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In my younger days I did a lot of legit print and commercial ad stuff as a model. My facial bone structure always sold well in Europe and in the US it usually read "haughty or arrogant" and I never got a lot of work here. I'm a blue-eyed blonde and in one set of ads years ago (for a bathing suit mfg.) they tinted my chest and underarm and legs so the hair would show up in photos. They had to dye it the darkest coffee brown they could find, which then faded up rapidly as it was exposed to sun, sand, chlorine and showering three or four times a day while doing sweaty shoots under hot lights, etc. The hair looked weird almost black, but quickly faded in color to a more believable brown with some red in it.
Another time when the hair didn't show up enough - they bleached it almost white blonde and put a silver rinse on it to make it stand out against a dark (mostly phony done with pills and stains because I do not tan much, if at all) tan. Other times I was told to shave or wax and did. But I'd have to wax a good ten days before a shoot to allow time for the redness and marks to clear and even then sometimes needed body make-up. I once started to have laser hair removal and found it didn't work well on light hair or now grey/white hair... Now, personally, I'm glad I didn't do it.
The current "fashion" thing is that only the straight guys are still shaving/waxing/etc. The pre-pubescent look is OUT for men and looking like a real male, with hair and some pecs and shoulders is once again IN. Suits are being cut fuller and the high end manufacturers are now seeing an upsurge in the guys with 44 and larger chests, too. Interesting eh?
I will tell you that body shaving for any length of time is a pain in the ass, and if your skin is sensitive, you're sure to have ingrown hairs, or bumps, or redness and irritation of various types during the year - the specific problem varies by season and sometimes requires a lot of visits and working with a dermatologist to keep it down!
Waxing is a pain and again unless done by an expert, it's going to cause various types of skin problems for all but the most hardened of hides.
I think MOST men look better with, rather than without body hair. The one exception is a guy that is in fantastic (almost competition body building) shape - you can see the muscles more clearly without hair than with it. But either way, he's going to look good so it's just a matter of personal preference at that point.
It's interesting to note in the hiring of models for the intro of the fall/winter and spring/summer lines - the big high end fashion houses (Prada, Zegna, Vuitton, Gucci, and even Brioni) and now looking for more 'manly' types and are dropping their contracts with the youngest looking guys and/or the ones that look like they're on hard drugs and about 15 - 19 and haven't made it thru puberty yet, either!
I think the tide is definitely turning back the other way and "real" and "manly" looking guys with body hair are going to be dominating the fashion ads again and damned soon if they aren't there already. Of course it will be funny to see how long it takes the guys who now have no hair at all to suddenly grow their fur back. Watch it at the gyms. The gay guys will be looking like lumberjacks and stevedores within a few weeks. The straight guys will get there in a year or two after that. And fashion-wise, it's now okay to have a 34 or 35 inch waist again if you've got the chest to go with it. No need to lipo and do ab work til you're half dead in search of a 31 or 32 inch waist again!
The standards of what's "the in look" and what is not has been dominated by the women's fashion industry for years and the men have been hit with the back-splash of that in the print and media now for the last 15 or 20 years, too. The "straight men's mags" from Magnum to Esquire to Men's Heath area all examples. The models are all under 20 or 25 at the outside. It's about to change again.
If you like your body hair, grow it out. I'm looking at my own mix of blonde and grey from the waist up and contemplating whether I'm gonna live with it or color it. Oddly enough the pubes are still red/blonde (my long ago original hair color as I recall from some 20 plus years back!) Why the pubic area isn't going grey or something is a mystery, but it's not.
Just one thing - if you're growing a mat of thick dark chest hair that finds it's way out of your shirt collar - it is NOT improved by dangling chains or jewelry in it. Better to leave it to make a statement on its own! And if you wear a shirt and tie to work every day, trim the top chest hairs so it doesn't show when you've got your shirt buttoned and a tie on. It just looks unkept and almost dirty to see a guy who's got hair escaping from under his collar and pouring out over his the top of his necktie. Ugh! Ya can't help but wonder if he was asleep when he got dressed or did so in the dark or something??
Another time when the hair didn't show up enough - they bleached it almost white blonde and put a silver rinse on it to make it stand out against a dark (mostly phony done with pills and stains because I do not tan much, if at all) tan. Other times I was told to shave or wax and did. But I'd have to wax a good ten days before a shoot to allow time for the redness and marks to clear and even then sometimes needed body make-up. I once started to have laser hair removal and found it didn't work well on light hair or now grey/white hair... Now, personally, I'm glad I didn't do it.
The current "fashion" thing is that only the straight guys are still shaving/waxing/etc. The pre-pubescent look is OUT for men and looking like a real male, with hair and some pecs and shoulders is once again IN. Suits are being cut fuller and the high end manufacturers are now seeing an upsurge in the guys with 44 and larger chests, too. Interesting eh?
I will tell you that body shaving for any length of time is a pain in the ass, and if your skin is sensitive, you're sure to have ingrown hairs, or bumps, or redness and irritation of various types during the year - the specific problem varies by season and sometimes requires a lot of visits and working with a dermatologist to keep it down!
Waxing is a pain and again unless done by an expert, it's going to cause various types of skin problems for all but the most hardened of hides.
I think MOST men look better with, rather than without body hair. The one exception is a guy that is in fantastic (almost competition body building) shape - you can see the muscles more clearly without hair than with it. But either way, he's going to look good so it's just a matter of personal preference at that point.
It's interesting to note in the hiring of models for the intro of the fall/winter and spring/summer lines - the big high end fashion houses (Prada, Zegna, Vuitton, Gucci, and even Brioni) and now looking for more 'manly' types and are dropping their contracts with the youngest looking guys and/or the ones that look like they're on hard drugs and about 15 - 19 and haven't made it thru puberty yet, either!
I think the tide is definitely turning back the other way and "real" and "manly" looking guys with body hair are going to be dominating the fashion ads again and damned soon if they aren't there already. Of course it will be funny to see how long it takes the guys who now have no hair at all to suddenly grow their fur back. Watch it at the gyms. The gay guys will be looking like lumberjacks and stevedores within a few weeks. The straight guys will get there in a year or two after that. And fashion-wise, it's now okay to have a 34 or 35 inch waist again if you've got the chest to go with it. No need to lipo and do ab work til you're half dead in search of a 31 or 32 inch waist again!
The standards of what's "the in look" and what is not has been dominated by the women's fashion industry for years and the men have been hit with the back-splash of that in the print and media now for the last 15 or 20 years, too. The "straight men's mags" from Magnum to Esquire to Men's Heath area all examples. The models are all under 20 or 25 at the outside. It's about to change again.
If you like your body hair, grow it out. I'm looking at my own mix of blonde and grey from the waist up and contemplating whether I'm gonna live with it or color it. Oddly enough the pubes are still red/blonde (my long ago original hair color as I recall from some 20 plus years back!) Why the pubic area isn't going grey or something is a mystery, but it's not.
Just one thing - if you're growing a mat of thick dark chest hair that finds it's way out of your shirt collar - it is NOT improved by dangling chains or jewelry in it. Better to leave it to make a statement on its own! And if you wear a shirt and tie to work every day, trim the top chest hairs so it doesn't show when you've got your shirt buttoned and a tie on. It just looks unkept and almost dirty to see a guy who's got hair escaping from under his collar and pouring out over his the top of his necktie. Ugh! Ya can't help but wonder if he was asleep when he got dressed or did so in the dark or something??
I'm furry. My last girlfriend didn't like it. It was a turn off for her. It was the first time I had that problem witha woman. I won't allow a womans preference to make me ashamed of what I got.
So, Lord of the Rings was like porno to you??
Paging Mr. Frodo... Paging Mr. Frodo....
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...you laugh, I made such a mess in the cinema was asked not to cum back. :biggrin1:
I love hairy chests. I don't mind hairy backs - in fact, on some guys, a hairy back is really sexy. I remember seeing some pix in a thread here a long time ago of a guy with a hairy back who looked incredible.
My other half is half rug, but hates it, so he gets me to shave his back for him. That's an incredibly sensuous thing to do, especially if you follow it up with a massage. It usually leads to a happy ending.
In my modelling and porn days, I was told to shave because while I was hairy, I wasn't hairy enough, and the market was either for very hairy or hairless but nothing in between.
My other half is half rug, but hates it, so he gets me to shave his back for him. That's an incredibly sensuous thing to do, especially if you follow it up with a massage. It usually leads to a happy ending.
In my modelling and porn days, I was told to shave because while I was hairy, I wasn't hairy enough, and the market was either for very hairy or hairless but nothing in between.
I am very hairy and my wife loves it. You did get a lot of male responses here but believe me there are many women who love it too. I go shirtless whenever I can just for the comfort. I have an extreme lack of modesty. I often get looks and comments from both men and women. For the most part, you can tell the reaction is positive. One time, I was shirtless on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls when a park ranger told me I had to put a shirt on. I was going to ask if it was the law but chose not to make a scene. I believe that he was just really offended by my body hair. I don't apologize for having blue eyes and I am not going to apologize or hide because I am hairy.
I'm half Lebanese so have to chime in here. When I was younger I was more self conscious about my abundance of thick black hair in seemingly every nook and cranny of my body. Now that I'm in my 40's I love it. There are lots of guys who are into hairy guys so it works out for me quite well.
On other guys, I don't mind if a guy is naturally smooth or hairy as an ape. I just don't like it when guys with hair shave it off. ESPECIALLY the pubes. When I'm giving a guy head, I don't want to be thinking "he looks like an 11 year old boy" because he's shaved off all his pubes.
On other guys, I don't mind if a guy is naturally smooth or hairy as an ape. I just don't like it when guys with hair shave it off. ESPECIALLY the pubes. When I'm giving a guy head, I don't want to be thinking "he looks like an 11 year old boy" because he's shaved off all his pubes.
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I think the gay porn industry is partly to blame for the perception that smooth is 'better' rather than just different.
I have body hair and some of it i love (chest and legs) and some i hate (stomach and ass) so i groom to my personal preference.
The gay porn industry seems to focus heavily on aesthetics of the body. I hate the professional porn guys because they have smooth bodies and big dicks and many have no pubes
I find it a turn off.
I like porn actors to have attractive faces, aside from that the size of the cock or the level of body hair is irrelevant. Must have pubes!
I have body hair and some of it i love (chest and legs) and some i hate (stomach and ass) so i groom to my personal preference.
The gay porn industry seems to focus heavily on aesthetics of the body. I hate the professional porn guys because they have smooth bodies and big dicks and many have no pubes
I find it a turn off.I like porn actors to have attractive faces, aside from that the size of the cock or the level of body hair is irrelevant. Must have pubes!
- VeeP,
I'm with ya there, but you may also need to broaden your collection. There's LOTS of hairy dudes (of varying degrees) out there, if you look "hard" enough! :tongue:I hate the professional porn guys because they have smooth bodies and big dicks and many have no pubes
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Hairy is luvverly!! Carry on looking gorgeous, I'll carry on admiring
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Amen brother!
Reading all of your replies is really uplifting and gives me a certain sense of hope about being a young, hairy dude! And seeing how hairy my father is I can expect to become even hairier with age... On a similar note: does anybody have any advice on shaving your own back? I've only managed to trim the hair creeping up the back of my neck to avoid having hair sneak out of my t-shirt necks.
Once more I've gotta state that I'm really glad that You have taken enough of an interest in the subject to post a reply.
Thanks!
Me too, Chest, back, behind,arms it's everywhere!! I can cope with all of it except for the back hair. I don't like it at all, I want to get rid of it as well!
Hey dude, nothing wrong about your body, that bush is not too thick, that,s the important thing...met a guy a few weeks ago that was hairy like you, told him that I like it very much(was thinking about you), he replyied that no more seems to care about hairy guys... but since I saw you on cam, I know that I luv it dude. Luv you to show your hairy ass too on cam sometimes...as far as girls, can't respond for them, lol
Guys who trim or shave their body forget that looks only appeal to 1 sense: vision.
But the sandpaper effect on my skin is certainly not appealing to me, to say the least.
I don't like body hair in the wrong places, but sandpaper hair in those places is even worse and I don't believe it makes a difference whether the partner is a man or a woman.
But the sandpaper effect on my skin is certainly not appealing to me, to say the least.
I don't like body hair in the wrong places, but sandpaper hair in those places is even worse and I don't believe it makes a difference whether the partner is a man or a woman.
