shaving?

[nanstime]

Originally Posted by verucasalt

started shaving @ 10 about the time i started "lady time"

same for me and my daughter

[soulonfirex05]

when i was 10 (5th grade !!!), mom insisted i needed nair. i started using an actual razor when i was 12. 6th grade.

holy cow...i look back and realize that's a little young...but i have always been more mature than the rest of the gang. but still...

[Queenofdenile1]

Originally Posted by hotmomma

When did you let your daughter start shaving? I can not remember how old I was. My daughter is 10 and kinda hairy. She hasn't asked about shaving and I don't want to think about her using a ravor. Just curious to know what the average age is?

Well, I don't have a daughter but I was a little hairier than I'd like to have been and I think I was 12. Actually, it was at my 12th birthday slumber party and I asked my Mom if I could shave my legs. Products are much better today than they were when I was 12. Not that I butchered myself but a little razor burn or rash appeared. If she's not asking, I wouldn't worry about it right now. When she starts to ask about it, then maybe start rethinking it. It's good she's not asking. One less thing for a parent to worry about. At 10, I'd be worrying.

[Queenofdenile1]

Originally Posted by Cowgirl

No it doesn't.

Yeah, it does!!!!

[Queenofdenile1]

Originally Posted by hotmomma

I just hate when she lifts her arms up and I see her armpit hair. I don't want to mention shaving to her. She is a slob and I know when she starts shaving there will be hair everywhere.

How much armpit hair can she possibly have? She's 10!! She is a child!!! Are you concerned with her shaving at 10 or are you concerned with hair and hair everywhere? Sounds like you have more of the issue than she does. Granted, good hygene is important but she is a child. She is going to have the rest of her life to shave and wax and do all the wonderful stuff that we women LOVE so much to do to keep us looking like women instead of KING KONGS better half. If I had a daughter and she looked like King Kongs child, I might think about saying something. Otherwise, puberty seems to be a good time to start showing or at least talking about personal hygene and shaving if she hasn't mentioned it first. If your concerned about it, then as a parent, it's your job to teach her about razors and show her what to do and how to do it. Don't just hand her a razor, a bar of soap and a can of shaving cream and say "Here it is, have at it kid".

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by Queenofdenile1

Yeah, it does!!!!

No. Shaving hair doesn't change its thickness or color. The color, location, thickness and length of hair on your body mainly depend on genetics and hormones. After you shave body hair, it may feel coarse or "stubbly" for a time as it grows out. During this phase, it may be more noticeable — and may appear darker or thicker. But it's not. Mayo Clinic Link

Snopes also has a bit more for your continuing education.

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by hotmomma

I just hate when she lifts her arms up and I see her armpit hair. I don't want to mention shaving to her. She is a slob and I know when she starts shaving there will be hair everywhere.

Other girls can be cruel at that age. I was quite a bit older when I started shaving but I remember a few of my darker hued friends being teased by some of the more "worldly" girls in gym class about pit hair. I'd buy her some Nair and have a quick chat about it. Not much clean up if she puts it on before showering.

[Queenofdenile1]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

No. Shaving hair doesn't change its thickness or color. The color, location, thickness and length of hair on your body mainly depend on genetics and hormones. After you shave body hair, it may feel coarse or "stubbly" for a time as it grows out. During this phase, it may be more noticeable — and may appear darker or thicker. But it's not. Mayo Clinic Link

Snopes also has a bit more for your continuing education.

It changes in texture. In most cases it grows coarser when you continue to shave. You shouldn't tell people that it definately doesn't change because in most cases, it does. You can feel the difference.

[Queenofdenile1]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

Other girls can be cruel at that age. I was quite a bit older when I started shaving but I remember a few of my darker hued friends being teased by some of the more "worldly" girls in gym class about pit hair. I'd buy her some Nair and have a quick chat about it. Not much clean up if she puts it on before showering.

Nothing was mentioned about other girls teasing her. If they are, it may not be bothering her and perhaps she doesn't care what "other girls" think. She's 10, she don't need NAIR and harsh chemicals on her body right now. She needs to enjoy CHILDHOOD, obviously something you people don't know much about. While your at it, why don't you suggest giving her a pack of birth control pills and condoms and tell her to go have sex because the other girls might tease her.

[terbear1225]

Originally Posted by Queenofdenile1

It changes in texture. In most cases it grows coarser when you continue to shave. You shouldn't tell people that it definately doesn't change because in most cases, it does. You can feel the difference.

did you bother to read the links? what basis do you have to say that the mayo clinic is wrong?