Huh, I’m going to try shaving my armpits. I’m a smelly guy and I seem to need to use a lot of deodorant to keep it under control.
Huh, I’m going to try shaving my armpits. I’m a smelly guy and I seem to need to use a lot of deodorant to keep it under control.
foggy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just use a beard trimmer, you do t gotta go all the way.
Ingrown hairs in your armpit are bad news
hamid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You actually do to get rid of this, it colonizes the follicle. I’ve shaved my armpits for like 20 years and never once had an ingrown hair as does like most women in the US
foggy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s because you’ve shave that hair for 20 years.
Hair that isn’t normally shaved poses a greater risk for ingrown hairs.
To reiterate, in grown hair in your armpit is awful. It will get infected unless you wear tank tops all the time, and an infection near all the nerve endings in your arm put causes for a seriously painful time. It can all be avoided by just trimming without going down to the skin.
If you do go down to the skin on an area you’ve never shaved before, you’d be wise to do so using conditioner on your armpits instead of shaving cream. You’d also be wise to apply aftershave afterwards.
But you’re right. Just as most men don’t get in grown hairs in their face from shaving after the first 3 or 4 shaves, you are fine, given that hair in your armpit is basically expecting to be shaved.
wellee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
All the women I know get ingrown hairs lol
hamid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Use a sharp razor