Only 1 in 10 Guys Don’t Trim or Shave Their Armpits

I am happy to be one out of 10, though I think the stat is made up.

Bacterial reasons?

It's common in Germany for men to shave under their arms, from what I believe.

I like hairy armpits though. I also like pubes and while it doesn't bother me when I pull down a guy's pants and he has shaved them off, I'd prefer he keep it.

R3 I live in Germany and it is not common I have seen a few at my gym but by no means the majority.

The ones that make me laugh are the bearded hipsters covered in fur from pits to toes with shaved pubes. They look fucking ridiculous.

The last time I did it - with a regular razor - resulted in such prolonged, continuous itching that I’ve never done it again. .

I love hairy men, and I love naturally smooth men, but when men are smooth only because they shave too much of their body hair off it weirds me out a bit. A naturally smooth guy still has that soft down on his skin. Even if you can't see it, it adds something to him. A guy who shaves it off looks too feminine to me or something. Can't bear shaved legs on a guy.

Apologies R4, as I said, it was from what I believed, as in I was told that, but I take it back if not true. I wonder why people were saying that? Oh and yes a hairy body all over and then shaved pubes does sound ridiculous!

There's no info on the actual survey except that Men's Health did it with their readers, who aren't exactly representative of anything. This is just "junk science" at best, even if OP was willing to take the bait.

Can you say body odor?

Sorry but i don't believe that at all

If there is one thing I absolutely love, it is chewing on a man's armpits. There could be nothing greater.

Is this Gillette research - shaming males with underarm hair - making them feel other - to drive sales to make up for sales lost by being woke?

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.

I'm not even that old. But, the internet and a lack of critical thinking skills has created a generation of idiots.

Smooth is beautiful. Hairy is dirty

R11: It's the magazine's "survey". Read the damn article. It only takes a minute.

[quote]It's common in Germany for men to shave under their arms, from what I believe

Really? it's common for men to shave their underarms in a place where It's uncommon for women to do so?

And this is "from what [you] believe?" Okay!

R13 sounds like dead-eyed Svetlana trying to stir up trouble.

Oh, gentlemen, let me tell you -- that is exactly what I was told in 8th grade health class in 1971. I was also told that deodorant won't work if you don't shave your armpits.

Of course, as a budding lesbian (whose mother would not allow her to shave yet), I was furious that the teacher wasn't saying that to the boys' health class.

More #FakeNews

It's a poll of Men's Health readers

There's nothing scientific about it meaning it's not accurate, and men who do shave their pits are far more likely to participate in the survey.

R16 smells bad

I usually manscape fairly regularly, but since lockdown I've become lazy and let the jungle take over, so this is very timely for me.

Shaved little nancy boys are gross. Instant boner killer. If I wanted to fuck a woman I’d choose an actual woman, not some poor imitation of one. Nashty.

I do it because the deodorant works better if there is skin to stick to and not clumpy hair. Not shave just buzz with clippers.

To the guys that complain about the odor of hairy arm pits: have you tried using deodorant and showering at least once a day?

Clark Gable shaved his chest and his armpits. He had apparently lived in squalor as a young man, and as a result was fastidious with his grooming

Only in America, I believe, where all these stupid, psrudo-science trends are springing up like mushrooms. No wonder they are morbidly obese and dropping dead in thousands every day.

This is clearly another thread populated by old queens with an armpit fetish bitching about practical hygiene habits. Shaving and trimming is cleaner and better. I bet you bitches complain about lockdowns and mask wearing too.

Don't shave my pits, but do shave my chest - largely because I have a lot of chest hair and it gets itchy. And yeah, I shower daily...

B.S. I've never shaved my armpits. When I was growing up it was something women did. For the most part, it's a bad idea to shave your armpits crotch and asscrack. There is hair there to soften any chafing that results from skin brushing up against skin.

I shave my face, trim nosehairs and earhair, that's about it.

[Quote] as a result was fastidious with his grooming

Didn't his breath stink? The wooden teeth etc.

Yeah definetly fake news. Most men arent doing this. The young gen z dudes barely even groom themselves. Masc 4 masc is in so most guys let everything grow wild

Not true. Lots of young guys think it will make their dick look way bigger.

I view shaving ones body with infantalizing ones self. No thanks.

I trim with scissors, probably only three times a year. If I do not, it seems as if it keeps growing longer. I think some men have less hair, or it isn't programmed to grow as long. Shaving seems over the top for me.

r11 Yeah, make it a thing to drive sales. Then there will be a must-have, 'specially-designed' shaver for armpit hair.

Trim armpit hair by all means, but shaving it all off is fucking stupid.

Proof of your allegation R24

I'm hairy and shave only my face, or rather buzz a close beard down with clippers once or twice a week. My pubic hair I trim a bit with scissors now and then, to keep the hair from catching (ouch) in my foreskin.

That's it.

You must have a short dick if your pubes get caught in your foreskin.

R24. I read that years ago in a Clark Gabke biography.

However, I did notice his hairless chest in ‘It Happened One Night’.

R22 I trim mine for the same reason. I don't actually shave anywhere, just trim it to stay presentable and be less itchy.

I just shaved my pits, crotch, taint and asshole on Friday.

That number is made up. No way 9 in 10 shave or trim armpits.

Nonsense. Only 1 in a 100 shave their pits and they are mostly bodybuilders.

I'm sure Gillette is a major advertiser for the magazine and pushed the mag to do this bogus stat article.

Mens Health readers are gym bros. Duh

I trim - I am generally quite a sweaty man and it keeps me smelling fresher for longer if I trim under there. I also wear vests/tank tops to the gym and don't want to subject other people to my underarm bush in their face when doing things like shoulder press and lat pull-downs, as I know what it's like from seeing other guys who don't trim and it's not pleasant.

[quote] Shaved little nancy boys are gross.

You sound like a homophobe.

Most of Datalounge is over 50 with poor wiping habits. They don’t know men under 40. Boys not shaving and/or trimming is seen as dirty.

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Shaving/trimming body hair among male U.S. consumers 2017, by age group

Published by Alexander Kunst, Sep 3, 2019

This statistic shows the results of a Statista survey in which male U.S. respondents were asked if they shave or trim their body hair, sorted by age group. During the June 2017 survey, 59 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 years reported shaving or trimming their body hair regularly.

Men’s Journal is even telling boys to wax.

The majority of girls under 35 see body hair on men gross.

Statista is a marketing company. You should give us the methodology (who was sampled and how) rather than the figure which, by itself is meaningless.

[quote] To the guys that complain about the odor of hairy arm pits: have you tried using deodorant and showering at least once a day?

Do you live somewhere where water is free?

Another con job to Feminize men.

When you shave, the sweat has no place to wait until it touches your undershirt, assuming you wear one.

The other night, I watched the Showtime documentary "Macho" about one of my 80's crushes, the Puerto Rican boxer Hector Camacho.

Lots of shots of his sweaty, hairy pits, and I have to admit, it did look kind of weird to me...he seemed like maybe the type of guy who, if he were young today, would probably shave his pits.

I use clippers on my pits and trim down under. I do it for convenience sake - I have to wait so long for my armpit hair to dry after a shower to put on deodorant. When buzzed I can immediately apply deodorant. I also feel like BO is a lot less strong when I shave. Just a personal observation

You can't dry your pit hair with a towel, R56?

Some of you are missing the point that the stat is about men TRIMMING or shaving their armpits. I've only shaved mine once...I either cut them with scissors two or three times a year like a poster above said, or I might be manscaping elsewhere with clippers and decide to take the time to trim my armpit hair. I sweat a lot, and feel cleaner and fresher without all the deodorant-soaked hair under my armpits. (I also end up using a lot less deodorant when I am trimmed under my pits, as the deodorant goes right on my skin instead of soaking the hair.)

I shave under my arms maybe once a month after the hair gets too long. I don't like deodorant getting stuck in the hair under my arm.

Mens health has the shrill bisexual activist Zachary lame/zane writing for them. God he irritates the fuck out of me - and not because he is bi, but because he is a smug attention whore.

"Shaved little nancy boys are gross. Instant boner killer. If I wanted to fuck a woman I’d choose an actual woman, not some poor imitation of one. Nashty."

Yeah that Lizha imitation at the end really cements that whole masc for masc vibe you were going for, gurl!

The sat is made up. Foolish nonsense.

that's bullshit

R61, Who is Liza, bitch?

Are you certain they ever had enough testosterone to grow armpit hair in the first place?

I'm in favor of buzzing them lower but not shaving them.

Ridick.

If you haven't ever so into a guy that you loved smelling his hairy pits, I feel sorry for you.

I will trim, but never shave. Trimming keeps it clean, shaving just gives you razor burn and irritation when it grows back

Shaved armpits on a man is not sexy at all. The hair is where the pheromones get trapped. Only David Beckham and La Senatrice Miss Lindsey do this.

Yes, 9 in 10 Menshealth readers shave everything. It's no surprise there.

Not this stupid thread again!

On top of the MAGA riots - I just can't take it!

IT’’S LIZA WITH A ‘Z’ NOT LISA WITH AN ‘S’!

Wait till the stubble starts sticking you under the arms.

R73, you believe women shouldn’t shave?

R42 or pro wrestlers.

It’s actually weird seeing a contemporary wrestler covered in a natural pelt or sporting pithair, though it was de rigeur in the early-mid 20th Century.

[quote] B.S. I've never shaved my armpits. When I was growing up it was something women did.

-R28

When you were growing up, women hadn’t gotten the vote.

[quote] The hair is where the pheromones get trapped.

Honey, you wash and wear deodorant, right? They ain’t there.

[quote] When you shave, the sweat has no place to wait until it touches your undershirt, assuming you wear one.

Antiperspirant, bitch.

The radical left is at it again! Don’t make me take out the RV! 🤡

I hate these dumb studies about body hair, like shaving or not shaving is a life long decision. The shit grows back at the speed of light, for me anyway.