Shaving balls or not shaving balls

[PoetPhilosopher]

I was just thinking of James Joyce's reference to swimming, in Ireland, in the "snot-green sea, the scrotum-tightening sea". So it struck me as a practical idea, to avoid snagging your balls on a razor blade.

That may explain it. I don't use traditional razor blades. I do something more crazy - I've invested a lot of money in specialized shaving and epilator equipment covering every use I can think of. I thought it useful to spend some of the stimulus money I've received on it.

 

[Left Coast]

I have only seen balls up close and personal once and I have no idea how people shave those; and I thought labias/vulva were hard to work around without pain.

Very carefully.

 

[Vouthon]

I see it's a slow day on RF, an entire discussion thread about shaving

But yeah, I'm definitely in shave 'em category. I've done it since as far back as my teens, so it's just part and parcel of the weekly metrosexual male grooming ritual for me (along with the post-shower cocoa butter *ahem*).

To prepare mine for the blade (when I'm not doing electric on a lazier day, which I find - with my particularly good electric safety shaver (emphasis on the word safety in this case, given the delicate condition of scrotal skin!) - can often, actually, get the job done very quickly without breaking skin), I usually do the cold water thingy, just so the skin tightens and firms up, apply some shaving cream and use very gentle strokes. Hey presto.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

I have only seen balls up close and personal once and I have no idea how people shave those; and I thought labias/vulva were hard to work around without pain.

You're not alone: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d2e9887a-b8cb-435e-964f-212ddcab22a5

 

[Augustus]

Hmmm... Is shaving one's genitals a metrosexual thing? What about shaving other kinds of hair? I shaved my head, and trimmed my beard last night. Is that metrosexual, or is it only metrosexual if it's pubic or other body hair?

When he say's he tries not to be too metrosexual about it, I think this means he makes sure he isn't wearing a tight pink polo shirt and carrying a man bag when he shaves his balls.

 

[ChristineM]

I had to do it properly quite recently.
Three kids was enough.

Snip snip.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I don’t mean they were twisting around, the skin itself was like contracting and expanding, swirling almost. I don’t know this was in high school when I was trying not to be gay.

Yup...that can happen. The scrotum tightens or loosens since parts of its job is temperature regulation.
It's not a conscious thing though.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Yup...that can happen. The scrotum tightens or loosens since parts of its job is temperature regulation.
It's not a conscious thing though.

I can adjust mine by using my body without hands. It might kind of be like twerking, except we aren't talking about the bottom... well, not that form of bottom.

However, it's still wrong for me to say that my subconscious mind can do it.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Snip snip.

Yup. Quite a strange experience.

 

[ChristineM]

Yup. Quite a strange experience.

I understand first sex after the snip is awesome...

 

[Nimos]

Whats your view on it?

My view is, its ok if you have a loved one. A girlfriend or boyfriend.

But i think its pointless outside that. But i know the argument for why it should be done if you are with someone "Gagging on hair isnt exactly appealing"... so thats what my life motto is. When single "dont care". But if i have a girlfriend... then i am shaving. I just avoid being too metrosexual about it is all

But what do you think?

And God said, let there be hairy balls and he saw that it was good!!

 

[Meow Mix]

You're not alone: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d2e9887a-b8cb-435e-964f-212ddcab22a5

Right?! Imagine just having bits flopping around down there your whole life.

 

[Meow Mix]

I suspect the trick may be to take a cold shower, which would tighten them up into a firm ball, and then shave quickly before they warm up and start to sag again. But I've never been remotely tempted to try this sort of thing - and none of the women in my sexual life shaved their genitals either. It seems to be a recent fad - something to do with dental floss bikinis, perhaps?

I go back and forth between just trimming and shaving, but definitely always do a bikini line. So yup.

For my partners I only care that I can breathe when I’m down there and don’t get hairs in my mouth and I imagine it’s the same for them

 

[exchemist]

I go back and forth between just trimming and shaving, but definitely always do a bikini line. So yup.

For my partners I only care that I can breathe when I’m down there and don’t get hairs in my mouth and I imagine it’s the same for them

Well they don't call it muff diving for nothing. In my rowing days I had big lungs so I could hold my breath for quite a while. But this is now getting into "too much information" territory......