# Men, how do you shave hair around your genitals? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044 "2014-10-30T18:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/41 "2014-10-31T07:01:00Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I think it started in porn because it made it easier to see the uh action, and easier for the actors to clean up after. Yes, I think that’s exactly right. Then real life started to be based from porn, and that’s when the world started to get very weird and spin out of control. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/42 "2014-10-31T11:56:35Z")
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. ---
**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/43 "2014-10-31T12:57:54Z")
Whoa whoa whoa…you mean…you don’t wax? The thrill of scalding hot wax on your…what? It doesn’t have to be scalding? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/44 "2014-10-31T13:38:26Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Unless surgery is imminent, nobody should be shaving their bits…please, people! 😃 Yeah, I did it once for an operation. I am now acutely aware that shaved male public regions look fucking ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/45 "2014-10-31T13:54:50Z")
Count me in with “no big deal”. I shave around the balls and groin weekly or so to prevent chafing (and the butt crack to prevent dingleberries, tangled hair and stench), and once every month or two I take clippers and mow the rest down to a reasonable length so I don’t have a giant unkempt bush down there obscuring the important parts. I could understand how that would look weird if I were hairy all over. But I am mostly hairless and having a giant 70s fro in the middle of all that skin is a little awkward looking. But mostly I do it for comfort. Less hair, less tangling, less smell, smooth sailing. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/46 "2014-10-31T14:51:25Z")
As per the other poll - shaving soap and a straight-razor after taking most of the hair down using scissors. I only had to do it once (a few times during that once) for medical reasons and it worked fine. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/47 "2014-10-31T17:20:00Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I just used a can of cheap-ass shaving cream Cheap ass-shaving cream. (obligatory [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/37/)) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/48 "2014-10-31T17:45:58Z")
> [@MaverocK](#): > > I shave once a week. 🙂 I can’t believe that teacher didn’t go for you. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/49 "2014-10-31T17:56:59Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > If you don’t want to risk a cut, you could always just pluck it like a chicken. :eek: You have _feathers_? Kinky. Of course, you know that befoe one plucks a chicken, one always lops the head off… ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/50 "2014-10-31T17:57:10Z")
\ I use a Venus razor (yeah, the one for women) b/c i put a verrrry fine slice in my scrote when i used a Mach 3 many years ago ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/51 "2014-10-31T18:24:31Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > But I am mostly hairless and having a giant 70s fro in the middle of all that skin is a little awkward looking. But mostly I do it for comfort. Less hair, less tangling, less smell, smooth sailing. Agree on all counts. And it just isn’t as big a deal as some make it out to be. I only need to do it once every two weeks or so. I trim with scissors and then wet shave the meat & veg (not any of the rest of the groin). But when I can find it, there is a [depilatory cream](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Fragrant-Shave-Cream-Depilatory/dp/B000TBXUTS) that works great. Leave on a few minutes, and then the hair just (painlessly) scrapes off. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/52 "2014-10-31T19:15:36Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The wanton shaving of genitalia is destroying the habitat of pubic lice and putting them on the endangered species list. Nowadays, if I want crabs, I go to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Save the \*\*public \*\*lice! > > I vote no shaving. Wait, public lice? You mean like politicians? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/53 "2014-10-31T19:55:53Z")
With a can of Aqua Net and a cigarette lighter. ---
**Author:** ![MaverocK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/54 "2014-10-31T21:52:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I can’t believe that teacher didn’t go for you. You are jealous because you never had a teacher who treated you nicely? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![therealyankey27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@therealyankey27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealyankey27)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/55 "2014-10-31T23:13:09Z")
Just to answer the OP, very, very, carefully. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/56 "2014-10-31T23:37:07Z")
Shave hair around your genitals as opposed to… ? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/57 "2014-10-31T23:45:20Z")
In old country, genitals shave _you_! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/58 "2014-11-01T23:18:54Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > In old country, genitals shave _you_! \*[Borat voice] \*From the \*\*cochr \*\*to the **ane**? \*[/BV] \* ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/59 "2014-11-02T13:25:21Z")
If I started, I wouldn’t know where to stop. As the song goes, “every last inch of me’s covered in hair…” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044/60 "2014-11-02T14:41:36Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > If I started, I wouldn’t know where to stop. As the song goes, “every last inch of me’s covered in hair…” You listen to very strange music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044.md?page=4)