Leg shaving....

[Venod]

I have always had a touch of Raynauds in the ends and it gets worse every winter I had to use the Turbo during cold spells, my feet have always been fine but this last wnter and into spring my toes started to go white even in the house when the temperature dropped, periphery vascular disease affects the feet and toes the same way.
Now your wondering if I am posting in the right thread.
I went to the Docs during lockdown to get checked out, it was all very clandestine, meet me round the back by the fire escape and I will be there with a mask, was the instructions.
To get to the point.
She remarked I had good blood flow to the feet and plenty of hairs on my legs, she said people with PVD usualy loose the hair.

She concluded it was Raynauds and prescribed me some pills, that do work.

I don't want to scare all you hairless people but I thought you should know.

 

[Mugshot]

I partially shaved my thigh this morning in preparation for getting a tattoo tomorrow.

Does that count?

Whatcha gettin?

 

[itboffin]

just did mine again but using shaving cream and it took at least twice as long as last time dry, moved the hairy shorts line up an inch or two as a couple of my shorts are a bit short short.

 

[Hover Fly]

I’m so glabrous people accuse me of shaving my legs even though I don’t.

 

[AndyRM]

Whatcha gettin?

A cool rectangle design on my thigh. And runes across my knuckles.

Perfect timing for my first job interview in over 10 years on Wednesday...

 

[BigMeatball]

Probably better for you guys to shave it. All the brits I've ever known have this pathetic little fur similar to what's on the peaches. Better shave that embarrassment off

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

This is supposed to be a cycling forum, FFS, and so far we've got 7 pages of chat about grown men shaving their legs! Leave the leg shaving to the ladies, for men to do it is downright weird!

 

[ColinJ]

She remarked I had good blood flow to the feet and plenty of hairs on my legs, she said people with PVD usually loose the hair.
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I don't want to scare all you hairless people but I thought you should know.

I just found a few reports of hair loss due to taking warfarin. I have been taking it for 7 years so it sounds like that might be what is defoliating my legs!

 

[ozboz]

Hambini is an aerodynamic specialist, perhaps ask him ?
Be a colourful answer if nothing else !

 

[mudsticks]

This is supposed to be a cycling forum, FFS, and so far we've got 7 pages of chat about grown men shaving their legs! Leave the leg shaving to the ladies, for men to do it is downright weird!

Oh leave em be, if they like it, why not??

Tis a harmless enough choice -
- next you'll be saying it's weird for 'ladies' to choose not to depilate .

To stop the ingrown hairs / itching - chaps you need to scrub with a loofah or rough flannel when showering..

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

next you'll be saying it's weird for 'ladies' to choose not to depilate .

Not necessarily, it depends how hairy they are. It's perfectly possible for a woman to have a certain amount of hair on her legs and still look attractive and feminine, especially if the hair is fair in colour and doesn't contrast that much against the skin.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Not necessarily, it depends how hairy they are. It's perfectly possible for a woman to have a certain amount of hair on her legs and still look attractive and feminine, especially if the hair is fair in colour and doesn't contrast that much against the skin.

So, it's sometimes ok for women to shave their legs, and sometimes no need as if it's "fair and doesn't contrast..."(am I really reading this in 2020) but under no circumstances should men, blimey, are we in Victorian times here? Each to their own. I don't, my late dad, who was a good cyclist, raced and time trialled, did, his choice.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

It's very simple, men should be masculine and women should be feminine. That's the natural order of things.

 

[flake99please]

It's very simple, men should be masculine and women should be feminine. That's the natural order of things.

Wow.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Are you trying to tell be any other variation is natural then? Like masculine women or feminine men?