Leg hair vs body hair?

Triathlon Forum
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Well I took the plunge and finally shaved my legs. I’ve been roadie riding for years and have never taken a bad fall, but feel that it’s bound to happen sooner or later. I wiped out on roller blades once and remember how uncomfortable the road rash was with leg hair. So I thought it best to shave. Got rid of it right up to the speedo line.

Definately do feel like a bit of a nerd at the moment but will no doubt get over my self consiousness of no having leg hair any more.

I’ve got no back hair but a chest rug that would make a grizzly bear proud. Looked in the mirror and it looked weird with a hairy chest and no leg hair. Solution was to use the electric raiser and trim down the chest hair to a short length without removing it completely. Doesn’t look so bad now.

So tell me, does everyone else go threw this body image weirdness at first after shaving?

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Cerveloguy,

It is sounds like eating a cake or good cheese, you just cut a bit more everytime. I think the chest trimming you already did is enough, otherwise you will have to maintain it shaved on a regular basis. This may give you lots of trouble, itchy skin, and red spots.

It is good news about your back being smooth. Checkout this link:

http://www.hairyback.com/gallery/

Pluto

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thats exactly what i did. shave the legs and trim down the chest hair. the other day my wife says to me: how can you use that razor of yours to shave your legs, its so heavy. try mine, i just put a new blade in it. isn’t she great??