Hair down THERE??

[zoompastmykids]

OK I've been dying to talk to female cyclists about this so I'm just gonna go ahead and do it here.

Since riding long distances I've had several problems down there. Bumps and boils in the band of my underwear. So I made the move to cycling shorts and going underwear-less. OK! I didn't want to do it. My but is unattractive but I decided my comfort was more important than whether I felt I looked good on my bike.

Recently I had other issues. An ingrown hair and boil where my pubic hair is. So.... I just shaved everything. The boil and ingrown hair healed almost overnight. It's definitely much better. A dream compared to the trouble I was having. Now I'm just having to get use to shaving a new area every day (because it seems once you make the jump to shaving you have to be committed: re-growth is uncomfortable) and the occasional razor burn in such a sensitive area.

I've never gone so drastic as a shave before, scissors and close cuts but never shaving.

I'm curious about how common it is for female riders to shave everything.... or am I just the most odd woman on this board. Maybe I should have been smarter and started with depilatory creams

Other women I know shave their privates but it's usually for their husbands and not for biking! Just curious if shorn pubis are common in biking.

Is there a method someone uses that works without discomfort?

[Biciclista]

I've never had hair issues but a lot of women trim with scissors, you're the first one I've heard about that actually is shaving every day. I wouldn't like that one bit.

[zoompastmykids]

.... you're the first one I've heard about that actually is shaving every day.....

Well now... that certainly makes me feel comfortable.

[ny biker]

I can't shave anything every day -- it would cause irritation, even on relatively unsensitive areas on my legs. I shave in the creases once a week, keep things short with scissors otherwise.

Another thing that's important -- wear clean shorts for every ride, change out of them as soon as possible after the ride is done (into clean, dry clothes even if it will be a while before you can shower). I also shower before every long ride. And although I use generally use Dove, I find that real soap is better for the sweaty parts, because it just gets you cleaner.

[zoompastmykids]

everyday. If I didn't shave my legs everyday I wouldn't be able to sleep between the sheets at night. Stubble drives me crazy.

I've been shaving almost a week and it's almost perfectly normal now. All initial abrasion is almost gone tonight.

I do the change shorts, showers, soap bit. I've been getting lots of info from other riders and reading. I just haven't heard or read anything about shaving. I just thought it was the big secret no one talked about because it's an indelicate topic.

I still would like to hear if anyone else out there shaves. Anyone? Anybody? Surely I'm not the only one.

[Grog]

Sorry, I'm part of the "a lot of women" Biciclista refers to. I trim with scissors.

[ny biker]

I just thought it was the big secret no one talked about because it's an indelicate topic.

Oh lord. There is no such thing on this forum. Look for a thread called "Delicately wondering." And then there are the diva cup threads...

[andtckrtoo]

everyday. If I didn't shave my legs everyday I wouldn't be able to sleep between the sheets at night. Stubble drives me crazy.

I shave my legs daily. I shave that area daily as well, too, but not totally - I have a strip of hair there. I'm another who cannot stand the feel of stubble. :P