# Lost question: why did Jack shave his chest?\[spoilers negligible\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849 "2008-06-22T23:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/1 "2008-06-22T23:25:13Z")
He was furry in season one. Now he’s all beardy but shaved chest. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/2 "2008-06-22T23:37:52Z")
He had his appendix removed in one episode. Is the change post operation, or did it happen before it? He certainly shaved in that area before the operation. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/3 "2008-06-22T23:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] He had his appendix removed in one episode. Is the change post operation, or did it happen before it? He certainly shaved in that area before the operation. [/QUOTE] It wasn’t the operation. He shaved it all off, and has apparently kept it all off. I can’t believe a drunk who can’t be bothered to shave his face would shave his whole torso. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/4 "2008-06-23T00:08:36Z")
There was a huge cache of Nair found at the first DHARMA Initiative station. After the discovery, Kate has also been completely shaved. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/5 "2008-06-23T00:13:14Z")
Why can’t Hurley use it on his sideburns? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/6 "2008-06-23T01:39:14Z")
Its the island… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/7 "2008-06-23T02:50:09Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Its the island… [/QUOTE] Yes, all the hair mysteriously fell out when he left the island; that’s why he’s compelled to return. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/8 "2008-06-23T05:14:57Z")
Matthew Fox had to show off his bare chest during a fight scene in _Speed Racer_ (the reason why he looks particularly pumped in “Something Nice Back Home”); the Wachowskis probably asked him to do it. Canon-wise? The only time we see him with his shirt off post-Island is when he’s sleeping with Kate; maybe she likes her guys hairless. I dunno. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/9 "2008-06-23T11:45:55Z")
It’s complicated… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/10 "2008-06-23T20:48:28Z")
So I guess all the other boys (Jin, Sawyer, Sayid, Locke) just teased him too much. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/11 "2008-06-23T22:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] It’s complicated… [/QUOTE] You know, the way all of the coincidences, retroactive plot developments, narrative inconsistencies, and continuity errors keep popping up, the only plausible explanation at this point is the existence of a large Infinite Improbability Field which surrounds The Island. If the Losters suddenly find a half-buried spacecraft that looks like a sleek white running shoe or are confronted by hideous corpulent aliens reading excruciatingly bad poetry, well, you read it here first. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/12 "2008-06-23T22:42:14Z")
Every now and then someone will ask a question about this show that makes me think, “Hmmm, maybe I’ll give that a chance.” Then a question like this comes up, and I’m back to normal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/13 "2008-06-24T01:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Every now and then someone will ask a question about this show that makes me think, “Hmmm, maybe I’ll give that a chance.” Then a question like this comes up, and I’m back to normal. 🙂 [/QUOTE] What, we can’t obsess? Actually, I don’t do the Lost threads anymore. Too cliquey. But c’mon, you gotta wonder why furry guy is suddenly smooth-guy. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/14 "2008-06-24T02:22:22Z")
hygiene? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-question-why-did-jack-shave-his-chest-spoilers-negligible/453849/15 "2008-06-24T02:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=cerberus] hygiene? [/QUOTE] You don’t actually think a hairy chest is a hygiene issue, do you?