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Girls, do you shave your arms?

Started by Rosa, October 11, 2010, 12:04:16 PM

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shanetastic

I don't but it's really just preference.  I'm super lazy as is with shaving so I try to keep it as minimal as possible.
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Nicky

nope, I kind of like the hair on my arms. It is still dark, but fine.

I find woman with a little bit of fine body hair really sexy. No idea why.

My chest hair seems to be thinning and is more of less managable. There was a time when I had shave shadow on my chest, not really anymore though.  I hope in time most of it will go, particulalry my belly and butt! Jeez, just my luck to be the hairiest in the family. I think I get it from my mum ;D

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Hikari

I find that more often than not it is the darkness of arm hair that is so noticeable, while this means at  times I will epilate/shave, if the hairs are small, but still dark I will just use some of that hair lightening peroxide stuff, so that the small hairs will be light and look more natural. If there is a single darker hair in a patch of peach fuzz I will usually just tweeze that one. I am somewhat afraid of peoples reaction, to a totally hairless arm.

That being said, my insecurity probably has no foundation, after all who looks at another persons arms that much anyway, and even if they did there is no shame in getting rid of excess hair...but that doesn't make me any more secure about it.
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AmberM

I shave my face, legs, arms, and tummy. 
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Elsa

Having tried to shave them recently I can say its a bad idea... that's why I'm on the lookout for a good epilator (narrowed it down to a panasonic as no braun was available)..
Skin itching, cuts and stubble... no thanks ... 
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A

Shaving arms can be quite dangerous. Doing this, I have ended up with big dark spots where the hairs used to grow, so when I clear my arms, it will be with painful wax. And hey, this lasts longer, too. Spending one hour each day just on the arms is something I cannot afford.
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Rachel Bellefountaine

I don't shave my legs, let alone my arms. I'm still experimenting with body hair removal, and I find that shaving leaves too many razor bumps and cuts, so I don't bother with it at the moment (I wear jeans most of the time anyway, and when I do wear a skirt out in public I wear tights to cover my legs.) I do bleach my arms, though, which makes the hairs fluffier and almost invisible.

I want to try out spearmint tea, as mentioned by others in this thread. I wiki'd it and now I can't help but be curious as to whether it will help me out some :)






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yin_haan

Yes. I do.

Actually, I epilate my arms and legs, plus what's left of my chest hair (never much to begin with) and torso hair. I religiously maintain the hedges down south. Between epilations (once a month or so), I shave if I have a special event to attend.

I like my arms smooth. Actually, I like all my body free of hair, except for my head and a landing strip.
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CaitJ

Nope. Never had any body hair to speak of - haven't even had hair removal done on my face.
The only place I can see arm hair is where the fine blond hairs sit over the black parts of my sleeve tattoo, which makes them visible.
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Cindy

I use Nair on my arms about every 2 weeks, shave legs, lasered face, chest and tummy. I found waxing to be too painful and the epilator made me cry :'(. But hair growth seems to be thinning.

Cindy
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cynthialee

Vexing Cait;
Have you been screened for intersex conditions?
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.
Sun Tsu 'The art of War'
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Rock_chick

i epilate when ever i can be bothered to remember, but things are getting finer and finer. I may just have a single laser treatment on both to see how much that thins them down. if they end up fine and blond i definitely won't bother with epilating them.
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Cyndigurl45

I remember once, during my punk years (I had a pink Mohawk) shaving from head to toe and everywhere in between, what a trip that was.

Now its my face, arms and legs daily but my midsection about every other day.

So to answer your question yes I do.
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CaitJ

Quote from: cynthialee on December 30, 2010, 11:18:41 AM
Vexing Cait;
Have you been screened for intersex conditions?

No, I haven't. I had this conversation with my endo the first time I saw him; he'd assumed I'd been on hormones before I came to see him, which wasn't the case.
We discussed doing some tests and sending a sample to Australia to be karyotyped, but in the end, I didn't want to know - having an intersex condition could have ruled me out for SRS and I wasn't about to let that stop me fulfilling my dreams.
Now that SRS is over, I've thought about it again, but I still don't really want to know. In some ways it might 'legitimise' my transness, but in other ways it might make me strongly question the path I took to transition. It would also set me apart from you guys and might unwillingly bring the whole 'authenticity' schism up again.
I'm happy identifying as a male who transitioned. Maybe after I die and donate my corpse to science they will find something freaky cool in my genome, but while I'm alive, I'd rather not discover that I'm any more 'special' than I already am.
And hey, what if I AM just a regular trans woman and I spend thousands of dollars on tests just to have that confirmed. What a let down!
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cynthialee

Somewhat similar to the reasons I dont want to know and havent been tested.
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.
Sun Tsu 'The art of War'
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Miss_Anthropic

I don't have thick arm hair, but after I hit 25 it seemed to get a little darker, for the past 6 months or so I've been shaving them. Even the rough and tumble car guys I hang out with from time to time haven't even noticed, glad I did it. Once I'm on HRT for a few months I'll let it grow back and see what happens. Shaving my arms was the single biggest thing my ex hated about all of this, she thought it was disgusting. O_o

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Jennifer

I shave my arms about once a month.

Jennifer
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fleshpull

Not on HRT yet, I've been epilating my arms/legs since September '10. I stopped recently as it seems the hair is coming in thicker/faster. Anyone have a similar experience?
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carolinejeo

If you are on HRT then wax or epilate, that way the hairs will get finer and eventually you will not need to do either.

Caroline
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Megan Joanne

Yeah, if I don't I have all this unsightly long black hairs, plus they feel nicer without hair, much like my legs after shaving. I used to use an epilator for my arms and legs, but mine died last year after having it for much of the time that I was on hormones, 8+ years, need to get me another one when I can afford it. Hurt like hell on certain areas, especially the arms and back of thighs but at least the hair stayed gone longer than with shaving, though shaving is much quicker. I shave my legs if I think I'm going to be exposing them (didn't at all during the winter since I wore jeans all the time) such as if I'm wear shorts or dress, shave my arms when the hair starts getting too long, as well as the back of my hands and fingers, armpits, chest (thankfully I don't have much hair here, just random stray ones here and there), around the nipples, my belly, as well as my butt and front private parts, not all at once though, just whenever I feel I need to. Facial hairs though get plucked using tweezers.
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