Tweezing hurts a lot compared to trimming. And guys aren’t used to tweezing like girls are, so they’d be fighting against a lifelong stereotype that tweezing is “girly.”
Yeah, I don’t get why men don’t groom themselves. The OPer admitted to see a few wild ones, yet he did nothing about them. Trim those rogue hairs, fellows!
Barber started asking me if I wanted my ear hair trimmed off when I was 25. I have to do it myself at least twice between haircuts to keep it in check.
If I had that by age 25, I figure by the time I’m 60 I’ll be 90.
When guys start getting Old Man Eyebrows, they’re not necessarily too thick, but too long. If you tweeze them, you end up with 'em thinner, not shorter. The hairdresser isn’t plucking 'em, she’s cutting them shorter.
And yes on the thinning pubic hair, but it seems not to be universal. I mentioned it once in a thread and got a lot of disbelief. But unless old WASP women are making appointments for a Brazilian on their way to the hospital, I can testify that many older women lose their pubic hair.
I had no idea. It doesn’t seem like a bad thing actually. 
But I had no idea.
LOL, happened to me too.
Yeah, that was one of the signs that age caught up with me. I was so bummed the first time it happened. Now I always ask that it is done. (I’d do it myself, but a man looks silly without eyebrows so I don’t want to risk messing it up.)
I have always had baby fine hair so eyebrows have never been an issue. 60 yo female. I agree on the pubic hair, it just thins out. But it seems like my underarm hair took on the challenge and is growing faster and better than ever! And I have so little leg hair left, shaving it is a challenge…I can’t always find it once I get the suds on.
This was my first thought upon seeing the thread title.
My leg hair has become much finer and lighter…and so has my underarm hair.
BTW, the way to trim eyebrow hair is to use a fine tooth comb and a pair of small scissors. Comb the hair straight up. Put the along the top line of the eyebrow growth line, and use the scissors to trim off everything above that line. You’ll have to move the comb a few times, because most eyebrows grow in an arch. Then comb the hair straight down, hold the comb against the lower growth line, and trim below the comb. Or get one of those clipper sets.
My husband is trying to grow a pair of eyebrows that a Mentat would envy. However, he isn’t consuming the sapho juice.
I had one barber who said mine were starting to look like curb feelers. :eek:
And if that makes you go 
, ask someone who’s at least 50.
The wife periodically makes he sit still while she takes scissors to whatever errant hair is driving her nuts that day. She rightly refuses to be seen with someone who has antennae growing from their eyebrows.
I remember the first time I discovered a grey pube. I told my penis “I knew you weren’t getting much lately, but I didn’t know you were so worried about it!”
When I was still in my early 30’s, I was discussion with the stylist how I wanted my hair cut.
I told her I wanted it a 3 on the top, 1 on the sides, and faded kind of high.
She said “Ok, so you want the fade about right here (pointing) where it’s receding?” :eek:
In the first place, it’s not; that’s the hairline of half my family and it hasn’t budged since then.
But what freaking professional hair person would say such a thing?
I do get asked about the stray hairs in my eyebrows or on my ears. They’re a little timid about it sometimes, but I always appreciate the effort since I don’t usually catch them until they’re scary.
I’ve always had shaggy eyebrows (more Twain than Trog, although I did have to work on a borderline unibrow as a teen… follicles are dead now). I use my mustache comb and little beard trimmer to keep them civilized, although my cutter will take care of any strays if she happens to notice.
Bearded, 'stached and browed brethren, a very small electric trimmer is a must even if you consider yourself skilled with barber’s scissors. I have a tiny Wahl that sees duty almost every day.
I’m a 41-year-old woman, and I’ve been getting wild Viking eyebrow hairs for at least five years now. I pluck them, but mostly because they’re very light in color, and the rest of my eyebrow hairs are dark. They were actually making it look like there were holes in my eyebrows.
My stylist (same one for almost 15 years) always trims my nose and eyebrows. I take care of my nose hairs at stoplights. I have aGerber tool for just such an occasion. It doesn’t even hurt anymore. I pull out the pliers, flair my nostrils, and yaaaaannnnkkkk!
This thread created a dilemma for me. When the barber asked me yesterday if I wanted my eyebrows done I said ‘no’, then ‘yes’, then ‘no’. They’re still here. He did do me ear hair without asking.
As rewarding as this may be, it is a really bad idea. When you yank those hairs in your nose out you expose the very porous skin inside your nose to the many toxins those hairs are supposed to be filtering.
Use a chainsaw instead if you like adventure. :eek:
No barber or stylist has ever suggested trimming my eyebrows, but some years ago, one took advantage of my eyes being closed while she trimmed my bangs to slap some sort of sticky (wax?) strip between my eyes and yank. My mighty unibrow mocked her efforts, though a few hairs fell in the battle. (She was an old friend, and allowed some leeway, but “Never again” was impressed upon her in no uncertain terms after this incident.)
Easy to do yourself with an electric razor. Not to shave them off, but to trim them down