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I shave everything except for my arms. Do people actually shave their arms? I've never heard of that.
I briefly has an Indian roommate who wanted me to help her wax her arms. I tried once but couldn't do it.
I always thought she made more of a deal out of the hair than necessary. She had dark hair on her arms, but it wasn't thick or off-putting. She just didn't like it.
I shave pits and legs. My choice -- hubs doesn't care. Pits are nothing to shave -- swipe swipe in the shower. Leg hair is nearly invisible, so I don't have to shave... but shaved legs feel luscious. It ramps up the sensory experience of touch.
I am in my 60s now - originally a brunette (still am with help of color, lol!) All my body hair has gotten lighter and finer over time. Arm hair is barely visible, legs only need once or twice a week shave. As far as "nether regions" I don't shave - I prefer to neatly trim. I like my hair there, to me it's sexy! I feel the same for men, too.
I should have never shaved my legs as my hairs on them are blonde. I only shave to knee and below. The rest is blonde.
As far as my punani I am always bald or sometimes I switch it up and leave a strip. I personally think it's more hygienic and I've never had anyone request furry. I really couldn't get furry because I'm not too furry in the first place. TMI, lol
This topic has been gone over so many times. Seriously to each his own......I have my own personal tastes, but, others have there own and that is just fine.
I just asked my daughter if she knew anyone who shaved their arms, and she said only one person and that the girl regretted it after a while because her hair did come back in thicker.
My best friend in high school shaved the the light hair that grew underneath her navel because she thought it was abnormal. The hair grew back in thicker and black. There wasn't more hair, just each individual hair was thicker and much darker. My sister did the same thing, and she now plucks out those hairs.
Both of these instances sound more indicative of endocrine issues than a typical biological occurrence. Hair doesn't actually grow back thicker when it's cut or shaved...in order for hair to grow back thicker, one would need an increase in the number of hair-producing follicles, which isn't going to be caused by application of a razor at skin level. Textural changes can occur with regrowth after hair loss due to chemotherapy, but that has to do with actual alterations to one's cells...a razor alone lopping off hair at the skin level can't create such alterations.
"Shaving makes the hair grow back thicker/darker" has long been recognized as in the realm of "Old Wives' Tales." Shaving DOES create a blunt tip to each hair that is cut, unlike the tapered, pointed end of new growth, such as would grow back if the hair were pulled out at the root. This may be responsible for the way it is perceived, but the hair itself; color, diameter, texture, etc. is unchanged simply by being cut.
Atypical hair growth can absolutely occur in people with endocrine system abnormalities, though, such as the onset of hirsutism in women with PCOS, etc. Such things are more likely to be at the root of sudden changes in body hair. Just cutting or shaving it wouldn't be.
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I feel the same for men, too.
