# Shaving pubic hair **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422 "1999-11-03T06:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/41 "1999-11-04T08:26:00Z")
I asked why it was taboo because when I told my friends that I accidently shaved my chest hairs, they said that you should never shave any hair below your neck. I said “Why?” but they had no answer to that. > [@](#): > > Louie started this. How about some pictures?Of interesting patterns, for instance. Sorry, I shave all of it off. Anyways I don’t want to make anyone jealous. 😉 The reason I shave it off is mostly because for hygiene. When there’s hair down there, it stinks! When I shave it off, there’s no more smell. And it feels great as well. The itch only comes when you shave it for the first few times. After a while, you won’t feel any itch from the stubble. > [@](#): > > My friend shaves his balls! > > How in the hell do you do that? > > I wouldn’t anymore get near my balls with a razor than poke my eye out with a rusty fork! Pardon the pun, that takes balls! The scrotum becomes quite rigid when it gets wet. So when do you shave it, first get it wet (and if you want, some shaving cream), then _lightly_ go over it with your razor. It helps to stretch out the scrotum with your other hand to make it easier to shave. > [@](#): > > And men, shave your ass crack, please? Hairy buttholes are nasty And how am I suppose to do that? For me, it’s impossible. > [@](#): > > Another question: Do most men LIKE it if a woman shaves off her pubic hair, and if so, why? I \©\ that. Why? It looks more sexy, especially when it gets all wet. * * * Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. [Fun with HTML (tutoral) : The True Sequal](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/19991103-2-000302.html) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/42 "1999-11-04T12:22:00Z")
Oh great,now itäs wet and shaved. Louie, you could get some of your stuff published in some Penthouse Forum type of magazine. In fact, I bet they are editing some of our stuff for some magazine even now! ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/43 "1999-11-04T12:23:00Z")
Sorry.I type itäs and it should be it’s but I’ve left my foreign keyboard on. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/44 "1999-11-04T13:11:00Z")
I shave… started because the girl I was with at the time refused to go down if I didn’t… head vs hair wasn’t even a contest. After doing so, I noticed it did seem more sensitive, so I kept doing it. The comment from the girl that it did seem longer shaved also encouraged the habit though. > [@](#): > > “…There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. It’s breathtaking, I suggest you try it.” ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/45 "1999-11-04T14:42:00Z")
Taboo? What does that word mean again? ~ 😉 I love to shave. It is so clean. Every person I have encountered male/female loves a shaved woman, myself included. It’s just nice. As for men, I think trimming the main part and shaving the scrotum is nice. I agree that hair is gross down there. I will have to second men trimming the under arm hair. That would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/46 "1999-11-04T14:54:00Z")
I said: > [@](#): > > I shave my scrotum, and keep the area around my crotch trimmed very short (watch the jokes, people). However, I don’t shave my main pubic hair – I just trim it back to keep it even, and not too bushy etc. I’m something of a hairy little guy – I also trim my underarm hair from time to time. TheDoll said: > [@](#): > > As for men, I think trimming the main part and shaving the scrotum is nice. I agree that hair is gross down there. I will have to second men trimming the under arm hair. That would be nice. TheDoll, you wouldn’t happen to be coming to New York soon, would you? Please? I’m all ready for ya!! ;-\> * * * –Da Cap’n ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/47 "1999-11-04T15:05:00Z")
Oh thanks Louie, just great !! I just happened to be reading through THIS thread when my boss walked in, and I quickly clicked up my impressive and complicated looking Excel Spreadsheet to save the day once more. The only problem that remains is that the stupid taskbar, with me not having enough applications open, still displayed “Shaving pubic hair” in the Netscape box 🙂 He looked kinda funny… BTW my annual appraisal interview is tomorrow, so this really comes in handy… Bye bye, big-ass raise 😉 As to the OP: I’m amazed how many guys are bold (bald ? hehe 😉 ) enough to even go NEAR their privates with a (_shudder_) RAZORBLADE… And I never had a girlfriend asking me to do it either. I’ve asked my girlfriend to shave it all off once though, but she thought it WAS TACKY… Go figure. I’ll tell you one thing: the things she’ll do in the bedroom, now THAT can be tacky sometimes ! ## No, no, no. Not getting into details here. No way. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/48 "1999-11-04T15:22:00Z")
Coldfire you tease. * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Moonshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Moonshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonshine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/49 "1999-11-04T15:40:00Z")
You’ve gotta laugh if you can’t cry Cold, I had my appraisal yesterday so I’m going straight to Satan’s Home Of Red Hot Threads. As for shaving, noooooo way, I like a woman to look like a woman, and there ain’t nobody coming near my mighty fireman with a Bic disposable. * * * It only hurts when I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/50 "1999-11-04T17:24:00Z")
Coldfire— That’s why I have my taskbar set to “auto-hide”… * * * “Love thine enemies…it really pisses them off.” -Anon ---
**Author:** ![Scarred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/51 "1999-11-04T19:00:00Z")
Goodness gracious, there’s a lot of people on this board with stinky matted pubic hair. Don’t you guys ever take showers? Soap and water can do wonders. Anyway, I agree that testicles and razor blades are not compatible. I am a somewhat hairy guy, and I’m married to a woman in that teeny tiny percentage of girls who aren’t turned off by guys like me. As exciting as it is to look upon a hairlesspie, I would never ask her to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Suzeanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/52 "1999-11-04T22:16:00Z")
Hairy men – yum. Hairy women … Okay, it depends on the woman. I still remember this just AMAZING redhead from my high school. No bottle could ever come close to touching the colour, and you’d have sworn she was a werewolf: soft, downy red fuzz pretty much everywhere, her cheeks, arms, stomach, legs, all of it that perfectly soft fuzz, and well … hairy or not, she was a total babe. I digress. Get used to it. OpalCat … here’s the requested info: Marzena Genuine Wax Strips. They’re reuseable, just stick the plastic sheets with wax sides together and press. You’ll get another 3-4 uses out of them that way. Do NOT buy the large size for use in the groin area or you’ll want to kill yourself. Use the smaller strips, as they aren’t as sticky and don’t tend to stick and rip flesh. On the legs, the big ones are fine, since the skin is tougher there. The first few rips are the worst as you learn how to do it best on your body. Practice on your legs. Sometimes the waxing will cause a slight blood ooze where the follicle has been ripped out – Bikini Zone after wax/shave anesthetic just rocks, but if you use it beforehand, the wax won’t stick. It takes SO much longer for the hair to grow out, and if you’re lucky, the ripping will convince the hair not to come back sometimes, unlike shaving. You don’t get the rough, cut edges and so it doesn’t itch nearly as bad growing in. Of course, you can’t rip again till it’s reached a certain length, or the wax won’t be able to grab, but in the long run, it’s a heck of a lot more comfortable and longer lasting than a shave. I won’t even use the hot wax on my legs. Newp, newp, not gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/53 "1999-11-05T01:19:00Z")
The shaving was beginning to sound like an erotic experience for some of you. With the above post, we can add masochism to the hair removal business. ---
**Author:** ![Suzeanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/54 "1999-11-05T06:46:00Z")
Yeah, tryin to get beautiful is such a bitch. No, wait. That’s me. Never mind. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/55 "1999-11-05T13:25:00Z")
Suzeanne: Since I can’t e-mail you…where can you find this wax? ---
**Author:** ![Suzeanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/56 "1999-11-05T21:03:00Z")
Drugstores, Doll. WalMart carries it, Eckerd’s, etc. Sally Hansen also makes a cold wax strip like the Marzenas, but I tend to ‘stick’ with the Marzena. Pink box, look for it around the Nair. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/57 "1999-11-06T05:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > How in the hell do you do that? > I wouldn’t anymore get near my balls with a razor than poke my eye out with a rusty fork! Pardon the pun, that takes balls! Oh come on ya chicken, it’s not all as bad as you seem to make it! :). Those little blades are not like using a straight razor to shave. Actually, I’ve never gotten nicks on my scrotum, but have on my pubic area. It helps to shave in the shower since the water makes the hair easier to cut. One thing I wouldn’t use is that wax. I’ve tried plucking a few hairs down there to see how bad it was and it hurt like hell! ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/58 "1999-11-06T07:16:00Z")
You know shaving isn’t so bad, unless you are female and have an appointment with a new gynecologist. Then it gets pretty interesting ! This happened to me, when the doctor saw I was shaved, he wanted to know why. I ( being the sweet, shy type of woman I am ) answered “well pubic hair doesn’t go well with chocolate syrup and cherries”. After he picked his jaw up off the floor, he told his nurse he liked me, I told him he didn’t like me nearly as much as the Lion had ! I will now go away someplace and blush. * * * Ayesha - Lioness * * * You sound reasonable. Must be time to up my medication. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/59 "1999-11-06T08:09:00Z")
I’m still waiting for someone to tell me how to shave my hairy butt by myself. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422/60 "1999-11-06T16:06:00Z")
Could a lady here post a picture of herself after shaving so I could see how it looks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-pubic-hair/11422.md?page=4)