I started shaving as I begun puberty, at age ten, not because I was directly told so but just what I knew was expected of it. I quickly became very disgusted with any body hair and until now I shaved my legs, armpits, arms and as much as my private area as my sensitive skin could handle. Unfortunately my hair grows very fast, except on my arms, so to really keep up with expectations I almost have to shave every day. To make it worse I have neurological problems where having hair on my legs that is longer then stubble really really irritates me when I wear jeans. But I have gotten to a point where my skin is getting so irritated every time I shave I am itching so much I start to make myself bleed. Also it is just so inconvenient, I use to have some major issues with my eyebrows which I think are way to thick. I got so upset with it one day I just about shaved them off but finally did just say to myself it is better to just let them do whatever they want and just accept it. I simply do not want to be wasting my time with keep up with shaving them, why should my legs or arm pits be any different?
So while watching a movie about America’s obsession about beauty I picked up my laptop and googled: how to stop shaving. Poof, this website came up and now here I am. I know I am going to be really insecure about it at first because I already suffer from a lot of self esteem problems but the itching and razor burn and bumps also makes me more insecure so I would rather just learn to listen to my body and love my body as it is suppose to be. I am scared though, really scared.