A rough guide to smooth Manscaping

Trimming and shaving body hair isn’t exactly a common topic of conversation amongst friends, especially when it comes to talking about shaving your more sensitive areas. This can lead to a lot of misconceptions about body grooming and manscaping practices and how common they actually are, and that’s why we’ve created this handy guide to if and where you should be trimming.
 

But before we get into it, we’ve created straight forward quiz to help you decide if you should be thinking about body grooming at all.

Question one: do you want to trim, shave or remove your body hair? Yes or no?

If yes, then that’s cool, we’ve got plenty of information on the what, the where and the how.

If no, then no problem. It’s your body and if you’re happy and confident with a natural look, then that’s nobody else’s business but yours. There’s no right or wrong answer, and you’re not obliged to change the way you look for anybody else. So if your answer to the above question is “no”, then you probably don’t need to read any further.

With the quiz out of the way, let’s get into it.

Do guys actually manscape?

Yes, absolutely. According to a 2017 study published in Jama Dermatology, 66.5% of male respondents indicated that they had groomed their pubic hair at least once. That’s nearly seven out of ten guys trimming their pubic hair, and that’s before we factor in guys who groom other areas of their body.
 

What’s more, the Jama Dermatology study also found that those who said that they did groom were generally younger than those who said that they didn’t, so it’s likely that the trend will continue well into the future.

How often do you need to shave or trim?

Depending on what you’re trying to achieve, you might need to shave as often as every 2-3 days, or as infrequently as every few weeks. If for example you just want to shorten your chest hair to stop it getting out of control, running a body groomer over it every few weeks (or whenever you notice it’s getting too long) will be plenty enough.
 

On the other hand, if you want to shave your pubic hair off completely and avoid any rough stubble or itchiness when the hairs start to grow back, you’ll need to keep shaving regularly. There’s no straightforward rule when it comes to grooming, it all comes down to what you’re aiming to achieve, how fast your hairs grow and how much time and effort you’re willing to put into it.