Shaving "nether region"

[AndyRM]

Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that this is a terrible idea.

It feels like you've a piece of sandpaper wedged betwixt your cheeks when the hair grows back, resulting in near crippling agony when walking.

For the record, I lost a bet in which the loser had to shave either the upper or lower half of their body, location decided by peers. My pals are d!cks.

 

[slowmotion]

There's quite a bit on the subject here...
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/waxing-shaving-advice-sore-backside.74488/

BTW, it's not for the faint-hearted, and the general conclusion seems to be "DON'T"

 

[lulubel]

Don't. As a women, shaving the "bikini line" is fairly common practice. I've had to give it up after shaving resulted in a couple of very short ingrowing hairs that became infected. Riding a bike with puss-filled lumps right at the point where your body makes contact with the saddle is not my idea of fun, but it was either that or go to the doctor about them, and I liked that idea even less! It took about 6 weeks for them to clear up on their own.

Use chamois cream. Much more pleasant. Much less painful.

 

[screenman]

Just pull them out one at a time with tweezers or pliers, this should make it last a bit longer. Failing that you could cover them in hot melt glue and then peel that off. Another way I have inadvertently used on eye brows and backs of hands before now is a blow torch that works very quick although it does smell a tad.

I take it you wear quality padded cycling shorts.

 

[Easytigers]

No...definitely no...especially in light of Lulubel's comments above!

 

[JoeyB]

I shaved downstairs once.... NEVER AGAIN! The regrowth is horrendous. That is all.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It's only hair, either have it or get rid.

Other peoples personal experiences are a pretty baseless comparison to your own.

 

[Kins]

6 of us had back sack and crack done a year ago to raise money for my step brother who was in a coma at the time, his girlfriend is a beautician and came up with the silly idea, never again, not even for a hefty sum of money.......

The regrowth is horrendous, and the pain when they did it............

Cream and decent padded shorts or sellotape a cushion to your arse, or a settee, just leave your posterior alone!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

If you haven't don't it's not worth the pain has as been noted, though to some degree you do get used to it, though never like your face does.

 

[Eribiste]

My most fundamental body part used to give me serious pain after about 20 miles on my new Boardman. I swapped the saddle for a moderately gel padded Selle San Remo for a while, which reduced the discomfort. The mileage I could endure before grief rose and rose, and after about 300 miles I put the original Boardman saddle back on, and hey presto, no discomfort.

Short version, do lots of short (<20 miles) to build your endurance and leave the garden shears in the shed.

 

[Peteaud]

Go on, it will be funny

 

[tug benson]

just don`t veet your baws, it hurts like hell, it actually felt like my plums were about to fall out..

 

[Stu Smith]

just don`t veet your baws, it hurts like hell, it actually felt like my plums were about to fall out..

 

[Peteaud]

just don`t veet your baws, it hurts like hell, it actually felt like my plums were about to fall out..

 

[Brandane]

Go on, it will be funny

I think this has been posted before; but worthy of a reminder. Some of the reviews are hilarious!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK