armpit hair?
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it's starting to be fashionable around my parts to actually let your armpit hair grow out
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E. J.
REYKJAVIK,
Iceland
1063 posts
OG since: 05/21/2009
I know a lot of people that would be freaked out, but personally I wouldn't mind.
If you want to, go for it.
posted May 11, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
I honestly would do it if people around me weren't so irked by the thought of women being capable of growing armpit hair, oh caving into peer pressure.
Shaving is annoying.
So yeah, I'd say try it out if you want to.
posted May 11, 2010
Cora-Lee B.
MINNESOTA,
United States
151 posts
OG since: 04/12/2010
I shave mine, and feel as though when I just let it grow I feel unsanitary. I dunno, I've always done it, so it would be hard for me to get used to.
But if you feel as though its something you believe is okay and you like it, then do it. Regardless of what people around you are doing.
posted May 11, 2010
Vicky V.
ANTWERP,
Belgium
928 posts
OG since: 09/03/2008
Oh ew no, I'm not a fan. The fact anyone would do it because it's fashunz (I'm not saying you do) makes me giggle a bit.
posted May 11, 2010
Phoebe J.
INSIDE YOUR HEAD,
United Kingdom
500 posts
OG since: 12/01/2009
No! That's gross,
having sweaty bits of hair sticking out from under your arm?
No thanks.
posted May 11, 2010
Nissi ..
VA,
United States
614 posts
OG since: 08/31/2009
If it's big curls spilling out of your armpit, then forget it.
posted May 11, 2010
Viki C.
LDN,
United Kingdom
1701 posts
OG since: 03/18/2009
when i'm chillaxin i like to pluck out most of my body hair, including the pit area, so letting it grow out would be tedious..
posted May 11, 2010
Kyla C.
WEST SUSSEX,
United Kingdom
345 posts
OG since: 02/18/2010
People should be able to do whatever they want with their body without being critisized.
posted May 11, 2010
Randi N.
STUPID NEW YORK,
United States
2403 posts
OG since: 04/24/2010
amen.
i wax though xD
just prefer it for myself.
posted May 11, 2010
Tea D.
HAMILTON,
New Zealand
496 posts
OG since: 04/29/2009
Go for it girlfriend. (: it's your choice. don't ask us. (:
posted May 11, 2010
Krisiv W.
SAN FRANCISCO,
United States
4 posts
OG since: 11/04/2009
I'm a guy but I shave them. I cannot stand my body hair. But to each their own. Challenge the preconceptions, grow them out if you are a girl. Shave um if you are a guy. It's all gravy.
posted May 11, 2010
Sophie R.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
4384 posts
OG since: 01/21/2010
Yes, I hate having hair places like there!
posted May 11, 2010
Cora-Lee B.
MINNESOTA,
United States
151 posts
OG since: 04/12/2010
I just feel dirty. Its a personal choice...The only hair I can tolerate on my body is my head and eyebrows.
posted May 11, 2010
Charlie L.
BRISTOL,
United Kingdom
40 posts
OG since: 05/09/2010
Ewwy, I couldn't do that myself. It just feels gross, and there's a girl in my class who never shaves and it just looks...ew. And smells.
posted May 11, 2010
Kailee H.
COLORADO/PDX/L.A.,
United States
498 posts
OG since: 06/10/2008
my best friend/roommate doesn't shave her's often and i rarely notice, and she doesn't smell sweaty ever...it's when people feel the need to flaunt it, and don't bathe often to begin with, that it's a little gnarly.
posted May 11, 2010
Jazz N.
NEW YORK,
United States
2668 posts
OG since: 05/30/2009
Wow, what isn't a fashion trend nowadays, haha.
posted May 11, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
Well hairy men are still able to wear deodorant just fine. The idea of hair being "smelly" actually isn't all that true, underarm hair pulls moisture and secretions off the skin (though this is most effective obviously when you're not wearing sleeves) so that the smelly stuff, bacteria, don't hang around on there. When you're shaved, you probably need the deodorant more because your pits become bacteria orgies.
You gotta wash your pits anyway, hair or no hair.
posted May 11, 2010
Charissa H.
SHEFFIELD,
United Kingdom
1236 posts
OG since: 01/12/2010
woahh i CANNOT imagen hairy pits being in fashion at all where i live D:
but if you wanna try it then i guess, go for it? you can easily shave straight away if you start disliking it.
posted May 11, 2010
Yousef H.
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,
United States
100 posts
OG since: 03/16/2010
Sorry, but on girls, armpit hair is a HUGE turnoff. ahah i think guys should be hairy,and girls should be shaved clean aahha. but thats just me, you should be able to challenge society's norms and preconceptions.
posted May 11, 2010
Catherine E.
PHILADELPHIA,
United States
1174 posts
OG since: 03/04/2009
I'm not into the feeling of hair under my arms. It's itchy and weird. But if you wanna, by all means, do it.
posted May 11, 2010
Alexe G.
MONTREAL,
Canada
1932 posts
OG since: 03/22/2009
I'm gonna say keep shaving, the hair just looks gross to me, but then again it's only because we've been made to think that way by society. Soooo, by all means, let it grow if you want to.
posted May 12, 2010
Heather W.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
3 posts
OG since: 10/28/2009
Totally up to you as a person, if you think it will look good then go for it.
posted May 12, 2010
Andrea P.
MEXICO CITY,
Mexico
184 posts
OG since: 11/24/2009
i think it looks nasty and horrible :S
posted May 12, 2010
Shawn A.
MIAMI,
United States
136 posts
OG since: 05/27/2009
I've grown so used to the idea of woman being perfectly hairless in those areas, I think it would be hard to adjust to- but then again every new thing is!
posted May 12, 2010
Heather B.
ARIZONA,
United States
97 posts
OG since: 03/20/2010
with girls, i think it's okay if that's what you believe in or if you don't wear tank tops alot and don't pick up your arms.
i know some cultures or religons think that shaving legs, armpits, arms, ect. is wrong, god created our bodies and stuff..
on guys it's normal to have hairy legs, arms and armpits, ect. but it seems like more and more guys will shave now days.
ultimatley it's your choice, don't do it to just fit in, tho. if you wish to grow it out do it for yourself
posted May 12, 2010
K' L.
SEATTLE,
United States
66 posts
OG since: 05/10/2010
Wow! Peculiar fad! I live in a very liberal minded place that's got its fair share of feminists and 'granola' types, so a lot of my girl friends don't shave their armpits as acts of feminism and whatnot. As a guy, I hate my armpit hair. They're straight...which is so weird, I think! I love wearing tank tops in the summertime, but I find it super awkward...
posted May 12, 2010
Andrea L.
CALGARY,
Canada
8 posts
OG since: 03/30/2010
Pff. Do whatever you want! It's normal for women to grow hair in their armpits. But women have also been doing hair removal since ancient times. Just do whatever makes you feel comfortable!
posted May 12, 2010
Aya N.
TRIANGLE Y TRIANGLE,
Philippines
319 posts
OG since: 10/23/2009
yeah go ahead if u feel like doing it. I have mine waxed every know and then when i feel like wearing sleeveless tops and stuff but really, i dont mind other people's armpits.
posted May 12, 2010
Dee! D.
MARSEILLE, FRANCE,
France
192 posts
OG since: 02/16/2009
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posted Dec 20, 2011
Anna V.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
1154 posts
OG since: 11/29/2009
ew no it just doesn't look good.
posted Dec 20, 2011
Laurie B.
ROTTERDAM,
Netherlands
113 posts
Member since: 11/06/2011
I would do it if it makes you feel comfortable but I won't do it just to be fashionable.
posted Dec 20, 2011
Heather L.
NOTTINGHAM,
United Kingdom
590 posts
OG since: 04/12/2009
No way!
posted Dec 20, 2011
Emma E.
LITHUANIA,
Lithuania
372 posts
OG since: 04/29/2010
I personaly would never do that. In winter I do shave less often but when it grows a bit more it just feels so unhygienic to me.
posted Dec 20, 2011
Christina A.
TEXAS,
United States
613 posts
OG since: 06/06/2010
eep. I generally don't wear sleeveless things in public anyways so no one would ever know but I like to shave everything for myself just because I like to keep things neat, I could not do that. I can't imagine why that's becoming trendy.
posted Dec 20, 2011
A.Megane M.
LAND OF THE ZOMBIES,
United Kingdom
13 posts
Member since: 06/22/2011
Let it grow and then braid it :D
posted Dec 27, 2011
Ivan F.
LAWRENCE, KS,
United States
72 posts
Member since: 10/13/2011
i think it could be interesting. i shave my underarm hair because it gets really big like an armpit afro.
posted Dec 28, 2011
Elise :.
SYDNEY,
Australia
932 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
I hate it, I think it looks gross and it really disgusts me when it grows for a while D:
posted Dec 28, 2011
James S.
United States
11 posts
OG since: 10/18/2009
I love women with armpit hair. I find it to be really attractive. =P
posted Jan 7, 2012
Katie L.
INDIANAPOLIS,
United States
345 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
If you want to, go for it.
However, armpit hair grosses me out.
posted Jan 7, 2012
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
932 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
Call me old fashioned but I think its the guys who should be the hairy ones.
For me its a big turn-off armpit hair on girls. Don't get me wrong I love them to have loads of lovely long hair on their head, but thats about it.
posted Jan 7, 2012
Jasmine V.
DARWIN,
Australia
137 posts
OG since: 08/15/2009
Armpit hair grosses me out a little. Kind of makes me imagine that if it grows there, then why not out of the back of your knees and akjfdksjbfkjad its a horrid mental image.
But that's just what I think.
Go for it if you want to. Its your body, your choice
posted Jan 7, 2012
Jim D.
JAPAN,
Canada
151 posts
Member since: 10/22/2011
I don't care for armpit hair on women OR men. For myself (a guy), I've been shaving there for years (as well as keeping other regions very well groomed and trimmed). Don't even think twice about it -- it's just a regular part of a daily shower routine and it takes only seconds.
Maybe it's just me, but apart from aesthetics I find that it smells less and seems to get less sweaty when shaven...
posted Jan 9, 2012
Kirstine Eibye E.
HADSTEN, AARHUS,
Denmark
205 posts
Member since: 04/15/2011
It's not me. I personally think that it's really gross if a girl/woman has armpit hair. But maybe that's just how society has made us, to think it's gross. (:
posted Jan 9, 2012
Gabrielle D.
FLORIDA,
United States
76 posts
Member since: 07/28/2011
I dislike having armpit hair, to me its not pleasing to the eye and not feminine.
Although in the cold months I certiantly skip haha
posted Jan 9, 2012
Faith H.
LINCOLNSHIRE,
United Kingdom
198 posts
OG since: 08/02/2009
As long as you're not planning on going out dancing in a boob tube - go for it !
posted Jan 9, 2012
Carolyn M.
JOISEY,
United States
944 posts
OG since: 09/25/2009
Well, do it if you want! It's your hair of course.
I don't think I'd ever grow mine out. I know a few girls with armpit hair, and that's fine and dandy for them, but I would just be uncomfortable with a tuft of hair there.
posted Jan 9, 2012
Sascha E.
HERE,
United Kingdom
439 posts
OG since: 08/15/2009
why the fuck should we shave it? males and females both grow it, it's natural. It's only seen as unattractive because that's what we've been told to think.
posted Jan 9, 2012
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
Got to admit, I don't often bother in the winter. It's not that I like it unshaved, it's just that it's not going to be on show, so what's the point? It just wastes razors.
In summer though, or if I'm wearing a sleeveless top, they're always shaved. I just don't think it looks nice.
posted Jan 9, 2012
Macabre McMermaid -.
WHERE IT ENDS,
Netherlands
146 posts
Member since: 11/05/2010
NOOOOOO.
I think thay says enough.
posted Jan 9, 2012
Tok V.
Germany
413 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
i think its..uhmm... eeew.
posted Jan 9, 2012
Steph B.
YORK,
United Kingdom
230 posts
Member since: 06/13/2011
dunt think i could not shave my armpits lol, it wouldn't feel nice at all
posted Jan 11, 2012
Ester A.
Estonia
62 posts
OG since: 06/03/2009
Discrimination ;)
I think guys should at least trim their armpit hair...it just looks gross. Women are expected to shave everywhere, so guys could at least shave their face and trim their armpit hair.
posted Jan 22, 2012
Ryry B.
MANILA,
Philippines
53 posts
Member since: 08/31/2010
Hairy pits on girls are gross. Double-standard, yes but hey *reality-smack*
Guess it's a culture thing but girls with hairy pits are few and far between in these parts.
posted Jan 24, 2012
Louisa H.
PERTH,
Australia
106 posts
OG since: 08/15/2010
where are you from?!?
i also think that it should be a cultural norm for guys to shave their face (scratches when u kiss them) and at least trim their armpit hair
posted Jan 24, 2012
Kenneth ☾ A.
BOSTON,
United States
1879 posts
OG since: 07/19/2009
I shave my armpits because I don't like being hairy, but I have no problem with anybody else female or male wanting to be hairy.
posted Jan 24, 2012
Elle M.
TORONTO,
Canada
544 posts
OG since: 04/05/2010
Everybody does things for "fashunz", even you.
posted Jan 24, 2012
Henriette S.
United Kingdom
57 posts
OG since: 10/15/2009
i let mine grow out every now and then, due to laziness that is
posted Jan 24, 2012
Leila D.
MONTREAL,
Canada
171 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
my boyfriend hates it. i don't mind it. if i grew it out i'd totally bleach it and dye it a color. x) if only there were colorful permanent dyes. x)
posted Jan 26, 2012
Karolina L.
HELL,
United States
18 posts
Member since: 08/25/2011
I feel like thats kind of a lot to do just for a trend. It's kind of pushing the edge of hygiene. Wouldnt you be embarassed? I also feel like thats just gross. I would hate to have long, dirty hair under my arms. Ew.
posted Jan 26, 2012
Chelle G.
ORANGE COUNTY,
United States
151 posts
Member since: 01/18/2012
To be honest I can not shave my armpits for a few weeks even longer if I really wanted to, it's not for fashion though it's more that I see no point sometimes. I do think it generally looks good though.
posted Jan 26, 2012
Zanna V.
YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
3022 posts
OG since: 12/24/2009
shave that shit off
posted Jan 26, 2012
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
high five bro
posted Jan 26, 2012
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
word.
I haven't shaved mine in ages, at least three years, and I've had no complaints from lovers. I stopped shaving mostly because it's itchy as fuck, but I also think armpit hair is attractive on all genders, and it is society's foolish notions of what makes a woman beautiful that leads people to believe that body hair = unfeminine.
to the OP: power to you if you want to grow it. Fuck the haters.
posted Jan 26, 2012
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
how on earth would it be any dirtier than anything else on your body? unless you didn't bathe.
posted Jan 26, 2012
Scotty H.
Ireland
139 posts
OG since: 08/25/2009
Personally, I would never grow it out. I feel that I look better without it, regardless of what others think, and it's also more hygienic, in my case anyway, as I do high-intensity exercise every day. Plus, it's not really that much of a hassle to get rid of it really, so I think it's worth it. (:
posted Jan 30, 2012