# Which depilatory to use on the er, starfish region? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107 "2010-09-17T17:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/21 "2010-09-20T03:44:55Z")
And after you’re done, you might also want to look into [anal bleaching](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/22 "2010-09-20T04:11:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And after you’re done, you might also want to look into [anal bleaching](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching). There isn’t enough brain bleach to remove the images of anal bleaching. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/23 "2010-09-21T19:54:36Z")
My SO shaves; there are lots of examples and suggestions online, but the gist of his is: keep the area dry (don’t wet it) and buzz the area using a beard trimmer, around the shaft and the base of the shaft. (This is only necessary the 1st time or if you let it get really long in between shaving). Then, still dry, get in the shower and put on a thick shaving cream (NOT gel) and gently shave, taking extra care to pull the skin taut before each pass and to rinse the razor after each pass. He doesn’t do his balls or anything else. I encouraged him to do it when we started hitting the sheets, because he’s literally part wolf down there and I was getting pretty irritated. Now he does it for himself because he loves the “clean” feeling. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Luggage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@The\_Luggage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Luggage)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/24 "2010-09-21T20:04:23Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > There’s always ebay and craigslist. Is it just me, or would this be a bit like selling used toilet paper? Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/25 "2010-09-21T20:19:21Z")
While waxing or just straight up trimming is preferred for the more “precious” regions, I’ve never had an issue with shaving my ass. Doesn’t itch that much when it grows back, particularly if I keep shaving regularly, isn’t all that complicated, etc. I’ve never cut myself back there, which isn’t something I can say for my face. The stuff in that link sounds like it’s completely fictional for the sake of comedy. 1. You’re not going to be “occasionally wiping a disposable razor on a towel”. You’re going to need to rinse it under water so the blades don’t get clogged up. Like a normal person does while shaving anywhere. 2. Do you know how bad it is to shave your face completely dry? Yeah, imagine doing that to your ass. Don’t do that. Just use the shower. 3. I’ve never noticed sweat collecting and there are certainly no “poop molecules” that are going to glue your cheeks together unless you are really, really unhygienic. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/26 "2010-09-21T20:22:43Z")
And just FYI, laser hair removal is NOT completely painless. I’m not sure I’d want it done in that area! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/27 "2010-09-21T20:25:25Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > If you have $500 to toss around, you can get a home laser hair removal setup like [this](http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11525195&search=Silk%E2%80%99n%20SensEpil&Mo=1&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=Silk%E2%80%99n%20SensEpil&Ntt=Silk%E2%80%99n%20SensEpil&No=1&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1). > > It’s got a 4/5 star rating at Costco. Hmmm, I get “This product is not available.” I wonder if it sold out after the opening of this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/28 "2010-09-21T20:36:45Z")
> [@surly chick](#): > > > [@dzero](#): > > > > if you have $500 to toss around, you can get a home laser hair removal setup like [this](http://www.costco.com/browse/product.aspx?prodid=11525195&search=silk%e2%80%99n%20sensepil&mo=1&cm_re=1_en-_-top_left_nav-_-top_search&lang=en-us&nr=p_catalogname:bc&sp=s&n=5000043&whse=bc&dx=mode+matchallpartial&ntk=text_search&dr=p_catalogname:bc&ne=4000000&d=silk%e2%80%99n%20sensepil&ntt=silk%e2%80%99n%20sensepil&no=1&ntx=mode+matchallpartial&nty=1&topnav=&s=1). > > > > It’s got a 4/5 star rating at costco. > > hmmm, i get “this product is not available.” i wonder if it sold out after the opening of this thread… YOU SMOOTH ASSED BASTARDS STOLE MY LAZOR!!!eleven! ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/29 "2010-09-21T20:44:20Z")
I have apparently not gotten around as much as some, people have hairy asses? I am not aware of this. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/30 "2010-09-21T21:51:42Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > I have apparently not gotten around as much as some, people have hairy asses? I am not aware of this. Then you should trade lives with me. Cuz I didn’t _wanna_ know. Back in college (don’t all good stories start that way?) I was sitting around drinking in a small mixed-gender group when all of a sudden, the dudes in the group decided that they were going to have a Hairiest Ass Contest, and that the girls would get to judge. (Lucky, lucky us!) There was, by the way, a clear winner. So that, my dear **Bertha** , is how I know. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107/31 "2010-09-21T22:05:28Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > And just FYI, laser hair removal is NOT completely painless. I’m not sure I’d want it done in that area! Sorry about that. I got the same thing. IDK. just do a google product search on “Silk’n SensEpil™ Hair Removal System” - not necessarily in quotes. there are one or two other products that seem to be more popular. These will show up if you only google ‘laser hair removal’ under “shopping”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-depilatory-to-use-on-the-er-starfish-region/554107.md?page=1)