Until recently, I used to judge people who shave their legs. I didn’t know leg shaving was a thing until 2015 when an aunt of mine said she needed to wash her hair and shave her legs that day. It took longer than usual to process the information.
You mean people actually sit and dedicate time and energy to shave off innocent and harmless hairs from their legs? For the longest time, I thought her legs were naturally smooth like that of the one who bore me. Wow! Talk about strange things. I hate to pick beans cos somehow, it triggers migraine and the more beans to pick, the worse the migraine. At that point, I’d have chosen beans picking over leg shaving if asked to shave.
How do y’all even keep up? Ah mean! Shaving the two essential places ( you know where and where) takes a lot of mental preparation. If not for the sake of hygiene, I’d let those things flourish like a wild bush. But then, hygiene! So we have to keep them immaculate for the second coming of our lord. I wouldn’t want to be caught unfresh when the lord comes, yunno. Thank God for the invention of shaving creams because I think shaving sticks were invented to give us an insight into hell and put us in check.
I still don’t think I’d ever subscribe to leg shaving cos I don’t think I possess the level of commitment it takes. And I suspect shaving them off makes them grow with a vengeance. This would mean having to shave at the sight of new growths. Wahala!
The absence of hair on legs makes a lot of difference and is more aesthetically appealing, I must admit. In my opinion, the presence of hair (coily ones, particularly) dulls one’s skin glow. I came to this conclusion from my recent observation. And maybe I don’t really see the need to shave the hairs on my legs off cos they aren’t wild. Even with leg hairs long enough to create the shortest kinds of false eyelashes, I’m still maintaining beauty with my glow intact. So I’d instead let sleeping hairs lie.
It would take an observant person to notice how hairy I am because the hairs don’t like stress and are always asleep. Very lazy things. Due to friction with surfaces like the bed, I noticed that some parts (the side that rubs the bed when you lie on your side) aren’t so hairy.
However, if I would have someone in charge of the scheduling and shaving of the hairs, with sitting pretty as my only responsibility, maybe I’d give in. I shouldn’t have much to worry about if it’s permanent hair removal. It should be easy to give in.
Suppose you’re one of those who shave your legs; I’m no longer judging you. I now see what you see. The judgment has been transferred to people who make being hairy—in the places that aren’t the ‘two essential places’—look like a sacrilege.
Having hairy legs isn’t dirty or unhygienic. Possessing hairy legs is not a disease. Having hairy legs is as normal as having a head on your neck. Possessing hairy legs doesn’t translate to having testes. You need to stop shaming women with hairy legs. Though I’ve never been shamed for being hairy, I’ve witnessed beautiful women being shamed for something so natural. You all can do better. Dear hairy queens, be yourself and say no to “gender norms.”
Meanwhile, I’m going to schedule an appointment with my hairstylist. Locs on my legs should look good, right? While I do that, don’t forget to tell me what you think about leg shaving.
Update:
This is me, eight months later. The hairs on my legs are beginning to annoy me. Those things now look thicker and are more conspicuous. I honestly don’t know what changed, but I’m suspicious of the coconut oil I use on my skin. These days, I harbour the fear that I’ll one day wake up to a face with a full moustache and beards; the signs are there.
I used to have 99 problems, but now I have a 100 because having to trim my nasal hairs has been added. Those things are wild! Seeing someone’s nasal hairs while speaking to them is a turnoff, so I try not to be that person. I’m still very suspicious of the coconut oil. Don’t ask me why; I just need something to blame for the wildness my body hairs have been exhibiting lately. And I really can’t bring myself to stop using it. If only the hairs on my head and eyes would be that wild.
Can’t wait to become rich. The first thing I’d probably do is book a waxing appointment and be consistent with it. Until then, I’ll just enjoy my hair. My beautiful, dark solid hairs God intentionally put on me.
Body hair sometimes get so annoying 😂😂, nice write up
It sure can. Thank you.
The first two sentences of the last paragraph has my heart connecting with yours 😩
😂 Cheers to becoming rich.
Having hairs in one’s pubic regions also does not translate to poor hygiene.
A person who has a poor hygiene would smell or whatever INSPITE OF the hairs. Not BECAUSE OF the hairs.
As is the same with not wanting to shave hair off your vagina or armpit if you’re a clean person. It wouldn’t make you dirty.
Of course, it doesn’t translate to poor hygiene. Never said it does. You could shave those areas clean and still smell. That statement was personal. For someone who sweats a lot, grooming a bush in my armpit isn’t a wise idea. And no, I don’t exactly shave my groin/vagina area (too much info, I know), I just groom it. But thanks for your input.
Too much information Ekata 😂😂😂
I’m about to even put out more. Brace yourself. 😂
Weyrey omo😂😂😂
I’m just happy I’m not hairy. I wouldn’t have to worry too much about a lot of things. But really, being a lady is actually a lot of work. Mental, emotional and physical work 😥
I mean! We deserve only good things.
Shaving is exhausting! It is the armpit region for me. The hair in my armpit grows back within 2 days, and it just makes me maaaaaaaddddd! I hope I am not the only one this happens to?
You aren’t alone, sister.
I used to be insecure about my hairy legs, but now I don’t even care who stares or who doesn’t, it’s my body not yours, and having hairy legs ain’t a disease.
So now, I rock my mini skirts and flare gown like I should 😊
As you should, momma! I’m glad you’ve seen the light. You could have gone to hell for that singular reason.
I love the write up.
I used to feel somehow about my hairy legs at some point, not sure about recently. But I have grown to love them and be unapologetic about them jare. I meannnn, such beauty🤭
Yes, queen. Be unapologetic about it. You make your own beauty standard. I’m glad for your growth.
Luckily, I have little to no hair on my legs
And, I loveeee the write-up. Cheers!
So, females get negative comments and nasty looks & stares because of hairy legs? Which normal person even has the time to look at the legs of others?
This is all strange to me. People really don’t know how to move their business. They should tell us one health defect having hairy legs can cause, if not, they’re moving mad.
I didn’t know ladies do have hairs on their nasals
But then it’s nature you just gonna put up with it.
I’m a very hairy person, the legs on my hair are the most stubborn, the worst of it is they are spiky.
I use to feel insecure about it at a point, nevertheless, growing up, I’ve learnt how to manage it well and be confident in it, I don’t exactly shave them all off but I love to trim them when necessary, I don’t want them growing like an elephant grass 😂. I’m also with you in the campaign sha, once I become rich too, it’s definitely gonna be in my list 🥴.
As for the armpit and Vg, make i just waka pass, e get why 😪
*The hair on my legs o (error) 😂😂😂😂
Now can you see what I’m telling you, see what those hairs made me type (it’s indeed the legs on my hair 😂)
Wow. This is a whole lot of education. This modern era we’re in proves to know way beyond the future, it’s laughable that we are more concerned about bodily aesthetics than the biological essence of certain growth on our body. I was almost driven to the peak of insanity when a friend told me she trims the hair in her 👃,you mean; you remove the only air filtering mechanism in your body? My biology teacher in Sec school then taught us about “sebum” – a oil that’s secreted by hair follicles and this oil wages war against both the growth and reproduction of bacteria on the skin. The reason the hair in the sacred regions of your body smells is solely because they’ve trapped dirts and microbes that would naturally have kissed your skin if they were absent.
Me I love ladies with hairy legs oo😂😂, I mean, I love them Esau🦅🦅
😂😂😂 I don’t think I can respond to this without laughing because I can literally count the hairs on my legs, it’s practically invisible. But notwithstanding shaving itself can be very annoying but it has to be done.