I also tried to Nair my ass (not the whole ass, mind you just the, eh, hole - or the anus!) but I got a chemical burn. Hurt so much. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/12 "2003-06-03T22:50:35Z")
I’m curious about the hair removal products you see on TV that dissolve hair. Is there some major downside to them? It seems like everyone would be using them; I’d much rather do that than shave every day. Re. the OP: I shave my face every day, but have never naired anything and have no plans to. I’m not a very hairy dude though (no hair at all on my chest), so I’m not really a representative sample. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/13 "2003-06-03T23:27:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*I’m curious about the hair removal products you see on TV that dissolve hair. Is there some major downside to them? \*\* If you leave them on too long, they’ll soon begin dissolving the skin (not literally, so I’m sure there is a better word). With men, who generally have coarser hair and more hair in general, leaving these products on up the point were it starts to burn, it’s still not long enough to remove much of the hair, even if you spread the stuff real thick. And most of these products, due to their inherent harshness, are not recommended for use on the face or, like **angelabaca** now knows, anywhere near the perianal(?) area. ---
**Author:** ![thumbupmybum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@thumbupmybum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thumbupmybum)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/14 "2003-06-04T00:25:00Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by rhinostylee \* \*\*One time I shaved my balls with a razor blade. I had to go real slow as to not cut them off by mistake. This brings up an important question. Gillette, with its superior technology, has conquered the curves of a man’s face; how much longer until they challenge the next frontier: the curves of a man’s balls? ---
**Author:** ![XCchick22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e19b73/32.png) [@XCchick22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XCchick22)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/15 "2003-06-04T04:06:10Z")
Well, I’m in high school, and a significant number of my guy friends do, in fact I’d say more than half. Most of those were on the wrestling or cross country team, though, so that might have something to do with. I personally hate any body hair, so the Nairing is perfectly fine with me. However, I should also point out that I have a few very hairy guy friends that don’t do anything about their (visible while clothed) body hair. No one says anything badly about those that Nair or those that don’t, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/16 "2003-06-04T05:40:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rhinostylee \* > \*\*One time I shaved my balls with a razor blade. I had to go real slow as to not cut them off by mistake. > > Wait, was that out loud? \*\* :eek:…WHY!!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/17 "2003-06-04T14:12:44Z")
I was thinking about this very thing today as I finished off my weekly shaving of (parts of) my chest hair and _ahem_ other parts. I have lost a lot of weight the last 3 months and put on a fair amount of muscle and was wondering about removing everything on my chest to accentuate the muscles and nipple rings. Granted, it is not a lot of hair - just a dead mouse in the center and some around the nipples. The idea of Nair chemical burns keeps me from doing it! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/18 "2003-06-04T14:37:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thumbupmybum \* > \*\*[ > This brings up an important question. Gillette, with its superior technology, has conquered the curves of a man’s face; how much longer until they challenge the next frontier: the curves of a man’s balls? \*\* The Mach3 works pretty well. [dr.evil] There really is nothing quite like a shorn scrotum. I suggest you try it.[/dr.evil] ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/19 "2003-06-04T19:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynne\_kilii \* > \*\*:eek:…WHY!!!:eek: \*\* I don’t like licking if they’re not shaved. ---
**Author:** ![thumbupmybum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@thumbupmybum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thumbupmybum)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288/20 "2003-06-05T15:50:06Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by XCchick22 \* \*\*Well, I’m in high school, and a significant number of my guy friends do, in fact I’d say more than half. Most of those were on the wrestling or cross country team, though, so that might have something to do with. Okay, I think I get why the cross country team does it (less wind resistance?), but why does the wrestling team nair? Do they pull each others’ chest hair otherwise?😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dudes-really-nairing-that-much/179288.md?page=2)