women with hairy arms

don't do it...

Yeah, don't. They'll just be hairier when it grows back.

I waxed them when I was younger and it made them grow in darker. Now all the chlorine from lap swimming has bleached them so much I can barely see them anymore.

MyaPapaya75 wrote: »

Welp from a beauticians standpoint ...depends on how hairy...you can wax it and it wont come back any worse so I say if it bothers you remove it why walk around with something that is an issue..but if its not a worry then leave it...PS do not try to wax it yourself let a salon do it.

If you wax long enough does it start to come back in finer?

My arms are hairy but the hair has become finer and finer over the years so now it's not noticeable. I still shave from time to time just because I prefer how my arms feel when they're completely smooth.

nope nope! My arms are hairy (and thankfully on the lighter side of brown), but I would never shave them! My sister shaves hers, as she got the black arm hair, and they're just always prickly! If you don't shave them every day, they're just so uncomfortable and sometimes if she shaves in the morning, they're prickly by evening. If I rub up against her it drives me crazy. I can't imagine rubbing against yourself!

Hell no. If I cared enough about it, I'd wax. I wouldn't shave.

I had very hairy arms even as a pre-teen. I started shaving them around the age of 16 because I was so embarrassed by it. The hair is definitely dark and noticeable. I remember having a problem with getting prickly by the next day, which is no good, so I had to shave them every day. I don't find it time consuming or inconvenient to do it daily - I pretty much have to shave any part of my body daily to avoid getting prickly because my hair grows so damn fast.

Over the years, the prickly issue has gone away. I don't know if my hair naturally got thinner or slower growing as I aged, but all I know is that I can go two days and not be prickly. It's perfectly smooth for AT LEAST 24-36 hours. I'm pretty sure my husband has no clue that I do it. Even if he does, I don't really care. They look a lot better shaved than they did hairy.

I've also never gotten ingrown hairs or razor burn there. Which is strange, because I have very sensitive skin.

It's a total wive's tale that shaved hair grows back thicker and/or darker. It's just not true and I wish people would stop saying that. It may SEEM thicker as it's growing out, but once you get past the prickly stage and it grows to the same length it once was, the hair is just like the old hair - it IS the same hair.

As for waxing...meh. I get Brazilian waxes and dealing with hair growing between waxes and not being able to do anything about it until it's long enough to wax again - it may be fine for pubic hair, but I'm not sure about arm hair if you really want it gone. Since hair grows in phases, it seems to grow in thinner and more sparse between waxes, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

If only we could all afford laser hair removal or electrolysis.

No! Did it once, never wIll again!

Actually the "they grow back thicker" thing is a wive's tale. They just feel coarse. But as for shaving arms- that's not really something I think about. I've done it a few times in middle school, but now it's just whatever.

I've shaved my arms since high school (so 15 years...). I just liked the look and feel. I didn't have super hairy arms but being an "arm" person I just decided to shave them one day (hey my husband's biceps are what caught my attention when we first met). The hair doesn't grow back thicker or more coarse. I don't have to shave my arms nearly as often as my legs. The hair seems to grow much slower on my arms. I can go 4-5 days (a week if it's winter and I'm lazy). Shaving is much quicker, cheaper, and less painful IMO. Well for arms anyway....

LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »

I had very hairy arms even as a pre-teen. I started shaving them around the age of 16 because I was so embarrassed by it. The hair is definitely dark and noticeable. I remember having a problem with getting prickly by the next day, which is no good, so I had to shave them every day. I don't find it time consuming or inconvenient to do it daily - I pretty much have to shave any part of my body daily to avoid getting prickly because my hair grows so damn fast.

Over the years, the prickly issue has gone away. I don't know if my hair naturally got thinner or slower growing as I aged, but all I know is that I can go two days and not be prickly. It's perfectly smooth for AT LEAST 24-36 hours. I'm pretty sure my husband has no clue that I do it. Even if he does, I don't really care. They look a lot better shaved than they did hairy.

I've also never gotten ingrown hairs or razor burn there. Which is strange, because I have very sensitive skin.

It's a total wive's tale that shaved hair grows back thicker and/or darker. It's just not true and I wish people would stop saying that. It may SEEM thicker as it's growing out, but once you get past the prickly stage and it grows to the same length it once was, the hair is just like the old hair - it IS the same hair.

As for waxing...meh. I get Brazilian waxes and dealing with hair growing between waxes and not being able to do anything about it until it's long enough to wax again - it may be fine for pubic hair, but I'm not sure about arm hair if you really want it gone. Since hair grows in phases, it seems to grow in thinner and more sparse between waxes, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

If only we could all afford laser hair removal or electrolysis.

Yeah, I agree. I do occasionally get ingrowns or razor burn on my bikini line and once in a blue moon on my thigh or something but in 15+ years I have never had even 1 issue like that on my arms at all.