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I shaved my privates and am now suffering.

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Yeah, seconding all those posts about it only itching after the first time. I've been trimming/shaving for years and it hasn't bothered me.
 
I can shave the sack itself without any problems, but everyone else in the region just gets trimmed or it becomes agonizingly itchy.
 
Pluck it next time. It only bleeds a little.

I pluck the shaft and shave the balls.

I have done this so many times that the pain doesn't bother me anymore. Takes a long time, though, lots of hair on my penis. Takes a while to grow back, so it's worth it.
 
I need some mature feedback on this.


EDIT: I only shaved the sack, not the other area.

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Why would you do this?
So you have a hairy everything else but your balls are silky smooth?
Do you want your gf to laugh at you or?

anyway, manhood never shaver it completely off. you're not a pornstar (unless you are).
Just cut it short...
 
Just rub icyhot.

Did this a few times for giggles as a teen. You stay in the shower, but it doesn't help. Fun times.

OT: The first time or first time in a while can cause annoying itching. Baby powder is good, but I would use something like Nivea Creme there for a while. It gets better with more times you do it.
 
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Why would you do this?
So you have a hairy everything else but your balls are silky smooth?
Do you want your gf to laugh at you or?

anyway, manhood never shaver it completely off. you're not a pornstar (unless you are).
Just cut it short...

I'm not sure why you think a woman would laugh at a shaved sack and a trimmed bush.

What does being a pornstar have to do with it?
 
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Why would you do this?
So you have a hairy everything else but your balls are silky smooth?
Do you want your gf to laugh at you or?

anyway, manhood never shaver it completely off. you're not a pornstar (unless you are).
Just cut it short...

If you bothered to read, you'd see I said I trimmed the rest.
 
Huh, that's odd... Take a hot shower. Should relax your muscles, nerves, open pores, and including with your itching problem, OP.

Or take Anti-itch cream to relieve itching.
 
I think the optimal setup is everything clean shaven except the extension of your happy trail, all the way down to the shaft. But hair on the base of the shaft has to go. Also on the sides. On a bonus-day, maybe even aaall the way back there. But it kind of sucks the next day. And for a week after that.

I recently started wet shaving. I'm curious if it's OK to use a safety razor down there. But I am horrified to try, to be honest.
 
I'm not sure why you think a woman would laugh at a shaved sack and a trimmed bush.

What does being a pornstar have to do with it?
Maybe he means that if you have a small dick it can look like a kid's dick completely shaven. Otherwise I don't get it.

I sometimes shave everything away, sometimes trim and once in a while make a arrow or some other patterns that I think are funny. Shaft and balls I always shave because hair in your mouth doesn't usually feel good.
 
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Why would you do this?
So you have a hairy everything else but your balls are silky smooth?
Do you want your gf to laugh at you or?

anyway, manhood never shaver it completely off. you're not a pornstar (unless you are).
Just cut it short...

'never shaver it completely off'
- Jindrax, 2013.
 
Tight fitting boxers will reduce agitation. Use lotion to condition the hairs but also don't give the area too much moisture.
 
Maybe he means that if you have a small dick it can look like a kid's dick completely shaven. Otherwise I don't get it.

I sometimes shave everything away, sometimes trim and once in a while make a arrow or some other patterns that I think are funny. Shaft and balls I always shave because hair in your mouth doesn't usually feel good.

But when its clean or short everything looks bigger! lol

I recently started wet shaving. I'm curious if it's OK to use a safety razor down there. But I am horrified to try, to be honest.

Should be fine, just make sure you never slide the razor left or right. Same rules as your face really, but on your face it's easier to do a nice line and then do the next bit. Downstairs there's not as much room so take you time!

You got crabs from shaving your balls? Can't say I've heard that one before.

Crabs are actually on the decline , believed to be because of how much people now actually look after their pubes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...make-crab-lice-endangered-species-health.html
 
Crabs are actually on the decline , believed to be because of how much people now actually look after their pubes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...make-crab-lice-endangered-species-health.html

This research is more relevant to females than men, but I can see how it applies to our gender also. It just takes a few strokes of a razor to keep those lice at bay, and from what I've heard in the past, the feeling of rubbing your hand down a freshly shaved groin area is a very satisfying feeling.
 
But when its clean or short everything looks bigger! lol
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Well I don't know what he is thinking. Is a micropenis better when it's hidden in the bush or out in the open, I don't know.

I'm thinking maybe I will shave a lighting shape today. It looks fun if I can get it cut right.
 
I don't know if I just have different ball skin texture or maybe I'm just really good at doing it but I have never had itchiness or discomfort soon after shaving. If anything it's starts getting itchy once hair starts getting too long again.
 
I believe I did it wrongly because:

not a new razor
went over too much.

I think this is why. If you're gonna do it, at least use a decent new razor with a healthy amount of shower gel or shaving foam. I've shaved my balls fairly frequently in the past and never had this issue, aside from very occasional discomfort when the stubble returns to a certain length.
 
People will think you're joking, but no, this is spot on.

I died laughing at this. Tears to my eyes.

Thank you!

Also, I shave my balls, back, crotch, legs, shoulders, chest, etc. I shave it all. Only once did I accidently make myself bleed from the nuts from a poor razor shave choice.

A mistake I will never make again...the horror. The pain. The blood. :(
 
I never got this. I always shaved my balls, and never got any kind of discomfort or stinging, and I didn't start doing it until I was 22.
 
Yep. Tried this once, never again. The prickliness of newly-grown ball stubble is simply maddening. It's why I've never allowed myself to expect a woman to shave down there either. A nice trim is really all one should respect from a sane individual.
 
I think it was because I was in a hurry and didn't use much shaving cream..

There's your problem. You're actually trying to shave down there. Just trim it. No need for shaving cream. I use a mixture of a scissors (with lots of patience) and the sideburns extension of an electric razor. The scissors for longer follicles that you can hold multiple by hand and cut, then the razor for free hand (stroke the opposite way that the follicles are leaning so the resistance cuts them, this is easier for parts that you can't quite see, or get a good view of, don't use the scissors for that or you'll have a bad time). The sideburns extension gives you more precision. There's probably a far more sophisticated method to this that I've never bothered to look up, but that's how I do it.

Honestly I'd never let shaving cream or any actual skin/implement contact go on down there.
 
Virgin-GAF needs to know....do ladies like it shaved or man forest? Just for future reference. HA!

As a man my only reply is that I don't want a forest in my face while I'm going down, and I can only imagine the same is true for others. Probably not all feel the same.

At the end of the day its more for your own comfort than anyone elses. If you don't care and your girl wants you bald or beastlike, go for it. If you don't know, I'd keep it trimmed.
 
Yeah, first time is rough but it'll stop and you'll eventually find it more comfortable than when you had a crotch full of tumbleweeds. Only time it gets itchy again is after the hair has grown back in substantially... like a week or so after a clean shave, and even then it won't be nearly as bad as it is now. Also chicks will dig it.

First time I shaved I regretted it so bad, but now I find that I look down upon the unshaven savages that plague our lands.
 
Hey guys.

The itch has gone but it's very prickly now, lol.

Any idea how long the prickle hurts and what can I use to reduce irritation?
 
Hey guys.

The itch has gone but it's very prickly now, lol.

Any idea how long the prickle hurts and what can I use to reduce irritation?

Same thing happened to me the first time I shaved my balls bare. I was doing factory work at the time so it rubbed my thighs raw.

Best thing I found was after work I'd put my balls in a baggie full of lotion.

The lesson is to never go bald, just tame the bush down like a crew cut.
 
Moisturizing creme. Thick one.

Same thing happened to me the first time I shaved my balls bare. I was doing factory work at the time so it rubbed my thighs raw.

Best thing I found was after work I'd put my balls in a baggie full of lotion.

The lesson is to never go bald, just tame the bush down like a crew cut.

Any idea how long the prickling may last? It's been nearly two weeks.

At least it's not itchy.
 
Will that honestly work?

Willing to try it. Also, which way would I shave the hair?

The only way to keep a groin stubble from giving you hell is making it disappear by either letting it grow back to normal or outright negating it, so yeah, shaving each day/every two days in the shower is a good way to fix that.

It goes without saying that not everybody is willing to go through that.
 
The only way to keep a groin stubble from giving you hell is making it disappear by either letting it grow back to normal or outright negating it, so yeah, shaving each day/every two days in the shower is a good way to fix that.

It goes without saying that not everybody is willing to go through that.

Yeah, I'm not particularly keen on doing it everyday.

Just gonna wait it out..

So uncomfortable. :(
 
Just shaved my balls today actually, in anticipation of the sex I probably won't have tonight. I've never had an issue with it OP, and girls seem to like it.

Edit: Just read that the didn't shave in the shower. Why would you do that? It's so much easier.
 
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