Trimming

[doomweasel.livejournal.com]

Hiyo! I have a question for you all.

I like to keep my pubic area trimmed, and my SO likes to keep his trimmed as well. Usually I use a pair of small scissors, patience, and a steady hand, but he's suggested I use his beard trimmer, which is what he uses to keep himself nice and neat. However, I'm a little leery of having vibrating blades near my vulva, though he promises I won't cut myself.

Is using a beard trimmer for the pubic area a good idea? Have any of you gals done it before? How successful was it?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[themarshal.livejournal.com]

I've used my beard trimmer on my girlfriend a number of times. Even without the guard on, it's very difficult for the blades to break skin. Though it's still a sensitive area, so I'd keep the guard on anyway.

[mightyfinewine.livejournal.com]

My husband did it for me with his beard trimmer, and it was all fine and dandy...especially the fun vibration that led to sex afterwards. ;)

[falnfenix]

i've never used a beard trimmer...i invested in a women's shaver for that purpose. :)

[alwaysamommy.livejournal.com]

I use a pair of hair clippers with the 1/8 inch guard and then shave the rest off if I let it get past 1/8 inch without trimmimg/shaving it.

[dnl2002.livejournal.com]

A facial beard trimer works great for the ol'bearded clam too! ;P

I prefer to have my husband take care of it for me, as I'm not all that co-ordinated, and I like it best the length it makes it without any guards on. I have never ever had any nicks or cuts doing it this way. Depending on the length you prefer, a guard may be a good idea, but I would think it would be a little more difficult to maneuver around the more delicate areas. One of the little "wand" style trimmers (about $10 at most drug stores) would work pretty well for that I think.

I agree with the above comment about the vibration, btw...muahaha!

[kaelstra.livejournal.com]

Those things won't cut your skin; they have built-in guards on them that keep the actual blades from ever touching your skin.

[atalanta0jess.livejournal.com]

I've used a hair trimmer like they have at the barber shop. It worked out fine, although I don't use it down on the lips, just on the insides of my legs and on my mons area. I use an electric shaver for the rest. :)

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

I use a beard trimmer, works great! Like shotie said, they don't cut your skin, i even use my without the plastic guard/gage thing, and i've never cut myself. Razors are a lot more likely to cut you then a beard trimer.

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

sigh. i fail. sorry about the bad username...you get what i mean.

[lileprechaun.livejournal.com]

I use the Remington Trim and Shape (http://www.amazon.com/Remington-BKT-1000-Shape-Bikini-Trimmer/dp/B0000BY85E) which is essentially the same thing. It is very hard to actually cut yourself with a trimmer, even without the guard. I use mine without the guard around my most delicate areas (around my perineum and labia) and I've never cut myself. Just be careful to hold the skin taught.

[archangelbeth]

I grabbed my spouse's old electric razor and use the beard trimmer attachment all the time. Occasionally I may nick myself, but rarely, and if I hold it so the blades are cutting the hairs at right angles -- think the woodsman with the axe and the tree, heh -- then I don't touch skin at all. Also, the nicks don't hurt much.

[pippa026.livejournal.com]

I use a beard trimmer on the whole area and have never had any kind of nicks or cuts. When I used to use scissors I did cut myself quite badly one time. I could actually see the cut (about 1/4 of an inch) on one of my inner labia. It looked terrible and I was worried about how it would heal but it healed up fine and there is no scar or misalignment.

Just a bit of a different viewpoint...

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

Since there are several comments saying it's "very difficult" to cut oneself with a trimmer. This is true, I think; using a trimmer has certainly decreased the number of hair-removal-related nicks and cuts I experience.

I also see some people saying such trimmers "don't" or "won't" cut skin. Yes. They will. ;) Though I'll admit I may just be all kinds of speshul in the pubic hair removal department, I have, on occasion, drawn blood with a trimmer.

That said, it's likely a safe option. I know I've said I cut myself with a trimmer, but I do it far more with a razor. Keeping a guard on -- maybe at first until you get used to it, maybe always if you decide you like that length -- is likely a good option since it should keep the blades themselves further away from your skin, reducing the already small chances of nicks even further. :)

[silentsneaking.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend uses one.