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Many people are not aware of the fact that the popularity of pubic hair removal has been around for a long time. (No, porn movie stars didn’t invent it.)

Even paintings and statues from many hundreds of years ago and even as far back as the Ancient Greek and Rome civilizations portray women with hair on their heads but not on their pubic regions. (I bet you thought they were just lousy sculptors didn’t you?)

Pubic hair removal has also been a popular practice equated with cleanliness in many religions throughout history. So how popular is pubic hair removal for women today as far as men are concerned, you ask? (I’m so glad you asked.)

Men have found women with no pubic hair more sensually and sexually attractive for many centuries and it continues to the present day. (I doubt you will find a man who will complain about that as a good reason to be popular.)

Until recently, the popularity of pubic hair removal for women in our present society was somewhat limited to the affluent who could more easily afford to pay for expensive treatments like electrolysis, laser treatments and even waxing.

Of course this was not spoken about in polite conversation. Therefore the taboo wasn’t the pubic hair removal itself but in the speaking about it. (Mum was the word, if you know what I mean.)

And what do women say about how popular pubic hair removal is for women today? (I thought you’d never ask.) The first surprising thing you will notice is that women are openly discussing it.

Just take a look at the interest in pubic hair removal on the Internet, in salons, in magazines and even on television and you can see for yourself how popular pubic hair removal for women has become in our present day society.

(We have come a long way baby! Why, first smoking and now even pubic hair removal. You can keep the smoking, I’ll stick with talking about pubic hair removal, thanks.)

Our bodies throughout all of history have been used by different cultures as an art form, a creative way to express ourselves and as a way to fit in with popular crowds. Pubic hair removal is no exception.

Today the younger generations especially have taken up pubic hair removal as a popular way to adorn and decorate their bodies. Hair removal on their private body parts has become as popular as tattoos, shaved heads, weird hair colors and body piercing.

Today’s, “in the know”, women are not only removing their pubic hairs, they are using their pubic hair and the pubic area of their bodies for creative hair designs including heart shapes for Valentine’s Day, Rabbit Ears for Easter and trees for Christmas.

(Can you think of a better way to express the holidays with someone you love?)

Women are adorning pubic areas free of hair with temporary paste on crystals placed in intricate designs, tattoos and even temporary paintings.

Many women are now also using hair color on these intricate designs shaved into their pubic hairs to further decorate their bodies. This can be extremely dangerous since there are no hair coloring agents designed for this purpose as of this writing.

So as you can see, pubic hair removal for women has become so popular today that women are not just using it to be more sexually stimulating to their partners, more sexually arousing for themselves, for cleanliness or whatever. They are using it for individual expression and as a creative outlet as well.

These women are also finding out about the new personal shavers that work great for removing all of their pubic hairs and work even better when they are creating their special designs no matter how intricate these designs may be.

Does it seem to you that hair removal for women has turned into an overly complicated chore?

Take the once simple act of shaving as an example. What more could any woman possibly need to remove hair from their body then a razor, some shaving cream and a little water, right? Wrong! Just take a look around at all of the recommendations these days for the different procedures, steps and products involved in hair removal. Some recommendations are several pages long.

It seems to me that shaving along with all the other forms of hair removal have really become complex rituals in our society today. Now, it may be that hair removal has always been a complex ritual but in our culture at this point in time it seems that this ritual has been taken to the extreme.

I know, you are saying that I should just take a look at the barber shops and beauty shops of the past. Now there’s a ritual for you. People gathered in these places on a daily basis to do more then just get their daily shaves or hairdos. Why they spent time there every morning and again in the evening to touch basis with friends and gossip about the latest local news.

Well maybe this is the reason we have now turned hair removal into the complicated ritual it is today. Since cities have grown so large and impersonal in most places around the civilized world, we no longer have the social connection associated with grooming in public on a daily basis.

So it appears that many people do need some kind of personal connection when it comes to personal grooming techniques. It also seems that we have found a way to fill this need for connection by sharing the latest and greatest techniques and products for shaving as well as all the other complicated techniques used for hair removal.

I don’t know about you but don’t you think there just has to be some other more rewarding way for all of us to connect on a personal basis then to turn something so simple as hair removal into something so complex that no one can figure out how to do it without some kind of advanced degree? (Gosh, that sentence is as complex as hair removal has become.)

What about fitness clubs. Isn’t there enough exposure to public grooming in these places that we could just leave hair removal alone?

For an example of how complicated things have become, take a look at the technique of laser hair removal. This has been touted to be the greatest invention since sliced bread and the latest most exciting news for women looking for a more permanent form of hair removal.

It may be very expensive and time consuming since it can cost as much as $1500 (and some say even more) for a series of 6 to 8 laser treatments on one localized area but its permanent right? Wrong again!

The results have been less then favorable. The hair may not grow back for three months but with some women it grows back even sooner. Wow, now calculate the cost of laser treatments as a regular form of hair removal and this new sliced bread can become quite expensive. And talk about needing an advanced degree to perform a hair removal technique. This is not something you can try at home to keep your cost down.

Don’t forget to ask for some form of local anesthetic for pain when you go for your treatments. It may not be as painful as electrolysis but there will be pain. Some women say there is more then enough pain to say “ouch” to during the treatments not to mention the swelling and redness on the treated areas after being zapped with that laser beam.

That’s 6 to 8 separate days of pain sever enough that some women require oral pain killers just to make it through each treatment. (Now I’m really going to say OUCH!)

Now remember, (This is worth repeating.) you will need 6 to 8 of these sessions for one area alone and this is not a permanent solution! There maybe less hairs and some returning hairs maybe finer and less noticeable then before the treatments but they will return in three months or less.

Can you imagine that. All that time, pain, expense and hassles and those disgusting little annoying hairs can’t even be kind enough to stay away for more then three months!

As stated earlier, it sure seems that hair removal for women has become an overly complicated chore and an extremely costly ritual in our society today.

All this hoopla over hair removal for women while there already is a very simple, back to basics hair removal product on the market today known as personal shavers. That’s right they’re available now and can be purchased quite inexpensively.

The best part about these personal shavers is that they’re so simple to operate that anyone, female or male, can use one on any part of their body without any advanced degrees, outrages expense or time consuming appointments.

Oh ya, I almost forgot to tell you the really best part. They really are pain free! So check out the personal shavers available today.

Finding a good shaving product for women can be somewhat frustrating when trying to decide what type of shaver is best for the different types of shaving. (It’s totally amazing how complicated some people can make things.)

Some people recommend one type of women’s shaving product for armpits and legs and another type for pubic areas and yet another type for facial hair removal. It can get quite expensive and quite mind boggling to say the least. (You can’t say I didn’t warn you.)

I don’t know about you, but when I start to take a look at all of this confusing information on women’s shaving products, my head begins to swim and my mind begins to wander to more pleasant things, (like even taking out the trash).

So what do you say, why don’t we just take some time right here, right now, to sort it all out and see if we can simplify the whole process and even make it interesting?

I’m sure glad you agreed because I probably would have just continued with the whole process of looking into women’s shaving products anyhow.

So here we go.

First things first. Simply put, women’s shaving products include both wet and dry electric razors, manual razors and battery operated personal shavers.

Simple enough don’t you think?

Well now things get more complicated.

Manual razors include ones that are totally disposable, partially disposable with disposable cartridges or blades and they even say there are razors that don’t have a blade at all, just some sort of chemical. (Talk about scary!)

There are also safety razors and straight razors. (I don’t know about you, but I hope my razor is both straight and safe!)

Many women swear by their disposable razors as they say they have had less then satisfactory results with electric shavers. They are willing to put up with the nicks and occasional cuts because they still find the manual razors are better for getting a close, smooth shave on those tough leg, pubic and armpit hairs.

Now, on to the dry electric razors. There are ones with circular heads, flat heads, rounded heads and you name it heads. (Sounds like some people I know.) This is where it can get even more complicated.

The recommendation for women is usually towards the rounded head types, not the ones with several circulating heads. (So much for the saying that two heads are better than one.)

It’s best to check out electric shavers made especially for women.

Next, lets take a look at women’s wet electric razors. These are cordless razors that are made for using wet in the shower. (I do hope your shower is wet; I know mine is.)

Make sure you use one made specifically for the shower or you might get a surprise you weren’t at all expecting. (Shockingly ouchy, if you know what I mean.)

There are also women who swear by their electric shavers mostly because they are less likely to get cut by an electric shaver the way manual razors can nick and cut.

Of course, the blades on electric shavers need to be clean and sharp or you can become quite irritated from your electric shaver. These irritations can be every bit as painful as a cut with a manual razor.

Last, but most importantly, are the battery operated personal shavers. These shavers are newer to the market than the other types mentioned above.

At the present time, many women have not given them a try. They are most definitely worth taking a look at. They can be used on any type of hair on all of your body parts and they completely eliminate the need for messy shaving lubricants or the need for multiple types of razors.

They are used dry safely without nicks, cuts, ingrown hairs or even irritations to the skin. They really do eliminate the complications of the other types of women’s shaving products on the market today. (See I told you we could turn this into an uncomplicated process even I could understand.)

The important things you do need to look for when shopping for a personal shaver are a good reputable company with a good quality product and a money back guarantee so you can take some time to check it out for yourself.

You really do need to find out for yourself how great personal shavers can be for all types of shaving for women.

Many women have found what they believe to be the perfect women’s shaving product. It’s a small, battery operated shaver, specifically designed to easily and safely handle all the curves of a woman.

Gosh, do I have a story to tell you. This is a story for any woman who has ever had concerns about removal of facial hair.

I’m sure you won’t believe this story, but please stay with me all the way through to the very end. I know you will be glad you did and it’s very likely that it has happened to you a time or two. Well, maybe something similar anyhow.

I woke up one morning and thought to myself, “What a glorious day this will be.”

I had such a great day planned with some really old friends and I was so looking forward to looking my best and showing off how well I had taken care of myself after all these years. I knew I was going to be receiving compliments from everyone because many people have often told me that I sure didn’t look my age.

Oh, I was so excited! We were going to have such a good time reminiscing about the good old days before and during our college years. I could remember so clearly all the fun we had and the tricks we had played on each other.

And sharing with each other about all the things in our lives that have occurred since we had parted many years earlier to go our separate ways was going to be the best part of all.

And the pictures we would show to each other, what fun that would be. I had spent so much time putting together an album of just the right photos to share with everyone.

It was time to get up and get moving. I had laid there long enough with these pleasant thoughts. Now it was time to get ready to go. The time was finally here. I just couldn’t believe how excited I was!

So, I got up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, when I felt something that I know wasn’t there the night before. It felt like several rough and long hairs on my face. I could feel them on my chin and even some on my cheeks and to my horror – They were absolutely covering my entire upper lip – It felt like a heavy mustache!!

I was panicked – What was I going to do?! How was I going to be able to come up with a way of removal for all of these facial hairs before seeing all of my women friends? I was meeting my friends in just one hour. I had prepared, planned – And now this!

It just couldn’t be happening to me. What! What was I going to do?! I had to think fast – There was no time to lose.

But wait a minute here … I hadn’t looked in the mirror yet.

Maybe I was just getting overly emotional. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I would just go look in the mirror and find out I was just exaggerating and it wasn’t going to be so bad after all.

That’s it – I’ll go look in the mirror and find out it’s really going to be OK and I can get back to the excitement of the day.

But wait another minute … What if I’m wrong and it really is that bad?

Oh, I was so afraid to look. If I looked and it was really that bad, I’d just panic even more. What a dilemma I was in. The clock was ticking and I was running out of time. I had to do something and I had to do something right away.

That’s when the solution came to me.

I thought to myself, “I’ve got it! I’ll call and cancel, I’ll tell them I woke up with a bad stomachache. Why, it must be the flu and I sure don’t want to get everyone else sick. That’s it, I’ll do that. I’ll gracefully bow out and give my regrets and promise to make it next time and by then I’ll have this problem solved.”

I was reaching for the phone when it started ringing. When I went to pick it up, that’s when I realized it was my alarm ringing and I had been still sleeping!

It was a dream! I was saved! Just waking up and leaving that terrible nightmare behind instantly solved my problem. I was so relieved, I couldn’t contain myself. I started jumping up and down and even singing!!

It was such a silly dream to begin with.

After all, I had just recently found that great personal shaver. That little, easy to use and pain free shaver had so completely solved any removal of facial hair problems I did have and it could be used so simply by all women no matter what facial hair problems they had.

I got ready instantly and was so excited about this great day before me and so glad to be putting that nightmare behind me.

If you would like to find out about this great personal shaver for removal of facial hair for all women, just do a little more research on the Internet and see for yourself.

Don’t let this nightmare become your reality.

In many of today’s societies around the world, men are becoming just as interested in body hair removal as women are. These days men are choosing to remove body hair from their backs, chests, armpits, pubic regions and some men are even removing the hair from their legs.

The hairy male body look of the past is not as sexy and appealing as it used to be. When asked, more women these days do prefer a well groomed male over a not so well groomed one and that more often than not means hair removed on more areas than just the face alone.

Some men prefer to just trim or shave the hair on some parts of their bodies instead of completely removing it everywhere, while other are going for the totally shaved look all over their bodies.

It’s really a matter of preference for males and their partners. This most definitely is a personal choice and something for men to consider when choosing the tools they will be using for their body hair removal.

If you are looking to just trim some of the hair on parts of your body you will need a good hair trimmer. Many men opt for this choice because they and their partners don’t like the feel of the five o’clock shadow that can occur if the shaving is not done on a daily basis. A nice smooth chest can be comforting to lay your head on but not so nice with a five o’clock shadow.

With a good personal hair trimmer the hair can be cared for much less often and still provide the well groomed look that many men are striving for, without the hassle of daily shaving.

Some men opt for this method of body hair trimming on some parts of the body while still going with the completely shaved look on other parts of their body. For instance a man might just trim the hairs under their arms, on their back and on their chest while completely shaving their pubic region.

Like I stated earlier, it really is a matter of preference.

If these males are trimming some areas and shaving other areas they will need a good personal shaver along with their personal hair trimmer. After using the trimmer to trim the hair very short they will then use their personal shaver for total body hair removal.

In short, men looking to just trim body hair will only need a hair trimmer for their body hair removal, while men looking for total body hair removal will need a trimmer for the longer hairs and a personal body shaver for the smooth shaved look they desire.

Body hair removal for men needn’t be the extreme hassle that is involved with wet shaving, with having to pre-soften the hairs by soaking, using lots of shaving lubricate to further soften the hairs and protect the skin and then carefully and slowly shaving to prevent nicks, cuts, irritations and ingrown hairs.

With the newer personal body shavers on the market today, the process of body hair removal for men can not only be extremely easy and quick but enjoyable as well.

I mean really, imagine trying to use a wet razor to shave the hair on your back or pubic region. That’s not a pleasant thought when you think of the hassle and mess involved on a daily basis.

So men, if you are considering either trimming or completely removing your body hair no matter what part of your body you are looking to remove the hair from, really consider one of these newer personal body shavers that come with their own body hair trimmer as well.

You will be pleased with the results and so will your happy and delighted partners.

Waxing is a well know yet temporary method of hair removal that has been used by many different cultures throughout history. With this form of hair removal, hot wax is used to remove hair from the root of the shaft which gives you the benefit of taking longer for the hair to grow back. And the really great thing about it is that you can remove a large quantity of hair at one time.

In our daily battle to keep what we consider to be unsightly and unwanted hair off of our body, both genders have many options from which to choose. Some methods of course are more painful than others, and most if not all hair removal methods are not permanent. When it comes to hair removal, you have to decide what you are willing to put up with and how much pain you’re willing to endure in your quest for a smoother body.

Hot wax hair removal has definitely caught on as a popular method of removing unwanted hair. It becomes quite obvious that many people do turn to hot wax for the purpose of hair removal when you take a look at the large number of salons that offer waxing services around the world.

This method can be somewhat painful, but the results tend to last a little longer than shaving or plucking which is the reason so many people are willing to suffer temporarily. They love the longer lasting results. Salons will tell you that your own particular results will be dependent on your type of skin, hair type and the rate of your hair growth. Why they even say that for some individuals waxing has been known to provide smooth results as long as 8 weeks.

Some even believe that hot waxing is the longest lasting temporary hair removal method available today. And despite the fact that it is somewhat painful, nothing really beats waxing for the shear smooth feeling not to mention the quickness that it provides for any type of hair removal.

On average most people when questioned about their use of hot wax for hair removal will say that their experiences have generally resulted in several weeks of hair-free skin but many will also tell you that they usually get irritated red skin for the first few days after treatment. So remember to use a good soothing body lotion for a few days after waxing to cut down on any possible irritating effects.

Hot wax hair removal can be done safely at home if you can stand the pain of doing the treatments on yourself, or you can get a professional to do it for you. If you can afford it, taking the professional route is truly the way to go. There are fancy salons that cater exclusively to clientèle interested in waxing, and these facilities will wax whatever part of your body you want as long as you are willing to pay for it. However, some people who use hot wax for hair removal will only go so far as to get their brows waxed and use more traditional hair removal methods for other parts of their body.

It may be hard to believe but the use of hot wax actually is one of the oldest and most common methods for hair removal. This concept of using wax on our bodies to remove unwanted hair goes all the way back to times of the ancient Egyptians where families of Royalty and other well off individuals turned to hair removal as a way to maintain their beauty and youthfulness.

There are basically two forms of body hair removal: Depilation and epilation.

Depilation is the removal of the body hair above the surface of the skin. The most common forms of depilation treatments are shaving and depilatory solutions or hair removal creams.

Shaving is done either wet with manual razors or dry with many different types of electric shavers including the increasingly popular personal shavers.

Depilatory solutions use harsh chemicals that are applied to the skin in order to dissolve the hair above the skin.

Epilation is the removal of the entire body hair down to and including the root under the skin. The most common types of epilatory treatments include waxing, sugaring, lasers, threading, electrolysis, and the most widely used form, which is plucking.

Plucking can be done individually by hand with a pair of tweezers or with plucking devices know as epilators that pull out or pluck many hairs at one time.

Epilation types of body hair removal last much longer then depilatory types of treatments since the entire hair shaft is removed down to the root.

Epilatory treatments can last as long as three to four weeks and for electrolysis, it can often be a permanent solution since the electric current usually permanently destroys the follicle of the hair.

Whereas with depilatory treatments, the hair begins growing back immediately so hair removal can be required on a daily basis depending on how important it is for the area to be clean-shaven.

Depilation type treatments are generally the less painful forms of body hair removal since the hair is just removed above the skin and the lower hair shaft and root are not affected. Of course, there can be some pain involved with these treatments as well especially when using a hair removal cream if you have rather sensitive skin.

With shaving there is the possibility of nicks, cuts, ingrown hairs and just plain old skin irritations from the razor scraping across the skin.

With depilatory solutions such as hair removal creams there can be skin irritations from the harsh chemicals used to destroy the hair.

And for some people with sensitive skin, either of these body hair removal methods can be too harsh for even less sensitive areas like legs, backs and armpits much less for more sensitive areas such as the face, top of the head, chest and pubic regions of the body.

Epilatory treatments are the more painful of the two types of hair removal methods with electrolysis being the most painful. Each individual hair will receive an electric current down into the shaft in order to kill the follicle, root and all. There is also the possibility of receiving an electric shock from the treatments.

Electrolysis is also an extremely time intensive treatment since the treatments will need to be conducted over many lengthy sessions taking a year or more to completely remove even a small area of body hair. It is not recommended for large areas of body hair and is quite expensive.

The other epilatory types of treatments including plucking, waxing, threading, and epilator devices all pull the body hair out by the root. Epilators, threading and waxing are quite painful as they pull out large quantities of hair at one time where as plucking removes one hair at a time.

Plucking is the most widely used epilation type treatment for small areas such as eyebrows on both males and females and for women on their upper lip, cheeks and chin areas as well.

Both depilatory and eplatory treatments for body hair removal have pros and cons. You should check out each type of treatment carefully and decide for yourself which type is most effective for the type of body hair you are looking to remove.

You can find all of the information you need on body hair removal and save yourself lots of time and money by checking out the best products available for all of your body hair removal needs on the Internet.

Calling all women who are thinking about shaving or have been disappointed with shaving their pubic hairs.

Now, the very first thing that you will need is a, “Good Enough”, set of pubic hair shaving tips for women. No women should be without a good set of tips. (I think your partner would agree with this point.)

This guide will become a necessary tool for any women wanting to shave their pubic hairs or any women with less than satisfying results in the past.

Remember, this will be a, “Good Enough”, Guide so nothing, “Good Enough”, on pubic hair shaving tips for women will be left out.

“Good Enough” Tip #1

First things first. You need to know about the tips on shaving pubic hairs for women that are different from other types of shaving.

Don’t just assume that because you know how to shave your armpits and legs that you know how to shave your pubic hairs. Remember what they say about those who, “ass u me”. (I’m sure you get the picture.)

So pay full attention starting with Tip #2 so I’m not just wasting my breath here.

“Good Enough” Tip #2

Make sure you are totally straight before attempting to shave your pubic hairs.

You definitely don’t want blurry eyes or unsteady hands messing around with a blade or any sharp object on your delicate, private body parts. (Please don’t fall for your partner’s drunken pleading no matter what is promised!)

“Good Enough” Tip #3

Make sure you use a shaver specifically recommended for shaving sensitive body parts or at the very least, a good quality razor with a new sharp blade every time you shave.

“Good Enough” Tip #4

If your pubic hairs are long, trim them with sharp blunt tip hair scissors or a hair trimmer before shaving. The long hairs will get caught in the razor and dull the blades very quickly.

Be careful here, you don’t want to cut anything other than hair. (I’m squeamish, so no blood is the order of the day.)

“Good Enough” Tip #5

Don’t begin shaving until 20 minutes after waking up. It will take at least that much time to relieve the puffiness in your skin so the hairs will fully come out to play.

“Good Enough” Tip #6

Now it’s time to soak those coarse little hairs with a warm shower, bath or warm wet cloth for 3-4 minutes to soften them up before they get the ax.

“Good Enough” Tip #7

Next, after soaking in water, it’s time to apply a good shaving cream or your favorite shaving lubricate and leave it on for at least 3 minutes. (Plain old soap is a no no.)

Remember, you need to be alert but you want the hairs sleepy and lethargic. These hairs are tough cookies and you want to catch them off guard when it’s time for them to meet their maker.

“Good Enough” Tip #8

Sit with your legs far apart or try one leg up, like on the edge of the tub. Some women find it easier to sit on an open toilet set. Try different positions until you find out what is most comfortable and works best for you.

“Good Enough” Tip #9

Now it’s time to begin shaving.

First pull the skin tight with one hand and shave without pressure in the direction of the hair growth.

Be very, very careful and go very, very slowly. This is no race and no time to be in a hurry. (Remember, no blood, it’s yucky.)

Only shave each area one time to keep from irritating your skin and to keep from getting ingrown hairs. (Only one pass per customer.)

“Good Enough” Tip #10

Apply more shaving lubricant and make a second pass going against the growth of the hair this time. (Attack your enemy from behind but once again only one pass per customer.)

“Good Enough” Tip #11

Rinse well with warm water after shaving and then splash the shaved area with cold water to close pores and sooth your skin. (Burr – But if you can handle it, try an ice cube.)

“Good Enough” Tip #12

Pat dry and use non perfumed powder to thoroughly dry the skin and apply a good moisturizer or even vitamin E oil to sooth and protect your shaved skin. (Just say AHHH!)

“Good Enough” Tip #13

Wear loose fitting clothing or no clothing for awhile after shaving to allow any irritation to subside. (Just be free as a bird.)

“Good Enough” Tip #14

It will take time to toughen up this part of your body to make pubic hair shaving for women more pleasant.

Follow all of these, “Good Enough”, pubic hair shaving tips for women and before long you will become quite the expert and your pubic region will become totally content with the process.

“Good Enough” Tip #15

That’s, “Good Enough”, for now unless you would like to find out about the best and the easiest pubic hair shaving tip for women ever. If so then look into the latest in personal shavers for a pain free, close shave. This tip can make pubic hair shaving so hassle free you won’t believe it until you check it out for yourself.

Facial hair, if you’re into getting deeply serious on the subject, is a secondary sex characteristic in human males. Now what does that means in everyday English you may be asking? What it simply means is that most men will develop facial hair sometime during puberty.

So why didn’t they just say that in the first place?

We all know that women can also develop facial hair, especially after menopause, though typically much less than men. Now we’re not talking about eyebrows and eyelashes of course which are also grown by both sexes of all ages, so there’s none of that “secondary sex” stuff here.

Oh well who really wanted to to get deeply serious anyway.

Okay let’s get down to business. Men, can I ask you a personal question? Are you a “real man?”

Now, you know I’m not talking about one of those retro/cavemen types, who actually still believe it’s girly to use aftershave. I’m talking about a contemporary “real man”, who isn’t afraid to take a bath once in a while, maybe even enjoys smelling nice for their lady and possibly even combs his hair. Heaven forbid! Whether the male gender likes to admit it or not, that whole race of “so-called” manly men, yup, that’s right the ones who never even put on a button down shirt once in a while, or clean their fingernails have actually gone out of style.

Those women that prefer a “real man” of this ilk are certainly few and far between anymore. In fact I don’t think they ever really existed except in the movies. In this modern day and age, women prefer a man who grooms himself regularly and dresses like he’s not living in the mountains or possibly trapping skunks and eating bugs. Believe it or not, women like their men to look nice and they aren’t afraid to admit it. This doesn’t mean they are totally against men that have a little facial hair from time to time.

So no matter what rock you crawled out from under, facial hair is still and always will be a big part of the male grooming regime. Let’s face it, if your a man, you either want it or you don’t. However, these days there are many ways you can groom it.

Next question. Do you have facial hair?

Now, if you’re a woman, I’m certainly not asking this to insult you. As we know in our contemporary western culture, almost all women shave, tweeze or otherwise remove facial hair which does appear in those unwanted places, as there is considerable social stigma associated with facial hair in women. And a woman would never admit to anyone not even me that she actually had any unwanted facial hair ever. Of course in the days of the freak shows and circuses they once displayed (usually fake) bearded women.

But I digress as I was actually addressing the men only.

Okay, so let me rephrase the question. Men have you allowed your facial hair to grow at least in part?

If you take a glance around, facial hair is quite the hit these days. Of course I’m not referring to that scruffy, un-kept beard that looks like it contains the left-overs from last Thanksgiving. I’m talking about the facial hair of the well groomed sexy modern male. Anything from a full beard, to a goatee, to a van-dyke, to a jazz dot is in fashion these days. I hardly see the mustache too often; therefore I’ll leave that one out. Maybe it’s just not in style at the moment.

Anyway, when it comes to grooming the facial dew, men go all out. They will spare no expense. Gosh, do you think maybe they have now gotten as bad as women? Have you seen those crazy beards that basically look like a labyrinth of lines? How long are these dudes spending on a morning shave? I can’t imagine that the up-keep is very simple. How do they ever get out of the bathroom and on to work?

Now, the more popular facial hair trends of today are the van-dyke and the jazz dot. The van-dyke in particular is often confused with the goatee. While a goatee is the mere chin beard, the van-dyke is the mustache and chin beard (Hey, I guess maybe there are some mustaches still out there after all. They just took on a partner.), which is more prominent. Then there’s the jazz dot, which consists of that one small spot of facial hair under the lower lip. This is a simple one to keep up with on a daily basis.

But then there are a few men out there, who still go for the totally unshaven look. For most men, this only takes a few days of staying away from the razor and actually is not the simplest of all to take care of anymore especially if those Thanksgiving leftovers we talked about earlier give you a problem.

But seriously, (That is if I can allow myself to be serious this time.) and contrary to what you may think, a lot of women really do like this full beard look. I’m not among them but oh well, to each her own. The women that like the full beard look say it offers that rugged, yet oh so handsome appeal. Regardless of your facial hair preference, you can find a variety of shaving methods and beard styles to choose from in magazine and even online.

And then again if you truly are a contemporary “real man” you might even want to check out some of the more advanced technology of the lasers and light sources that are rapidly changing hair removal treatment, providing gentle, non-invasive and long-lasting solutions to unwanted hair. They say these treatments can even last for weeks at a time.

Did you know that hair removal for women is not a recent phenomenon? It seems that women have tried dozens of different ways throughout history to remove hairs that at the time were labeled unfashionable.

You know there are some pretty funny things being said about the history of hair removal. Well maybe they aren’t meant to be funny but they sure do seem funny when you think about them.

Can you imagine tweezing hairs from your body using two seashells rubbed together and then pulling out the hairs caught between them? This form of hair removal is believed to have been practiced as far back as 100,000 years ago. Sounds awfully painful but when imagined in the minds eye the pictures can be quite funny don’t you think?

The funniest image of all has to be an image of the women from the middle Ages. Picture this in your mind. These women plucked and shaved every hair on their neck, temples and forehead even into their hair line to create a high forehead look and don’t forget they removed every hair on their face including all eyebrows and eye lashes. Now that has to be the most bizarre, hysterical, (oops sorry, historical) look.

Then again, burning off leg hairs with a lamp as was practiced by women in Greece around 400 B.C. doesn’t sound funny at all. The only thing that comes to mind with that image is just pure agonizing pain (ouch!).

The thought of using sandpaper or sandpaper like materials that have been used over time to remove unwanted hairs is not a very appealing image either for that matter. These sandpaper materials have been used when money was too tight for women to afford more expensive processes. Boy, women are sure determined to remove unwanted hair from their bodies.

Of course, many of the hair removal procedures used by women today don’t seem to be any more logical or any less painful then the practices for removing hair even as far back as the Stone Age.

When you think about it, the process used in the 1800’s of burning and killing the root of the hair by using a needle dipped in sulfuric acid and inserting it into each individual hair follicle sounds a lot like the use of electrolysis today and every bit as painful.

When you look at the tweezers we use today, are they really less painful then using seashell to remove hair? Maybe they aren’t quite as funny to think about but they are probably just as painful.

Another technique women are once again using is the ancient Indian or some say Arabian art of threading to remove hairs from eyebrows and upper lips. Talk about funny. Have you tried to wind that tiny piece of sewing thread around your fingers as directed and then maneuver hairs in between this wrapped thread so they can be pulled out?

Like they say, threading definitely is an art that is quite interesting to watch when done by a skilled artisan but once again looks painful and definitely not cheap, especially as often as it needs to be repeated in order to stay hair free.

Some women today are even removing the hair on top of their heads and not just for medical reasons any more. This seems like a strange new practice but has actually taken place in many cultures throughout history by women. This is especially true in Egypt due to the extreme heat they put up with in this region of the world. I’ll bet it wasn’t easy or pain free to remove all the hairs from the tops of all of those heads back in ancient Egypt.

It seems that women will go to any length to remove hair from their bodies from shaving, tweezing, threading , sugaring, electrolysis, laser, depilatory creams and even waxing.

How about waxing? What do you think of this technique that has also stood up to the test of time. I don’t know about you but the thought of putting hot wax on my body, applying a cloth to this wax, letting it harden and then pulling it off to remove hairs any where on my body doesn’t sound like a very appealing way to get rid of unwanted hair to me.

It sounds more appealing to just keep the hair then put up with such a torturous procedure as waxing. Oh yes and don’t forget your numbing substance to apply to the area before waxing and look out for swelling, redness or even blisters on your skin afterward.

Don’t you think there has to be a better, less painful way to remove unwanted, unfashionable or unsexy hair then ripping it out in such a barbaric fashion?

What if there was a better way of hair removal for women? Would you be interested in hearing more about it?

Well there really is a better, pain free and cost effective way for women and men to remove any unwanted hair from any part of their body. Yes, you heard that right, from any part of your body and it really is simple and painless.

You really don’t have to continue suffering in order to look good, feel fashionable or sexy for that matter. Just check out the latest and greatest personal hair removal products on the market today. They really are the best hair removal products for women ever invented.