Do you shave your arms?

[TG CLare]

Yes, I shave my arms because the hair is fairly dark when it comes in. I also do my fingers and don't forget the toes if you're wearing sandals or open toed shoes!

I hated shaving my face before I transitioned, now I have all of it to shave!

Laser is an option but expensive so it's blades and a shaving brush and soap for this girl!

[Sapphire87]

I don't bother shaving mine at all as i have seen some reallly hairy cis females and didn't really see the point in it. My sister and I probably have about the same amount of arm hair so another reason I don't feel the need too

[Jean24]

I do. I didn't do it until I was on hormones and just a few days prior to my first laser treatment.

[KristinaM]

I did, and got two laser sessions on them. I'm contemplating no more laser on them because I think all the brown hair is gone now. I'll ask my laser technician when I see her in two weeks. It's either that or the HRT is already working wonders.

I didn't have much arm hair to start with though.

[Hailey zy]

Ladies, thank you for your information and help I decided to shave my arms and i'm loving it 

[ChiGirl]

Ladies, thank you for your information and help I decided to shave my arms and i'm loving it 

It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? It's like a feeling freedom, of pulling off a layer of your male self to find the real you.

For me, I was so hairy, it was like taking off a heavy sweater that I had worn all my life.

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[Kanda Jo]

I got lucky...I'm part Asian so my arm hair looks like a natural girl's arm hair.

[qqqq]

I don't. I tend to shave, tweeze, or laser most other parts of my body. But for now, at least, I leave my arms alone. I use them and the small of my back as a test bed to see what HRT is doing. Plus I am not out at my job and don't want to send up any red flags, being a guy with shaved arms. Fortunately I am blessed to have almost no body hair, other than the usual spots.

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[Cutie99]

I know a lot of girls with really dark body hair. Many of them do, shave their legs but not their arms.
If you find them disturbing you can always try to bleach them.

[LittleEmily24]

Sometimes i do, sometimes I dont. I prefer to do so. I plan on getting laser but not because arm hair is necessarily too masculine, but just because I prefer totally smooth arms.

I might consider letting them grow and then bleaching them. Blonde hairs on tan skin is so cute (I think at least)

[vickym]

HRT totally changed the character of my arm hair plus its blond.Plenty of my cis female friends have hairier arms.It's just not an issue.

[Dee Marshall]

Early on I shaved them because my arm hair was thick and dysphoria inducing. Now HRT has done a lot of work but I still shave them because there are patchy areas of darker, thicker hair. Not as thick as it was, but I can't deal with that look. Every month or so I let it grow out a bit to check the patchiness. When they stop that I'll likely stop shaving them.

[Joan]

I have always hated being hairy. It was a relief to finally shave it all off. Hrt has taken away almost all the hair from my chest, but seems to have made little difference to my arms, and I shave them almost every day. Hey-Ho...

Oh, and because of all the positive comments I just ordered an epilator..

[rachel89]

I both wax and shave. If your shaving for the first time, you might be tempted to shave it all. I don't recommend doing that. You may need to give your skin time to get used to it. I recommend shaving with the direction of your hair and only taking 1-2 passes the first time. Make sure to exfoliate and use something like aloe to reduce irritation. Start out by doing it every few days over about a month, then you can start shaving much closer everyday. Waxing is a slightly different story. It will be very painful the first few times, but will eventually get better. Waxing is the better of those two options because it gets rid of the stubble for a couple weeks.

[Kellam]

In the first month or two of transition I kept my arm hair shorter than it had been but still present. My hair was blond to begin with but very thick and long. I did shave my hands and knuckles and I shaved the insides of the forearms and the whole of my upper arms to try to shape it into hairy woman's arms. I did that routine every day for a while. I was presenting in a very androgynous way so this all made sense. As I felt more feminine though it began to bug me. So one day about three months into hrt I shaved it all off and felt amazing. I had to shave every day and they only stayed smooth for the first part of the day. When the growth slowed down, the pattern and the texture changed (I now only have to shave it once a week) I tried to let it grow back out. It made me far too dysphoric. I will try again though. In part out of social pressure, none of the cis women I work with has bare arms. One of them, a lesbian (sorry, I don't want to stereotype but true is true) doesn't shave anything! I feel like the odd one out...ha! Imagine that, a trans woman feeling insecure because she's not as hairy as the cis women she works with! I never saw that coming when I started down this path...I love transition! 😜

[thuggishdoll]

I do it almost everyday in the shower. I must be smooth at all times

[Kellam]

I don't. I tend to shave, tweeze, or laser most other parts of my body. But for now, at least, I leave my arms alone. I use them and the small of my back as a test bed to see what HRT is doing. Plus I am not out at my job and don't want to send up any red flags, being a guy with shaved arms. Fortunately I am blessed to have almost no body hair, other than the usual spots.

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I haven't shaved the small of my back either! It doesn't bother me and I don't care if anyone else sees. It was never too hairy to begin with. It is kind of nice when I reach back there and find less and less each time.

I have hair on my feet and toes too. I shaved it once but decided I rather like it. I am sincerely hoping that hrt doesn't take much more if it, it is fading. It is only half of what it was.

[Tessa James]

Oh yes, we sure do know how get that hair off!  I love arm hair --on men.  HRT has helped to create finer, softer body hair for me but I still shave it off my arms and other places strategically.  Sheesh I even shave my ears!  But I don't like the stubble feeling and consider epilation a better option except for the pain.

If "wishes were fishes I'd own a bigger boat" and never shave again

[Sophieraven]

It's a yes here too. I shave all the bits i can reach and cringe over the bits i can't.
Sophie

[Hannahh]

Hi Hailey,

shave... no : laser to eliminate it definitively.

Take care,
Hannah