Should Men Shave Their Legs [0:00:00]
So, apparently there was a study over at women's health where 30% of respondents said a man
should trim the hair on his legs, 22% said a man should shave his legs.
That's 52% of respondents saying a man should do some type of legscaping.
What's a guy to do?
Come one.
I know you're confused now.
Antonio, what do I do?
Don't worry, I got you covered.
Today's video, I'm breaking out the advantages and the disadvantages so we can once and for
all answer that age-old question should a man shave his legs?
[Music] Reason number one to shave your legs, do what
you want to do, who should stop you from doing anything you want to do in your life and why
stop at your legs, guys?
Go ahead and shave your backside, let's shave other parts of your body, shave everything.
Reason number two to shave your legs, you've been mistaken for sasquatch.
You are so hairy that you make children cry.
If you were to shave your legs all of that excess hair you could sew a sweater.
In that case, if you want to do it, go for it.
Reason number three, the psychological edge.
So, I did an informal poll in my Facebok group which I'm actually going to reveal at the
end of this video, but I had a number of former swimmers, I had a number of athletes, triathletes.
They said that, hey, I used to shave when I was competitive athlete because when I would
hit that water, it just felt great.
It put me in the right mindset.
In that case, I can actually see, hey, why not shave?
Reason number four, you want to show off those muscles, you're into bodybuilding, you're
going to be up on that stage in front of the cameras all oiled up, you want to look good.
Oh, yeah.
What do you guys think?
You think I got a future in bodybuilding?
Maybe.
Reason number five, you're going to get tattoo on your calf, might as well give the
artist a clean canvas to work on.
All right, guys, those are my five arguments for a man to start shaving his legs.
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Now, let's get into the disadvantages of shaving your legs
Reason number one that a man should not shave his legs, it's a lot of work.
So, there are multiple write ups out there of men going to the process of shaving their
legs.
Yes, they're actually out there.
And the theme that I saw across all of these write-ups is men could not believe how much
work how much time how much effort they had to put into the actual process of shaving
their legs from how long it took - one guy talked about two hours.
From how many razors – one guy talked about going through two razors.
Another person talked about he didn't know actually where do his legs end, does he keep
going up onto his backside.
So, as you can understand, guys, it is a process, it's something that if you had to do this
every other day, you've got to maintain those nice smooth legs, that's a lot of
work, that's a lot of effort.
So, if you've got someone in your life like your wife, your girlfriend, your significant
other, and they are shaving their legs and you like those shaved legs, maybe you should
thank them for all the work and the effort they put into that.
Reason number two to not shave your legs, it's expensive.
You're going to go through more razors if you shave your legs at home.
Just think about the amount of surface area that you've got to be shaving, you will
go through one razor a day.
Like I talked about, that one guy said he went through two razors in a single shaving.
Another thing to think about you're going to a professional salon.
Let's say you decided to get your legs waxed, well, you're talking $75 to $100 to $125
per treatment.
[0:04:55] Reason number three and I didn't even get
into this with the waxing, let's talk about pain.
So, yes, waxing is painful.
If you've never had it done, guys, well, I guess you can go out there and try that
experiment.
But, let's also talk about shaving, about cutting yourself, about ingrown hairs.
Yes, ingrown hairs, you think they're painful on your face, well, wait 'til you get one
on your backside or you get one lower there on your leg, these things can get bad.
And a lot of people because they're trying to save money, they're using razors which
are actually a little bit older and they can lead to small cuts which can lead to an infection.
Guys, if you're going to be shaving your legs or if you've got someone in your house
that shave their legs, do them a favor, buy them some nice new razors, they're going
to have less pain issues.
Reason number four you don't want to shave your legs because if you decide to ever let
the hair grow back out, guess what guys?
You are about to experience an itch like you've never had before.
This is very similar to actually if you're growing a beard.
So, if you're cutting your facial hair and you try to grow a beard, what happens is the
end of those hairs are sharp because they've been cut and it's not the natural end of
the hair.
The same thing for your leg hairs, when they grow a little bit longer, they're going
to turn in they're going to really cause a lot of irritation.
Reason number five to not shave your legs, a lot of people find it weird.
So, there was a flipside to that study I talked about at the beginning.
Although 52% apparently said men should do some type of legscaping, 48% said it was just
weird that men were looking to shave their legs.
Now, I was curious about this number because I didn't really agree with it.
So, here's the poll I conducted at Real Men Real Style - thoughts on men shaving their
legs.
270 said no, 98 said I don't care, 63 said trim, 58 said do what works for you, 14 said
yes.
And I went ahead and put myself on there.
13 said only if you're an Olympic swimmer, 10 men said that they would, but it's way
too hard to maintain and they would rather be hairy.
5 men said that they trim their upper thighs, but not their calves.
5 said that they don't care if others do it, but not for them.
3 said that a little bit is fine, but the skin is just weird.
3 said that you should apparently get your [bleeping sound] kick for asking this question.
2 said only if you're a professional cyclist.
2 said, really?
2 said waxed.
1 man said that his legs have noticeable bare spots anyway.
1 said only in the summer time.
1 said use hair removal creams, I don't know about that.
1 man suggested shaving [your coons] and sticking the hair on your chest and legs for added
manliness.
And finally, 1 man just said, eww!
All right, guys if you want to check out that survey in more detail, I'm going to link
to it down in the description of this video.
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I'll see you in the next one.
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