# Shaving....down there. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507 "2009-11-06T01:06:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/1 "2009-11-06T01:06:22Z")
Well…do you? I’ll limit the scope to hair removal, not technique. I’m…experimenting. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/2 "2009-11-06T01:13:35Z")
This poll reminds me, I’m overdue for a trimming, both up here and down there. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/3 "2009-11-06T01:16:20Z")
I thought that “rampant natural undergrowth” meant that I shaved everything, and checked that by accident. I don’t know which one I should have checked for “balls only, please”. I guess that’s manscaping. ---
**Author:** ![DivineComedienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/4 "2009-11-06T01:50:20Z")
I heartily endorse a Brazilian wax. Shaving stubble is uncomfortable and unattractive in a number of significant ways. The serious but short-term pain is well worth the smooth, long-lasting result - and Mr. Divine is very appreciative. I’ve even learned to do it myself (yes, really). The first time is very painful, but if you keep it up regularly, minor regrowth is much easier and less painful to remove. But I have three words of advice - exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate! Very important! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/5 "2009-11-06T14:13:13Z")
I assume ‘manscaping’ means I shave the balls and trim the, what, the ‘field’? That’s what I chose. We recently got the Philips Bodygroom thingy, and we love it. The wife really appreciates the hairless nutsack, and obviously I enjoy how she shows her appreciation. She uses it to keep her own self nice and short in between waxes. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/6 "2009-11-06T14:25:49Z")
Manscaping is the middleground between nothing and everything. (personally, I’m using a razor and couldn’t imagine it anywhere near the scrote. \) ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/7 "2009-11-06T14:47:04Z")
I’m snickering uncontrollably over the poster name/thread title combination… sorry I have nothing of any use to add. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/8 "2009-11-06T14:55:12Z")
I get that a lot, **Pylon** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/9 "2009-11-06T14:55:55Z")
I’m Mister Natural, but I’m also curious how this correlates with age. In my experience there’s a cutoff–people much above 40 tend to leave wild forestation, while younger people seem more into trimming, shaping, laying bare. I’d feel silly trimming, but that’s just me (and my generation, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/10 "2009-11-06T15:13:17Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > We recently got the Philips Bodygroom thingy, and we love it. I just looked up the product website, and I can’t stop laughing about those furry kiwi fruits running from the scissors. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/11 "2009-11-06T15:22:36Z")
and the extra optical inch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/12 "2009-11-06T15:28:22Z")
I mix it up. At the moment I wax everything below the nipples\* and leave my armpits. Like, I’m practical minded but I’ve read Marilyn French. - My beautician does my stomach as well. I don’t know what that’s about, no. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/13 "2009-11-06T15:34:47Z")
I don’t even want to think about how I’d shave my scrotum…painful just thinking about it… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/14 "2009-11-06T15:41:51Z")
“Does this look like a Q to you?” – Quagmire, on _Family Guy_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/15 "2009-11-06T16:54:34Z")
There’s a category missing between wild undergrowth and topiary, I think. It’s equivalent to what lots of modern men do – some light trimming, a little shaving on the sides by the underwear line. No drastic measures or shapes, just enough to keep you from showing everyone your pubes when you wear shorts to the gym. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/16 "2009-11-06T17:02:56Z")
There’s virtually nothing more spectacular than a shiny set of shaved balls between your legs, but there’s nothing more uncomfortable than scrotal stubble. So my ball shaving days are behind me. Still like to keep the fairway neat though. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/17 "2009-11-06T17:28:04Z")
Perfect opportunity to post[this t-shirt design](http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/i-shaved-my-balls-for-this/), that I would love to wear to one of those teabagger rallys. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/18 "2009-11-06T18:27:11Z")
I’ve never shaved down there and at my age, I probably never will. Sometimes, though, when I’m daydreaming I image being much younger and being shaved and in the company of a young women who is shaved. The daydream (fantasy) doesn’t go much beyond the fact that we are both shaved and in each other’s company. It’s a pleasant daydream / fantasy and I believe that if it had been the fashion back in my younger days, I would have done it daily, if that’s what it took. I hate being old; it doesn’t suit me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/19 "2009-11-06T19:26:56Z")
I just do trimming to keep the length down and help the visual effect. I used to shave but that first bit of stubble is incredibly uncomfortable and I don’t care enough to deal with that. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507/20 "2009-11-06T19:50:12Z")
uh…hand lotion goes a long way to minimizing that. (Man what a loaded statement.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-down-there/516507.md?page=2)