Do you shave or pluck your armpit hairs or not?
By heatspine
@heatspine (1141)
Philippines
49 responses
@beautifulceiling (1300)
• United States
16 Mar 07
Plucking would hurt really really bad.
I shave but I think there's too much pressure on women in our culture to do so. It's normal to have body hair. Women are expected to turn themselves into something they're not.
@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
I agree. social pressure plays a big part on how we display ourselves in public.
@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
10 Apr 07
.. and the norms pile up ... more than to what we can attend to ...
@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
16 Mar 07
Wow, what is seen in the pic would be very unusual in the United States. Very few women here don't shave their pits. I have seen one or two, but most women would say it looks gross. So, I would have to say that yes, I shave.
@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I just realized that you said men, I got confused by the picture. Men here rarely shave there. Though, some keep it neatly trimmed.
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@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
I agree with you desertdarlene. In our country, shaving, waxing or plucking is also a norm for women.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I shave mine every day.....I don't want the fuzzy look....I can't imagine what my husband would think if he came to bed and was touching me and got tickled by my long pit hair =)
@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
17 Apr 07
Hahaha ... michele. just think of it as your husband caressing your long hair but situated in the pits ... hehehe
@bettyrose20 (997)
• Philippines
17 Apr 07
I wont be caught having a single hair in my armpit especially if i wear a sleeveless top. I usually shave it but sometimes i pluck them also to take off the roots.
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I shave my underarms. I don't feel really clean unless I do. I know that some cultures don't, and I guess that's fine for them, but I was raised to feel that armpit hair is dirty and carries bacteria from sweat and impurities.
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@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
well for people living in cold places, then i guess having armpit hair helps them keep warm :)
@heatspine (1141)
• Philippines
23 Mar 07
as the song goes .. tell me where it hurts now tell me ... yeah, plucking by far is not a popular choice.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I prefer to WAX my pits. Of course, in the winter, when no one sees them, I don't care and can let them grow out. I hate to shave them, because it's hard to see, and razor burn gets itchy, which is really annoying. So I get the waxed when I can.
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@rarrimalion (674)
• United States
16 Mar 07
pluck armpit hair? OUCH!!! I shave mine cuz its cleaner and smells better. I wish men would too, cuz it's just nasty and smelly.
@Sunlightboy (158)
• China
16 Mar 07
I thought the average person should not be able to go blows it. onlyhad the star or the model has only then been able to go blows it.oraffected intrinsic America.he he!
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
14 Apr 07
I shave mine every day!! I can't stand to be hairy so I couldn't just let them grow!! And I would imagine I would be really stinky if I had a bunch of hair under there =)
@soulkeeper16 (1814)
• India
15 Dec 07
I have long hair now because my mum wants it this way. But I might cut it after I give birth. I really prefer it short.I prefer to have short hair.. I'm 29 years old and I've worn my hair short 20 years of it. When I was in grade school, I'd wear my hair long and short alternately. After it has grown to a certain length, I'd cut it and let it grow again, and then cut again. Then when I was 15, after I had my hair cut, I kept it short until I was 27.
@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
3 Sep 07
I shave my armpits every day and wouldn't ever allow my armppits to look like that photo. It's gross. As a woman, I value very good hygiene and that, to me, is smooth armpits and hairless legs at all times whether I am home or going out.
I never worry that I will have to go the the hospital and will hairy armpits, legs or bikini line because I maintain them daily.
I shave, I wouldn't pluck, it would kill me! OW!