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I would think that a person could still perspire whether or not they have hair somewhere or not.
I don't wear antiperspirant because I believe it is harmful to the body. It is essentially plugging up your body's natural ability to sweat. As for deodorant thats fine, its just masking the odor your body will naturally give off.
You will still sweat if you shave the hair but it won't just saturate and then stagnate. It will fall off the body or go into clothing instead. I don't actually sweat a lot from my arm pits but it just helps keeping the area clean and with everything else I mentioned. As someone who has tried working out with full hair there, and with hardly any, it is much easier to keep clean and odor free when there is little hair there. I often smell other guys in the gym who STINK to high hell! I can't help but wonder what they are doing wrong but its disgusting. Call me a sanitary nazi if you will but I don't stink before, during, or after working out.
I don't wear antiperspirant because I believe it is harmful to the body. It is essentially plugging up your body's natural ability to sweat. As for deodorant thats fine, its just masking the odor your body will naturally give off.
You will still sweat if you shave the hair but it won't just saturate and then stagnate. It will fall off the body or go into clothing instead. I don't actually sweat a lot from my arm pits but it just helps keeping the area clean and with everything else I mentioned. As someone who has tried working out with full hair there, and with hardly any, it is much easier to keep clean and odor free when there is little hair there. I often smell other guys in the gym who STINK to high hell! I can't help but wonder what they are doing wrong but its disgusting. Call me a sanitary nazi if you will but I don't stink before, during, or after working out.
That is wise ... antiperspirant is not a good idea, especially for women.
That there is a debate about and even the slightest chance that there is a link between antiperspirant and breast cancer should, imo, give women pause and they may want to decide which is more important ... dealing with a bit of underarm sweat or dealing with breast cancer.
Deodorant is fine.
And sweating is very, very healthy.
Detoxification happens in a big way via the skin and sweating.
Blocking this is just plain stupid and once again, the general aversion to the nature of the body and it's natural functions is problematic.
Also, a healthy diet and a healthy "clean" system does not produce bad odor ... just the natural and healthy odor of the body ... that to me, if the man is healthy and the chemistry is right, ie; compatible, is a turn on ... and much preferable to chemical laden deodorant and / or cologne.
As I watched "Love And Death" by Woody Allen the other day I could not resist quoting this cute dialog
-Immorality is subjective.
-Yes, but subjectivity is objective.
-Not in a rational scheme of perception.
-Perception is irrational. It implies imminence.
-But judgment of any system of phenomena exists in any rational, metaphysical or epistemological contradiction to an abstracted empirical concept such as being, or to be, or to occur in the thing itself, or of the thing itself.
As I watched "Love And Death" by Woody Allen the other day I could not resist quoting this cute dialog
-Immorality is subjective.
-Yes, but subjectivity is objective.
-Not in a rational scheme of perception.
-Perception is irrational. It implies imminence.
-But judgment of any system of phenomena exists in any rational, metaphysical or epistemological contradiction to an abstracted empirical concept such as being, or to be, or to occur in the thing itself, or of the thing itself.
That's a Woody Allen moved i haven't seen.
Will do though.
Like Flamingo said and if you never had to do it I guess you are on a learning curve I think we sort of stretch a bit and the "pit" pops out a bit. I am thinking you should experiment a bit before the actual shaving starts. I have never cut my underarm and I do them almost every single day I also suggest something like a Schick Quatro and shave gel not cream
I have perfected my technique .
While standing in the shower, I put my hand to my shoulder, leaving my elbow at a 10 o'clock position. I put my elbow on my tub surround and walk forward just a bit and VOILA! The armpit becomes flat and super easy to shave with no nicks
I use a regular disposable razor with shave foam - that combo works the best for me.
Thanks everyone for your tips and the diatribes of hair/no hair etc. I enjoyed reading all of it.
Last edited by Mary Ann789; 06-03-2010 at 05:00 AM..
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I have very sensitive leg skin and so shaving my legs has always been troublesome--i.e. lots of nicks, but I never cut myself shaving my armpits.
I shave the area very lightly for one thing, and secondly, I make it easier to shave by not putting my arm over my head. Instead, I only raise my arm halfway up, because doing so makes the area flatter. Then I shave looking in the mirror (can't do it without the mirror). I only use regular soap lathered really well--never regular shaving creams. Works great and I have never had a nick. I also only use my husbands razors to shave. I think he uses a Mach 3. I've never used women's razors much, I find they don't work well for me, and that I get a closer shave with a men's razor.
While standing in the shower, I put my hand to my shoulder, leaving my elbow at a 10 o'clock position.
This is what I do too, but my elbow is up around 11 o'clock. I didn't know other women had really sunken pits. Shaving them would be ... well, the pits.
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I think we sort of stretch a bit and the "pit" pops out a bit. I am thinking you should experiment a bit before the actual shaving starts. I have never cut my underarm and I do them almost every single day
