SugaringĪn ancient hair removal technique which uses a sugar paste to remove hairs. If it sounds too good to be true that’s because it is – grown men have been reduced to tears by a back wax. And because hairs grow back with fine ends there’s less chance of itchiness and irritation. Waxing rips hairs out from the root and offers longer lasting results than shaving (you’ll be reasonably hair-free for around four weeks). Some straight-forward some plain eye-watering. There are several ways to remove unwanted body hair. A survey by Cosmopolitan, meanwhile, revealed that 90% of men trim or completely remove their pubic hair regularly. Over half regularly shave their leg, chest and back hair, and nearly as many groom their eyebrows on a weekly basis. “Men now spend twice as long on hair removal than women and also spend more money on it, with over half removing leg hair, chest and back hair and nearly as many grooming their eyebrows on a weekly basis.”Īnd we’re clearly not alone in thinking this, because so popular has manscaping become in recent years that according to a survey by Fragrance Direct, men now spend twice as long on hair removal than women and also spend more money on it.
Or wonder whether he’s harbouring a Wookie down his underpants. After all, nobody should have to guess where a man’s haircut stops and where his back begins. We’re bound to say it, but when it comes to transforming yourself from an Ape to a Gentleman there’s no better place to start than with a bit of body hair removal, also now unfortunately known as ‘manscaping’.