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you are too funny.
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stache wrote:I don't know about you but if mine was turning green I'd be making a trip to the clinic! the green color is an indicator of a healthy PH level. your yellow bushes indicate an acidic environment. pm cosmo on his tricks of the trade on maintaining a healthy PH level.
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I attempted to have it completely removed when the lasers FIRST came out. Left with a few stragglers but most is GONE. I think I may have been one of the first people to request such a thing as the laser operators said they never had that request before. This was way over 10 years back though. rm1961 wrote:
Agree and the trend of complete removal of pubic hair on women - permanently, with lasers - is really disturbing. Apparently it's quite common amongst 20-somethings, I know one 25 year old who had it completely removed - forever.
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DCNGA wrote:I think women of a 'certain' age can assume that being bald in the nether areas is not an expectation. PLUS, I would be mortified going to my gyno yearly visit and having to 'splain why the area is bald as a baby's butt.
It is definitely a demographic thing. It is the cultural norm to be either Brazilian or completely bare for younger women. I personally couldn't imagine having a 70's style bush, lol. It would just be weird.
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what about jewlery for down there anyone use it?
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MissJ wrote:I attempted to have it completely removed when the lasers FIRST came out. Left with a few stragglers but most is GONE. I think I may have been one of the first people to request such a thing as the laser operators said they never had that request before. This was way over 10 years back though.
Miss J, had a young woman join my forum who had the bikini area done. She felt the settings were too high but she did not physically burn. However, she lost fat in the area and sensation. A risk to consider. BTW, she was in a mid eastern country with a humanitarian organization (she was actually English) and went to a local doctor as the ethnic ladies she worked with told her they all had it done. So, this is not just a US fad.
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mich wrote:what about jewlery for down there anyone use it? Vajazzling? Did that girl from Party of Five get made fun of my the media for doing that? I don't personally Vajazzle but I do have a piercing. I can't believe I just told you guys that, lol.
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For me, it would feel strange and uncomfortable to be completely bald in an area where there is supposed to be hair. I don't mean an out of control bush, I mean a neatly trimmed "V" (I personally think the landing strip looks very strange and contrived) over the mons pubis. I don't consider that 70's - I consider it natural and normal but then again, I am 50. I think the trend of complete absence of pubic hair will fade eventually (or perhaps not, which I think is quite unfortunate for young women) and then there will be a spike in pubic hair replacement services. I hear that *some* men are removing their pubic hair as well but I think it is by far young women who are paying hundreds to thousands of dollars to remove the hair permanently. And they are doing this in order to satisfy men. So now even men of a certain age are looking for and desiring hair-free women. I dunno, for some reason this topic just really makes my blood boil. I guess I'll stop ranting about it.
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I think you're right, Barbiegirl, it's very much a young thing and I do think you'd look funny sporting a full bush as I have the impression of you as very carefully groomed and manicured, hardly the granola types that go au naturel:)
The problem is, that, as DCNGA said upthread, no one really cares to see our middle aged lady parts, for which I am deeply grateful. What's not okay is that we're culturally forgotten as irrelevant, which is annoying. I also agree that the Brazilian is part of porn culture, which is fine, they've actually been ahead of many cutting edge technologies, believe it or not. And how a woman looks to herself (and to her lovers) is deeply personal and should be honored regardless of what other people think. But it shouldn't be a cultural expectation that everyone has to follow. I've seen this with clothes and accessories as well.
I read an article in Salon the other day bout aging that is very apropos to this convo; I'll try to find it.
Also, yes, hair removal is very much a cultural obsession with many Middle Eastern countries/people. In India I believe it is common for one of the wedding rituals to have the woman fully de-furred, aside from that on her head. I could be wrong about the pubic region but I do know it's absolutely required for the face. I'm not sure who invented threading but I seem to think it's a practice from that region.
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They started shaving the backside on guys for porn back in the late '70's. If there's hair around there it photographs as being dirty.
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Can't have dirty buns! I wonder when waxing chests came in, maybe the 1980s?
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I totally hear what you are saying, but to be honest with you, I did it because I wanted to be able to wear thongs and not have my hair falling out all over the place. As far as doing it for men, that was never my intention. In fact, one of my ex-boyfriends was quite curious about my lack of hair down there, and of course I would just say, I was born that way. LOL rm1961 wrote:For me, it would feel strange and uncomfortable to be completely bald in an area where there is supposed to be hair. I don't mean an out of control bush, I mean a neatly trimmed "V" (I personally think the landing strip looks very strange and contrived) over the mons pubis. I don't consider that 70's - I consider it natural and normal but then again, I am 50. I think the trend of complete absence of pubic hair will fade eventually (or perhaps not, which I think is quite unfortunate for young women) and then there will be a spike in pubic hair replacement services. I hear that *some* men are removing their pubic hair as well but I think it is by far young women who are paying hundreds to thousands of dollars to remove the hair permanently. And they are doing this in order to satisfy men. So now even men of a certain age are looking for and desiring hair-free women. I dunno, for some reason this topic just really makes my blood boil. I guess I'll stop ranting about it.
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Opps double post by accidentZoey wrote:I totally hear what you are saying, but to be honest with you, I did it because I wanted to be able to wear thongs and not have my hair falling out all over the place. As far as doing it for men, that was never my intention. In fact, one of my ex-boyfriends was quite curious about my lack of hair down there, and of course I would just say, I was born that way. LOL
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Well you were born that way. It's only after puberty that the hair grew. lol Zoey wrote:I totally hear what you are saying, but to be honest with you, I did it because I wanted to be able to wear thongs and not have my hair falling out all over the place. As far as doing it for men, that was never my intention. In fact, one of my ex-boyfriends was quite curious about my lack of hair down there, and of course I would just say, I was born that way. LOL
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DianaD wrote:I think you're right, Barbiegirl, it's very much a young thing and I do think you'd look funny sporting a full bush as I have the impression of you as very carefully groomed and manicured, hardly the granola types that go au naturel:)
Yes, I am definitely the carefully groomed and primped type. It isn't purely about aesthetics either, everything just feels so much better on silky smooth skin. ;)
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That is cute and so very true! LOL MissJ wrote:Well you were born that way. It's only after puberty that the hair grew. lol
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It isn't purely about aesthetics either, everything just feels so much better on silky smooth skin. ;)
Now that DOES intrigue me, as you and caterina have both said it (she said it makes walking down the street wearing tight jeans all the more fun, IIRC, which sounds like your own sexy secret.) but not enough to go through the contortions at this time. Knowing my sensitive skin it would probably make its objections known, and quite vividly.
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DianaD wrote:It isn't purely about aesthetics either, everything just feels so much better on silky smooth skin. ;)
Now that DOES intrigue me, as you and caterina have both said it (she said it makes walking down the street wearing tight jeans all the more fun, IIRC, which sounds like your own sexy secret.) but not enough to go through the contortions at this time. Knowing my sensitive skin it would probably make its objections known, and quite vividly.
There is only one way to find out. I have fairly sensitive, ultra fair skin and the waxing doesn't seem to cause much of an issue other than the pain of course and some minor redness.
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