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Shaving your hands

I was just wondering whether any guys (or girls I guess) shave the back of their hands. I shave mine about twice a week cos they can get quite hairy and I hate it. I love the smooth feeling you get afterwards with it, plus they smell nice when you use shaving foam :wink:

Anyway just wondering what people's thoughts are on this and whether anyone else does it as well.....

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Reply 1
What a RANDOM thing to shave. I'd probably notice more if a guy shaved his hands than if they were hairy. If a guy's hands are hairy it's likely his arms are too so the hair would just stop suddenly.. unless the arms are shaved too..

I dunno, if you like it then that's fine but I find it a bit pointless. If you want them to smell nice use hand lotion!
i dont think theres anyting wrong with it, its all personal preference at da end of da day
Reply 3
Every time I watch Mork and Mindy I think about how Robin Williams should shave his hands because he looks like a monkey.
Humm, so you mean your hands are naked (lol) until your wrists and the rest of your arms? That kind of gives me the creeps, I mean I'd be afraid someone caught a vein.
(I do shave my arms... there's just something ugly about hairy arms...)
Reply 6
Heck, definitely no!
Reply 7
Well it's not obvious cos my arms arn't that hairy really so it's not like a really obvious change. I dunno there's just something I don't like about having hairy hands....just doesn't look nice.

Never caught a vein or anything stupid like that, razors are pretty safety orientated now! :p:
Reply 8
i prefer men with hair....even girls that shave/wax their arms freak me out a little!
it gets all prickly!
Anonymous
I was just wondering whether any guys (or girls I guess) shave the back of their hands. I shave mine about twice a week cos they can get quite hairy and I hate it. I love the smooth feeling you get afterwards with it, plus they smell nice when you use shaving foam :wink:

Anyway just wondering what people's thoughts are on this and whether anyone else does it as well.....

omg. get laser treatment if its that bad! it you shave you will have stubble hands and give innocent people stubble rash!!111oneone
I do and i'm a girl! (and my arms). I've done everyday it for about 6 years now! But I have too coz girls don't really have hand hair do they?
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I do and i'm a girl! (and my arms). I've done everyday it for about 6 years now! But I have too coz girls don't really have hand hair do they?

im a girl and i have hand hair,its not really noticeable unless you look really close,but i'll probley get really paranoid about it now.
where's that razor....lol
No I don't shave the backs of hands, wouldn't it be itchy there and plus body hair usually grows back twice its length.
Reply 14
Anonymous
But I have too coz girls don't really have hand hair do they?

You'd be amazed where some girls have hair. Still, it's natural. Can't say it bothers me how hairy someone is. Sometimes it's nice. :p:

My hands aren't hairy so I've never had to try, don't think I ever would either but like sweetnsexyhuny said it's personal preference . Nothing south of the face for me thanking ye kindly. :ninja:
It’s not really necessary unless you’re often mistaken for a monkey. But if you like it, why not? :smile:
Reply 16
A man shaving anything but his face or maybe pubic region is stupid.
I have short, fine hair on my hands...

Keeps the heat in in the winter.
Anonymous
I was just wondering whether any guys (or girls I guess) shave the back of their hands. I shave mine about twice a week cos they can get quite hairy and I hate it. I love the smooth feeling you get afterwards with it, plus they smell nice when you use shaving foam :wink:

Anyway just wondering what people's thoughts are on this and whether anyone else does it as well.....

What a random thing to do. All I can say is that if you keep on doing this for years to come, then the hairs that do grow on your hands are going to become more and more pronounced, and at the end of the say, who the hell wants to end up with hand stubble - that'd be fricking gross!
Yeah i've done it a few times with an electric shaver.

Problem is i'll be even hairier now.