whats the deal with guys shaving their armpits

[hot97]

I was just curious. How many of you guys shave your armpits. I dont....I have a bush and like to show them off(lol thats kid of weird)....Whats the deal with you guys that shave your pits

 

[Lucky_Luke]

Perhaps it matches the pubes?

I don't shave those parts, but I have to admit that guys who do shave their pubes but not their armpits do look rather funny - especially if they have no body hair at all.

And given the fact that hair acts to trap odors, shaving the pits would likely make them less smelly. I don't know this for a fact, I'm only speculating about the reduction in smell.

 

[B_NineInchCock_160IQ]

I've done it before a couple times, thinking maybe I'd be cooler or sweat less/have less BO. Ultimately it felt too strange so I didn't continue doing it. If I'm going out shirtless somewhere I will sometimes trim but I don't shave them anymore.

 

[B_Italian1]

I trim my pits occasionally, and I've shaved them maybe 3 or 4 times in my entire life. They're not as hairy as some I've seen.

 

[RandyL]

I don't shave my armpits, but I know from experience that I can take a shower, go to work, and if I'm moving my arms around a lot, depending on what I'm doing, I can have smelly armpits in only an hour or 2!

I don't use anti perspirant on a daily basis, just for dress up situations. Maybe that's an issue also.

 

[Principessa]

I trim my pits occasionally, and I've shaved them maybe 3 or 4 times in my entire life. They're not as hairy as some I've seen.

Oh my goodness! That's the queerest thing I've ever heard you say. :tongue::biggrin1: You know what they say, when a man shaves his pits it's a sure sign he is just 2 steps from being gay and sucking cock. <----- Calm down people, this is sarcasm, not homophobia!

I don't shave my armpits, but I know from experience that I can take a shower, go to work, and if I'm moving my arms around a lot, depending on what I'm doing, I can have smelly armpits in only an hour or 2! Well Duh! I don't use anti perspirant on a daily basis, just for dress up situations. Maybe that's an issue also.

Maybe?! Maybe?! What is wrong with you? From about the age of 10 onward, both men and women NEED to shower everyday AND use an anti-perspirant/deodorant AND brush your teeth. It's called good personal hygeine it's a part of personal grooming and most importantly it is common sense!

 

[B_Italian1]

Oh my goodness! That's the queerest thing I've ever heard you say. :tongue::biggrin1: You know what they say, when a man shaves his pits it's a sure sign he is just 2 steps from being gay and sucking cock. <----- Calm down people, this is sarcasm, not homophobia!

lol I've never shaved my legs or arms and never will. I'll bet you shave your armpits and legs. And I know for sure that you shave something else. :wink:

 

[Meniscus]

We had a conversation about this is the Women's Issues forum a few months ago.

http://www.lpsg.org/48853-armpit-hair-on-men.html

In that thread, I mentioned this pic, which I still think is really funny.
http://ladybunny.net/blog/uploaded_images/armpit%20tatto-763647.jpg

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

Like NJ I think all men (and women) should use ap/deodorant, the only time sweat smells good is if you're just been up to nasty sex stuff for 12 hours

 

[smoothnfree]

I rather shaved, less hair on my doby...I dont go for being hairy, and what grows, I tend to shave off.

 

[Scorpiorising]

I don't have much armpit hair, but I couldn't imagine shaving what I do have as I think it would make me sweat more.

As for the antiperspirant (sp?) or deordorant, for a greater part of my life I never needed to use it because I simply did not sweat, even in heavy activity. And, if I did (I know most won't believe this) I just didn't give off an odor. It is only since I turned 35 (I'm 38 now) that I had to start using it. I knew I had to start using deodorant when I did sweat one day and it actually smelled.

I think it's something genetic because when I was young and in a marching band, I once walked in on the girls changing and one of them was shaving their underarms. I had mentioned it to my mother and she was a little perplexed as she never shaved under her arms. Don't get grossed out. She just never grew hair there, so she never needed to.

 

[deleted15807]

Body hair is SO 70's.

 

[Ed69]

Oh my goodness! That's the queerest thing I've ever heard you say. :tongue::biggrin1: You know what they say, when a man shaves his pits it's a sure sign he is just 2 steps from being gay and sucking cock. <----- Calm down people, this is sarcasm, not homophobia!


Maybe?! Maybe?! What is wrong with you? From about the age of 10 onward, both men and women NEED to shower everyday AND use an anti-perspirant/deodorant AND brush your teeth. It's called good personal hygeine it's a part of personal grooming and most importantly it is common sense!

Not hapenning in my world!Do you know what aluminium oxcide is,it's a key component in those products.After having five cyst's lanced or carved out of my pit's that shit is no longer is allowed in my bathroom!If you can't take the way a man smells buy a dildo.

 

[deleted136887]

Not hapenning in my world!Do you know what aluminium oxcide is,it's a key component in those products.After having five cyst's lanced or carved out of my pit's that shit is no longer is allowed in my bathroom!If you can't take the way a man smells buy a dildo.

Finally ! Some-one who speaks sense and point out the truth.
I agree with personal cleanliness: Shower at least once a day (if one can), brush your teeth (always), but as far putting aluminium oxcide under my armpits: no way. This whole thing re smells, hairyness etc is driven by the need to sell more "personal hygene " products, so the add industry has duped us all into believing that human smells are bad.(they can be) If a person is clean, a little bit of sweat is OK.

 

[Principessa]

I was expecting some crunchy granola type to fight me on this. :tongue:

Not hapenning in my world! Do you know what aluminium oxcide is, it's a key component in those products. Yes, I do it is an abrasive often used in toothpaste. No wonder you were getting cysts! I think Aluminum Zirconium is the material to which you meantto refer. After having five cyst's lanced or carved out of my pit's that shit is no longer is allowed in my bathroom! The solution is to use a natural substance such as a paste made of baking soda and water, or one of those rock crystal deodorants. If you can't take the way a man smells buy a dildo. Your last sentence does not compute, it makes no sense. My desire not to be around a man who doesn't stink has nothing to do with sex.

 

[CUBE]

I shave them...not clean shavin...but like a trimmer setting three. I feel since I workout, and have a tank t-shirt on, that this is now an exposed area that should be groomed. Uses less deoderant too. I like this aspect because I think deoderants are not really healthy when all is said and done... though one wants to smell clean

 

[sdbg]

And given the fact that hair acts to trap odors, shaving the pits would likely make them less smelly. I don't know this for a fact, I'm only speculating about the reduction in smell.

You hit the bullseye, Luke. I have so much body hair, it's ridiculous. I'm very physically active and don't want to smell gross of feel gross while I'm working out. Excessive hair will smell 2 - 3 hours after the shower unless you take a bath in cologne. I use hair clippers to routinely trim body hair, including my underarms. It feels way better and I never smell. I'm indifferent to what it looks like. It's all about comfort.

 

[MovingForward]

I shave becauase when you put anit persperant on you are just putting it on the hair, where as I put it on the skin.

 

[Jovial]

Shaving makes you more aerodynamic.

 

[Balljunkie]

I shave because my armpit hair can grow out of the sleeves of my t-shirt. Before I started shaving, the long hair would hang out of my t-shirt and nothing turned girls off more than that. My guy friends would even say that shit about "shave it, man. That is disgusting."