I think an hairy chest should only be a prerogative of a very sexy man with a very nice body....can you imagine a very thin,rather ugly,loser-type with a very hairy chest???I could throw up for that....or a very fat man with a bush on his chest?so if you are Tom Welling with a hairy chest,then go for it!if you are more a "Blues brothers" type,then give it a cut!;-)