GUYS WHO SHAVE ALL THEIR BODY HAIR

GUYS WHO SHAVE ALL THEIR BODY HAIR DESPITE GROSS RASH, TOTALLY MESSED UP OR WHAT?!

I have to hurt you now.

I EARNED this hair. And me wife likes it. I'll be damned if I'm shaving/waxing it.

I'm pussy whipped :(

I'm going with thoughtful. From my own experience, I've found it's almost 50/50 wrt girls preferences towards hairy v shorn guys. One gf I had convinced me to shave my chest, and it wasn't really that bad. It revealed some muscle definition I never knew I had!

careful

have noticed more of this among dudes of all orientations recently. i trim everything, but not the full shave.

I've managed to lose the preponderance of my body hair the natural way, by getting so old that my follicles have forgotten how to do their job. I kind of miss my eyebrows and eyelashes (nb: they still exist, but in a much-attenuated barely-there form.) otoh, I haven't sprouted large amounts of ear hair, so there's at least one common aging-person hair issue I haven't had to deal with. Yet.

Have cartridge razors been mentioned in the “technological backwards steps” thread?
I kinda gave up on shaving my face in the last year or two, and started trimming my beard with hair clippers instead. I had always preferred to be clean shaven, but in order to shave at least every third or fourth day, I would reuse the same dull cartridge for months because of the expense. Idk if this is a failing of technology, or the impact of a duopoly that spends billions of dollars on marketing or what. But it was really difficult and painful, and I was still very unhappy with the way I looked most of the time.
I found that I didn’t mind the look of > 4-5 day stubble quite as much as I absolutely *hated* the 5 o’clock shadow and 2-3 day stubble. To shave every day (or *at minimum* every other day, which is what I would prefer) I would need to learn to use a safety razor so that I can throw away the blade after a few uses and replace it for pennies. The steep initial investment, fear of lacerating my face has discouraged me so far.

But yeah by a similar logic, I’d always trimmed everything but not the full shave. That is, I would want to be hairless ideally but the idea of prickly stubble on my chest, arms and legs etc bothered me more than the hair.

I have done a full shave recently and I really like the way it looks and feels! The stubble is actually nbd? I kinda don’t want to go back
OTOH I don’t really see myself maintaining it every few days vs. going at it with a trimmer every few weeks (or months)
Might just be an occasional indulgent self care thing going forward idk
But it’s nice

I’m booking my first full groin waxing this week. Very excited

Deflatormouse, i trim everything every 3-4 days. after the initial month or so, it really doesn’t take long. i ao prefer it— i always loathed having a hairy chest and belly.

Oh damn, trimming takes me a pretty long time, maybe more than an hour. The chest is quick and easy, but the arms and legs are a PITA. I honestly think shaving every 3-4 days would be a lot faster and easier than trimming that often (but find I can get away with not trimming for a few weeks, and that I really don’t see much difference midweek)

might just be different hair and body composition— i have very thin hair, not going bald but it’s the same as my mom’s — just incredibly thin, fine hair. so trimming it with a 3mm takes like ten minutes before a shower every 3-4 days

I'm with table. Shaving is not really an option. The one time I tried it on my chest it lasted a few days, then it started itching horribly, then it proved the perfect irritant for someone I met that week.

i have very thin hair, not going bald but it’s the same as my mom’s — just incredibly thin, fine hair

I don't think this makes much difference if you are using an electric trimmer powerful enough to use on your head or face

The one time I tried it on my chest it lasted a few days, then it started itching horribly, then it proved the perfect irritant for someone I met that week.

^this is where it makes more of a difference and why I am never going anywhere near my junk with anything lower than a 1 guard

i meant in terms of appearance,fwiw