Armpit hair, yes or no?

reiteration

I keep mine as can' be bothered to shave it - not that I would anyway...

I like to lick and kiss my lady's armpits tho… she has hers shaved... never licked a hairy one tho..

BAN5HEE

Shaving armpits? Hell no - Imagine the itch.
I shower everyday and own a ton of colognes plus I use a overnight roll on which stops me from sweating during the day.

cR4cKF0x 5TevE

Have been shaving my armpits for years.
I now use much less deodorant, sweat much less, feel fresher, and it looks better (in my opinion).

All personal choice of course: first started to "use up the spare shaving cream" and haven't gone back since.

psychopomp1

Well according to this NHS article

Body odour (BO)

they recommend regular - which i assume means every 1-3 weeks rather than everyday lol - shaving of underarms as one of the things to treat body odour. You can use all the underarm anti-persipirant in the world but if its not making contact with your skin properly (ie the underarm jungle is absorbing most of it) then its not going to be very effective.

A good MensHealth article here:

Why Men Should Shave Their Armpits - Tips for Shaving Underarms

Greg Hook

Seeing as I started this post I thought I would do an update.
Especially given that this week has seen one of the hottest days ever.

I did shave them on Sat, I've had no itching at all during this week as I used some post shave balm. Like most people I am very hygienic so shower every morning, use deodorant etc. On warmer days, I noticed at work towards the end I could notice a smell. But after shaving the smell is not there at all, even with yesterday there was only a slight smell and that was sitting in an office that was 33deg  most of the day as we have no aircon.

So yes, I will definitely be doing this again. As the post above said, not every day, but probably every couple of weeks.

millerlfc

Don't shave mine, but very couple of months use hair trimmers to take them down to grade zero. More often in the hot summer months.

Leo31291

I'm very hairy and maintenance is annoying. If I have my arms down by my sides and it's poking out then it's time to shave But I find when I get rid of all body hair the sweat has nowhere to go and just sticks to my clothes and skin making it uncomfortable.

Tempest

Sorry, but really you can't use that logic as we, as humans are not living in our modern day in a manner which fits in with our evolution.
That takes hundreds of thousands/millions of years to gradually alter things, as we've only just started taking showers all the time, and using underarm stuff in VERY recent years.

aVdub

Once every few months I shave under arms with hair clippers (zero) and always feel much cleaner and fresher afterwards.

@BAN5HEE

Could you point me towards what an overnight roll is please.

BAN5HEE

https://www.boots.com/triple-dry-anti-perspirant-roll-on-50ml-10033567

Works like a charm. Stick it on after you had a shower at night.