BF? shaving

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Registered: 04-12-2006
BF? shaving
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Tue, 11-21-2006 - 9:51pm

My BF asked me to ask this question for him...

It has to do with him shaving "down there". My BF has always shaved his pubic hair with a close shave, just to tidy it up, but doesn't shave it completely bare. Is it normal for guys to shave the area along the top of their inner thigh (the bikini line for girls, doesn't make sense to call it these for guys). He says that the hair continues thickly out that way and then just stops, so he thinks its weird and shaves there. Since the skin is sensitive, he gets red bumps.
I had never heard of guys shaving there and told him so, and now he is curious to see what other guys do about the hair in that area. Do they just leave it or shave it as well?

Thanks!

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Registered: 04-27-2006
In reply to: alexrmp
Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:19am
I personally do trim my pubic hair so that my gf won't get hairs caught in her mouth and gag when she gives me a BJ. I trim it down, don't shave it off at all. I have a battery powered trimmer I use for this. My gf trims hers as well because like mine it does get wild. Don't recommend shaving anywhere around the genital region or even around the inner thighs for the reason you stated, the red lumps, plus the hair will grow back in stiffer. Talk to him about it and buy him a trimmer. I got a bikini trimmer, it works well for that purpose because I could never anything else that worked. Good luck.
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Registered: 10-18-2001
In reply to: alexrmp
Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:55pm
I shave the scrotum and base of the penis, but only trim the rest with a battery-operated beard trimmer. I don't shave the bikini line area - but then again, I'm fairly hairy too so it'd just look silly if I did shave too far out. I guess that a relatively hairless guy would need to do whatever a woman needs to do to tidy that area up. Waxing perhaps? Depilatory creams?
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Registered: 09-30-2006
In reply to: alexrmp
Sat, 11-25-2006 - 9:48am
I shave my pubic area and have thought about shaving my inner thighs, but i haven't done it. I admit it could look a little strange for the hair to just stop there, but that's ok.