Comments on: Bikini Waxing Tweens & Early Puberty

By: Miley Spears

Miley Spears — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:15:58 +0000

Really it’s weird we think of pubic hair being exposed when really pubic hair covers up! We’d rather people see our crotch than the hair that covers it. If one man has long hair and the other is bald whose head is exposed? And if one woman poses with her hair draped over and covering her breasts and another doesn’t cover their nakedness who has the exposed breasts?

And why are we expected to shave our legs and underarm hair and pubic hair to make us look more sexy? Doesn’t that really make us look more like prepubescent girls?

By: Tracee

Tracee — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:21:30 +0000

It is not neurotic to want to be modest about public hair being exposed when wearing a swimsuit.

By: Call me Strange, but...

Call me Strange, but... — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:03:40 +0000

This is a prime example of parents teaching children to be neurotic about their body image. Welcome to the 21st century.

Bikini wax at the age of 10
Labiaplasty at the age of 20
A boob job at the age of 25 (if it can wait that long)

May I ask what is wrong with the way people are? You remember, natural, as grown?

Good grief, someone protect such children from the neuroses of their parents.

By: The Invisible Woman | what red said

The Invisible Woman | what red said — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:57:04 +0000

[...] really sad that it’s got this far. Pre-teens are getting bikini waxes, for Christ sake. And maybe I’ve got it wrong, that it’s empowering for women to take [...]

By: cassie

cassie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:24:01 +0000

I think some are confused. We are talking about the hair on the bikini line right? The stuff that may stick out of a bathing suit? Well I had a huge problem with it when I was a girl. It came out if my bikini bottoms and ran down and out a few inches. It was dark and I didn’t want to look at it and I didn’t want anyone else to either. No one except my parents and the esthetitian would know if I had waxed or not and I sure wish my mom had helped me with it. Instead I didn’t know what to do. For awhile I wore ugly shorts to any water type function. I have photos of myself in vacation at 13 and I look horrible and i felt horrible.

I find waxing very painful and i have gone for years to have it done. If Starting at a young age would have helped me look and feel better and could have made it easier for me today then heck yeah it’s a great idea. Now i cant say that my 8 year old self would have made it past that first painful pull but If i have a daughter and she has the same issue, we can definitely give it a shot. Of course a pair if cute swim shorts woukd have helped me a lot too.

I remove my hair for me and for my husband. I don’t have a problem with making myself look good and wanting my husband to be attracted to me. It’s why I try to get rid of my acne as well. If you have a man that wants pubic hair running put of your suit and you like it too then awesome in glad you are happy and secure with yourself, truely, but that’s not me.

Yes 8 years old is young. Yes it’s scary to deal with puberty in such a young girl but why not make it easier on them and make them feel good about their bodies. You cannot see anyone else’s pubic hair sticking out of their bikini so why should you let it do that on your little girl? If she screams in protest that you are going to remove the hair, don’t do it and get her some shorts. If she asks why you remove it, say “thats the way mom likes it but you can do whatever you like with it, it’s yours. But…. We don’t show pubic hair to the public, so get your shorts or take this razor or let’s go to the spa.”

But that’s just me!