Shaving the inner lips

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Hi everyone! I went through the tags and read the shaving entries but didn't read too much about my question.

I'm looking to shave my nether regions. I won't wax because it hurts too much, but I want to get my vulva pretty hair-free. I have hair pretty much every where down there though. I even have hair on the inner lips of my vagina and I'd also like to get rid of that. I plan on trimming the whole area first and then using a nice, new razor and some shaving cream to shave it. But how do I go about getting rid of the hair on my inner lips. It seems to be much more sensitive in that area and I'm afraid I'll cut myself if I even begin to shave there. Has anyone had this problem and successfully shaved that area?

Thanks a bunch!

Comments

[doe-anon.livejournal.com]

I used to shave there, but very, VERY carefully and slowly. I rarely did any damage, as long as I took my time and there was plenty of light. It gets tricky though, especially as soaps and shaving creams make things so gosh darn slippery! So slow and steady and gently is your best bet, if you feel you must shave.

I wax now, via professional. It really only hurt the first time (har har), and for me at least, it was much easier to take when it was someone other than myself inflicting the pain (I would psyche myself out when I did it at home and wouldn't get ANYTHING done). And anything that's left in the bits I could pluck easily. It really is a LOT safer, as shaving can cause razor burn, which causes itching, which causes touching, which can potentially cause bad things :P

But again, I did shave for a while and nothing seriously bad happened, save the very occasional nick, which I had to train myself to leeeave aloooone!

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I am too afraid to wax because I too can't inflict pain upon myself, but I am also way too shy to let anyone else see down there.

I will most likely try be very very careful and if that doesn't go well..maybe I'll try waxing!

Thanks for the reply :)

[doe-anon.livejournal.com]

No worries! Like I said, shaving worked fine for me, so you don't have to wax to get thorough results. Another tip I would suggest is make sure your razor is not only new, but also nice and grip-able/maneuverable. For me, Venus = good, Big random disposable pink thing my sister gave me once = no so good.

And yeah, it was a weird thought at first having someone see my vag who wasn't a doctor or a significant other. But I was lucky to find a really cool girl on my first shot at pro-waxing, and now that I've gone a few times I can honestly equate it to having a bandaid ripped off by someone who's like my hairdresser, hehe.