Care Free or Hair Free?

It's funny that the previous post on STDs & Bikini waxing as sparked discussion on body hair removal and not STDs. Do we care more external beauty than we care about our health? Maybe generally speaking but Goddesses Rising will be posting more blogs about sexual health because we are kind of fanatically about health, reproductive rights and sexual literacy.

But on the hair removal tip I'd like to share this funny tidbit with you about how I came to embrace the hair on my body.

When I became a pre-teen and developed hairy wolf legs, lol, my mom let me use a hand me down shaver from her mom, probably made in the 1950s, and the best electric shaver ever! It's too bad that I'm clumsy and after dropping it numerous times it broke into pieces :(

I used a Lady Remington electric shaver in college which was not as good as the old shaver but it did the job well enough not to give me ingrown hairs or rashes. I didn't learn how to shave with a razor until I was 21 and in South Africa and couldn't use my electrical shaver because the electrical outlets in South Africa are different from ours in the US. I went to South Africa study abroad and my room mate was kind and patient enough to show me how to use a razor to shave my arm pits lol. She said "you're so spoiled" She thought it was hilarious that I didn't know how to use a razor. She took pictures of me shaving my arm pits that I still cherish til this day LMAO
I've been through at least 5 electric shavers in the past 10 years and none of them remove the hair the way I want them to. Waxing irritates the hell out of me! Razors irritate me even worse and other methods like Nair, Sugaring, etc. don't work because my hair is very thick :/

Now that I'm 30 and more comfortable in my own skin or should I say hair, I shave alot less especially in the bikini area because it doesn't make sense to me anymore to torture myself. I've found that scissors and my electric shaver are just enough for me because my skin doesn't like anything else. So everyone else just has to love me hairy or leave me alone :)

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