Any other FTMs bothered by body hair?

[RaeLikesTea]

I love body hair!  Can't wait till T gives me some more!

The only place I don't like hair is on the back, I would probably get that waxed if I grew back hair.

This.
I've always had extreme beard envy - the more the merrier there. Body-wise, I would like to have more hair on my arms and legs and a few other places, but I would prefer not to have major man fur.
It's not the hair growth that scares me, though, it's the possible hair loss. I'm really hoping that gene skipped me.

[RaeLikesTea]

To you, Kyril:
I know a 100% extremely masculine bio-male who shaves everything.
He is a buff, weightlifting, butch guy - nothing at all feminine about him. However, he despises body hair - he thinks it's gross and unnecessary. He gets rid of everything but his eyebrows and lashes, and still looks completely MAN.
So really, no worries about living as a hair-free guy. If you're more comfortable hairless, go for it. It doesn't make you any less man.

[Kareil]

I'm not sure if people think I'm weird as a female for not doing anything about my arm hair.  I think I shaved that once but it was really really strange and it's not like leg hair that's darker on skin that gets less light, which looks strange when I grow a fair amount of it in the winter.  I shave legs and pits so as not to freak other people out that are expecting normal woman, not because I have an issue with hair there on myself or on guys.  Not into bears, though...back hair and lots of upper arm hair is icky, and I don't like lots of chest hair on guys, either - I would want very little, if any, myself.  Therein lies the problem with top surgery unless the boob fairy can make them small enough to do it with a different procedure first - wouldn't want people to see the scars running around topless, or always have to hide under a shirt, either.

[insideontheoutside]

Body hair is totally one of those personal preference things huh (as lovingly illustrated so far in this post! lol)?

I actually wish more females would just fess up about their body hair too. I honestly think that a lot of them only shave/trim/wax whatever FOR men, not for themselves. Because they're all uptight about what their boyfriends/husbands might think. I know that's a bit of a tangent but it was like the first thing that popped into my head!

Now, as for my own personal preference, I probably would be moderately hairy all over if I had stayed on T. That would have bummed me out. I'd hate having a hairy chest. Since I'm in my 30s I have noticed how the hair on my legs has changed over time. Less of it mostly. I shave it sometimes. Hate shaving anything in the downstairs region or my inner thighs (which seems to be my hairiest parts). Hate shaving my face, although I barely have to do it. Only have real whiskers on my chin and under my chin, everything else is more fuzz. So I guess in short, I'm glad I'm not hairy.

On another note, I saw a commercial the other week for some men's razor and it showed a guy in a shower shaving his face, then he went right on to shaving his chest. I was like, huh, that's an odd thing to show in a commercial. But I guess because of the whole "metro" thing many guys shave parts other than their faces now. Then I was at Target looking at electric razors and I saw one with a pic of a dude using it to shave his back - cause it had some special extender on it. So having hair or shaving it off I think is equally accepted at this point (unless of course you're female then it still seems like some taboo thing if you don't shave  )

[GnomeKid]

I, like you, detested all hair at the beginning of puberty.  Although I never did shave my legs.  They were never hairy and somehow not shaving them made me feel more dude-ly while shaving any other hair didn't seem to me at all feminine.  I was that way almost up until starting T.  Now I don't mind it all that much.  Its certainly not something I'm proud of or excited about it.  I will say my packer is more comfortable sans hair, and that I will occasionally still shave my under arms.  It does make me feel a bit odd.

I will say that I have a friend whose completely dudely boyfriend shaves his armpits just because of personal preference. 

[kelly_aus]

In my experience, guys who swim, cycle, bodybuild or lift weights will shave.. But most straight guys just let it grow with maybe a downstairs trim. With gay guys, it depends on the individual - I never bothered, my cousin keeps his chest/belly hair free and trims downstairs..

I like a guy to have body hair, not bear fur, but hairy..

[lilacwoman]

guys have to be hairy.  women love the contrast between say the smoothness of shoulders and the hairyness of chest...plus dark hair adds visual bulk and blurs definition which is why bodybuilders shave.
topjobbed lesbians and promiscuous gay guys shave too as both seem to prefer the flattest smoothest chest possible.

[Jeatyn]

It's not the hair growth that scares me, though, it's the possible hair loss. I'm really hoping that gene skipped me.

the possibility of going bald scares the hell out of me. I never knew my dad so I have absolutely no point of reference from that side of my gene pool. 

[Nathan.]

Going bald scares me but not being on T scares me more.

[Jeatyn]

Going bald scares me but not being on T scares me more.

aye, hats are cool anyway

[Mark]

Going bald is def a fear i had when starting T because i love my hair, but even if you start balding, you can always think of it as being a male trait to help you pass.

[Lee]

I've always had high testosterone levels, so I have hair just about everywhere.  It only bothers me when I have to dress girly for something.  Then it feels like I can't play the part right.  However, I don't really care one way or the other in day-to-day life other than facial hair.  I am having trouble with the thought of breaking my current image with my friends/family, but I could probably manage to grow a full beard.  I would absolutely love to do this or have a goatee, but it would not go over well with the people around me.

[pebbles]

I personally had a huge problem with all my body hair ever since it begun appearing I got funny comments from my friends "Why do you shave your arms?" and so on well it's obvious with me

but a few of my male friends too also have a problem with there body hair one androgynous one in particular who's 23 yet has the pubertal status of a 15 year old and I point out how he's gradually becoming more hairy and it mortifies him so yeah your not alone

And the male pattern baldness don't worry guys don't make fun of my fat celulite ass and I won't make fun of your hairline

[DaddySplicer]

I know a couple dudes (FTM dudes) that shave, but honestly, I say just embrace it. Men are hairy. At the very least, hairier than women. I already had a happy trail before T. Now I'm just.... Well, a beast. It happens.

I come from a background of mixed Slavic blood, so I knew it was going to happen. For me though, it's important for fitting in with the rest of my family, matching my brothers and my father. With my beard growing in quickly, I look more like them everyday.

I think OC may have a problem with it for being fair haired? Your body hair would have been almost imperceptible before hand, correct? So I'm guessing it's a bit weird for you now that it's become thicker and easier to see.

[M.Grimm]

I'm hoping for a little body hair, like at least on my legs and arms. It's not that I necessarily want to be hairy all over, I just want SOME. There is nothing visible on my arms, but I'm finally getting some hair on my legs; but it's dopey looking, it's only thinly growing around my calf and below my knee, and a little bit on my upper thighs. I noticed today that I'm getting some very thin/light peachfuzz on my tummy. I suspect T is going to give me the amount of body hair that a normal FEMALE would have. I don't know why I was so bare, prior to it (I did have pit and pube hair but it was really minimal and light, wtf).

[jet3]

I guess you would say that I'm a "pretty boy." I dont like the idea of being really hairy. I grow my facial hair out, but I keep it cleanly shaved. I have a chin strap, but i dont like it getting shaggy. My leg hair and armpit hair don't bother me. I have a few random hairs on my chest that I don't like but luckily I dont think I'll get much more becasue the guys in my family arent hairy. I don't want to be a hairy beast lol

[austin86]

I've been on T for awhile now and i have gotten pretty hairy and i love it. My endocrinologist was absolutely shocked about how much body hair i had gotten for just being on T for 4 months. I have always wanted lots of body hair and it doesn't bother me at all. The only place that hasn't gotten really any hair is my arms which is a bummer because i have always wanted the manly hairy arms.

[Ambrose]

Actually, I thought I might've been weird at first... I don't like body hair on anyone. I always shave my pubes and usually my pits. (--hope that's not TMI!! ) The only reason why I tend to leave my legs hairy is because I take less pride in my body since I'm not very passable and sort of like to rebell because my family see me as a girl. If I felt I was better looking as a bloke, I'd certainly want to keep everything smooth.

[tangobravo]

I see a lot of you guys, even pre-T, celebrating your hairiness, and I just can't relate. My leg hair doesn't bother me that much (what little there is of it) but my other pubertal hair growth areas are just...yuck.

I've been shaving pretty much everywhere since I started growing visible hair. It was the first sign of puberty that I experienced, and...well, puberty as a whole was pretty traumatic for me, and so I associate the hair with the rest of the changes. Looking down and seeing hair, I don't see a more male or masculine body, I see a body that's more...womanly.

I'd been not shaving for several months, trying to see if having body hair would make me feel better, and it didn't it just made me feel worse. I broke down and shaved yesterday, all but my legs. And now I'm not really comfortable with that either - I mean, guys don't shave, right? Not for appearance reasons? I guess some do...I don't know. Can anyone relate?

i dislike pubic hair. very much actually. so i routinely shave that area.
i also trim my pit hair. to help avoid smelling really really gross. ha.
everywhere else i love it. i was naturally hairy on my legs, but the t has made it spread to my upper thighs and tummy, which is wonderful in my eyes.
i also get a slight mustashe and a few chin hairs if i don't shave for long enough. .

and you're actually wrong about guys not shaving. i know and have read about plenty of biomen that shave their legs, arms, balls, back, butt you name it! it's really all a matter of preference.

[Arch]

I'll be honest: I have no desire to become a bear. But I will welcome more body hair; if I become really furry over the next several years, sobeit.

I like having more pubic hair, I like my belly hair, I wouldn't mind more underarm hair, and I'm impatiently waiting for my arm hair to get thicker.

I have a few chest hairs and want more. I guess that will take time.

My legs are odd. I have fuzz on my thighs, and I would like more (maybe in time). I have hair on my lower legs...but mostly on one side. I hate that. I want my legs to be uniformly furry.

In partners, I liked fuzzy legs, didn't care for chest hair, and hated back hair. I still hate back hair, but I'm not turned off by chest hair anymore.