Shaving

[Raven1981]

Hey All:

 

So wanted to share the joy's of shaving my legs now and also how I have noticed that since being on hormones that my body hair has slowed down and it has been easier to shave it away and make it nice and smooth.  It is just so much a joy and really enjoy it with how closer it is for me.  How many others enjoy the fact of shaving?

 

Lots of love

 

Amy

[Dev]

The big benefit of shaving to me was how soft everything felt.  Even my jeans, which you wouldn't normally think of as soft.  It's amazing how tiny little hairs - or their absence - can make such a huge difference.

[Jani]

I used to shave my legs in the winter before I came out.  There's not much hair there but the softness while wearing slacks or jeans is amazing.  Not to mention sleeping which is a whole other thing.   Enjoy yourself and have fun Amy! 

 

Jani

 

 

[BrandiBri]

I enjoy the way pantyhose and silky slips under my dresses feel. Not only that, but I love the way they look! 

 

Hugs,

Brandi

[tracy_j]

I found the same as others. everything feels so comfortable these days. Shaving is a bind, but with practice it can be accomplished quickly (a full length mirror would be useful though ).

 

Tracy

[jae bear]

 I absolutely love the way it feels, like I could count the air molecules passing as I walk through the room before I get my pajamas on. Then again my cookie monster pajama pants and Roger rabbit T-shirt feel nice after a full body shave too!  Oddly my wife just doesn’t get it and I kind of thought she would ...

Hugs,

Jae

[Janeshannon]

I generally enjoy having zero body hair.  It is one of the things that just "feels right."  I saw a picture of myself without a shirt on with hair on my tummy and chest, and I thought it looks very strange.

[Daisy Mae]

Even as a young boy and as I started my transitioning my leg hair was blonde and very fine. It still is to this day on my legs making it very easy and enjoyable for me to shave my legs.

[Guest Ade6589]

On 5/2/2018 at 12:23 AM, Amy LeBlanc said:

Hey All:

 

So wanted to share the joy's of shaving my legs now and also how I have noticed that since being on hormones that my body hair has slowed down and it has been easier to shave it away and make it nice and smooth.  It is just so much a joy and really enjoy it with how closer it is for me.  How many others enjoy the fact of shaving?

 

Lots of love

 

Amy

I haven’t started shaving my legs yet but I can see the hair has got thinner 

it’s hard as my wife would also notice 

[Rachael]

The feeling of having everything shaved is wonderfull. Also that neat clean look is fabulous. I finished full body hair removal earlier this year. This is a faboulous feeling as well. Hope things go well for you. 

[jae bear]

I really want to get out the waxing kit my wife bought for me and explore that process a bit... but I find that I get impatient and grab the razor in the shower too often!

[Lizzie McTrucker]

Heck, I pour a bath and add a bath bomb or some bubble bath and turn it into an hour long session of self-care. Sit and soak for a few, take in the pretty aroma scent, then grab the shave gel and razor and get started. Take your time so you don't miss any spots, don't forget your feet and your toes. Then drain the water, do a quick shower to rinse off, then towel dry and finish with lotion. (doesn't have to be fancy. I use Vaseline intensive care essential healing or Jergens)

 

Just be careful getting up because the tub might be slippery from the bath bomb or the bubble bath....

[Daisy Mae]

On 5/3/2018 at 1:25 PM, jae bear said:

 I absolutely love the way it feels, like I could count the air molecules passing as I walk through the room before I get my pajamas on. Then again my cookie monster pajama pants and Roger rabbit T-shirt feel nice after a full body shave too!  Oddly my wife just doesn’t get it and I kind of thought she would ...

Hugs,

Jae

You have the Cookie Monster Fleece PJ pants too!!!!

[jae bear]

Of course I do! Pokémon pj bottoms are my second fav... Funny thing is my wife bought them for me years ago! I still find it hard to believe when she says that she had no idea.

Hugs,

Jae

[Aprilrain]

I have not started HRT yet, I am still in the NHS waiting system.

 

But I love a hair free body and for a couple of months I stuck to it but it was everyday maintenance and I had stubble in a few hours which was devastating, the itching was unbearable which always occurs at night so it made going to sleep difficult so I had no choice but to stop.

 

I am really looking forward to that part in HRT as its gutting being hairy.

 

I now give myself a no.1 with the clippers every few weeks.

[MaryEllen]

Rather than shaving, you might try an epilator. I do have to warn you that's it's painful but it lessens over time.

 

MaryEllen

[Aprilrain]

Hi Maryellen, I did buy the top of the range braun epilator in the hope it would weaken the hair overtime, but again I had the same issues and think I will have to wait for HRT and the hair growth to weaken.

 

I do regular shave the armpits still, its the only part I can really keep feminine without any issues, I just wish my grew as aggressively on my head as it does my body.

[BrandiBri]

I'm lucky in that I don't have much chest hair, so I use Nair for that area. I haven't tried it anywhere else yet. 

 

Brandi

[jae bear]

I badly nicked the back of my left calf at the Achilles tendon last night! Dang it! My wife told me I need to stretch my toes up to smooth out that spot before shaving, and while I love the tips, this comes from someone that ridicules me for shaving at all... What's the deal with that?

Hugs,

Jae

[jae bear]

You know, I have tried several different things to shave with, and it seems to me that the triple blade razor does a fair job, then again it’s just the kind I would use on my face, I think it’s a Gillette Mach 3. The Braun electric small head German razor I bought nocks things down but doesn’t give you a close shave and my wife’s old pink lady electric razor that you can use wet honestly doesn’t do much either. The weird thing is I’m finding that Even with a three blade razor the hairs on my chest seem to lay over flat and not get shaved off, no matter what direction I try to shave in. Is there some sort of difference between a ladies razor for her legs and a man’s razor for his face? Is the man’s razor cut geometry different to survive the thicker more brutal copper like facial hairs and a womans razor geometry more sharp and narrow to handle delicate trimming?

[VickySGV]

My body must have been trying super hard to make boy hair because ever since my 6th month of E, leg and body hair are so fine and far between that a simple women's razor does the only little bit needed.  My beard was always very sparse and grew in patches that would never have made a full beard and I never really had beard shadow.  I did use women's shaving gel, but now the bath soap is fine for what little I do.  Arm hair is also so fine and it is till light blond that I never think about it.

[Willow]

I’ve been shaving my legs, chest and underarms for some time now.  Like others the problem with shaving is growth stubble. I tried Nair but it only lasted marginally longer.   I tried waxing.  Waxing does last longer, but you have to let the hair grow out enough for the wax to stick to it.  Also, there is soft wax and hard wax.  Be sure you read up on which to use and how as they are different.  I’m on the fence but I think I’ll stick with waxing one more time time before going back to shaving.  

 

Willow

[jae bear]

 Well, I’m about to walk in to Patty‘s office for two hours of electrocution, but I enjoy talking to Patty so much the time flies by and I guess I have a high pain tolerance as it doesn’t bother me much, I guess that’s a good thing. That 14 years of excruciating leg pain is paying off finally ...

[Guest Rachel Gia]

My leg hair is much finer now however I have become really lazy about shaving and seldom can find time for it.

I am more fussy about arm and chest hair so that get done but still HRT has taken a lot of the immediacy out of shaving.

After the surgery I was only allowed to shower for a while and I normally do all that stuff when I have a bath.

I guess I got out of the habit.

Because I only have a bath just before changing my patches it also requires that I have time and I seldom do.

Transitioning can be exhausting especially when you are in the middle of it and I had to skip a week with electrolysis even though she had said she would make it a freebie if money was the issue.

Right shaving is getting the loose finger for a while.

[Guest]

I have never had hardly any body hair other than the crotch and underarms and a small amount on my legs which hasn't grown back after being on hormones for years and shaving several times. It used to bother me when I was much younger before I ever considered transition, it left me feeling less mannish than my other friends who had lots of body hair. I still have to shave my face although it's very light after a few years of bi-monthly sessions at the electrologists. I finally got tired of that routine and called it quits since my remaining facial hair is pretty light and I had decided not to take my transition to a total female conclusion. Let me advise those who are just beginning their transition who are going all the way, to get hooked up with an electrologist and get started with the facial clearing right away. It's a lengthy and costly process that will go on throughout the duration of your transition, and you want to have concluded it by the time you have SRS and fully emerge as a woman.