# Ladies, do you shave it? (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633 "2003-06-26T21:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/41 "2003-06-27T21:59:07Z")
Wow! **Green Bean** you have my utmost respect if you were able to shave all that while pregnant! I had to make myself a pretzel to get everything when I did it and I wasn’t pregnant! Right now hubby is in charge of keeping me trimmed as I haven’t seen my feet in a month or so (5 months down 4 to go for all the tanookie watchers in the crowd 🙂 I’m pondering my belly and thinking I’d either end up on the floor in the bathroom with a concussion or at the very least have some pulled muscles somewhere!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/42 "2003-06-28T11:21:07Z")
shaved lips and sideburns… but i MUST have some on top. I think it looks way more sexier that way, and i dont feel so childish. its so smooth, soft and clean, i can’t imagine ever going back. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/43 "2003-06-28T11:55:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizgig \* > \*\*And guys? The trimming is something a lot of 'yall could benefit from, too. \*\* Damn right! Think what might happen if it didn’t itch our noses so much! 😉 ---
**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 29, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/44 "2003-06-29T02:33:23Z")
So you go to a spa to get it waxed? How much? How often? Is it embarrassing? How nekkid do you get? I want to go, b/c I’m sick of shaving, bot don’t want it _all_ back. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/45 "2003-06-29T03:17:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tramp \* > \*\*Wax. Braxilian style. Yeah it hurts like hell but it leaves me as smoooooooooooooooooth as you can be. \*\* Y’know…I’ve always had a soft spot for tramps. Apparently, some of _them_ have a nice, soft spot, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/46 "2003-06-29T11:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynne\_kilii \* > \*\*So you go to a spa to get it waxed? How much? How often? Is it embarrassing? How nekkid do you get? I want to go, b/c I’m sick of shaving, bot don’t want it _all_ back. \*\* Here is a link to a similar thread, in which answers to the questions about pain and embarassment are answered: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187118&highlight=the+pain+of+waxing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187118&highlight=the+pain+of+waxing) ---
**Author:** ![clevername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clevername](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clevername)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/47 "2003-06-29T11:56:50Z")
Shaved. Sometimes all, sometimes with a "landing strip"when the fancy strikes. It’s irritating to upkeep but it pays dividends in increased sensation… and I find boys raised on 90s porn like it bare. 😉 Oh, and the new conditioning deodorants designed to prevent irritation and bumps on underarms after shaving will do the trick on _ahem_ other freshly shaved bits too. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/48 "2003-06-29T14:06:05Z")
I shave, have a little “landing strip”. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/49 "2003-06-29T16:44:35Z")
I only shave the edges so as not to have strays peeking out of my bathing suit. I keep the rest trimmed fairly short–I found a great tip here on the boards to use a beard trimmer for that job, and it works really well. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/50 "2003-07-01T14:29:23Z")
The tally is (using some subjective judgment calls) Shaved: 13 Natural: 14 Pretty close to even. Thank you for participating. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633/51 "2003-07-01T15:29:08Z")
Neatly trimmed: good, totally bald: bad. I dont know if anyone else finds that the entire lot shaved off makes you feel like you are with an 8 year old and it makes the vagina look kind of exsposed and raw. Also I now understand why woman complain of beard rash, its quite abrasive isn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-shave-it-tmi/184633.md?page=2)