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Get waxed, I've been doing it for a couple years now, worth it.
Hurts a bit when they pull it off, but not nearly as bad as you imagine, and it only hurts for an instant, not like it's a pain that's gonna linger around with you.
Smoother and longer-lasting than you could ever hope to manage with a razor, and no risk of cutting yourself
Depending on your skin, maybe you could have some issues with ingrown hairs, but I'm pretty sure if you're prone to that you're probably gonna have those issues shaving too.
My only complaint is the price, the place I've been going charges about $75 (+tip) for their "basic" service, which is just shaft and sack. I'm personally a really hairy dude and I feel like it would look weird for me to go beyond that and have bald patches on my crotch and ass crack, and I'm certainly not gonna spend the time and money for a full body waxing.
The full, most premium package to get all of you junk and butt waxed with all the extra goes up to something like $150 (+tip), and there's a few options in-between so that you have a sense of the price range.
Which I do think is a pretty fair price for the service, but it's also certainly not cheap. Personally I kind of justify it because I've known people who spend that much or more or haircuts about as often as I get it done, and i shave my head myself with a safety razor, so my haircut expenses are basically 0, so just kind of trading one grooming expense for another.
I usually go about a month and a half between waxings, first week or two there's no noticeable hair regrowth, and by the 6th week I usually have about the required ¼ inch or so for waxing. Takes about a half hour for what I get done.
In some places it can be hard to find places that do it for dudes, and not all employees are trained or willing to do male waxing, so don't ruin it for the rest of us, wash your ass and junk and don't be a creep.
This is something I wish I could do since the tactile results are so much better.
Sadly as a person with sensitive skin and also the dreaded ingrown hair issue I can confidently that if you are like me this is an awful idea.
Shaving will normally not give you ingrown hairs so long as you shave WITH the grain.
I only have myself as a sample size so I don't know how reliable this info is but if you're unsure of you get ingrowns try shaving your normal areas against the grain and see if you get any. I have shaved my face and even head once before and it didn't seem to matter where I did it the issue was persistent.
Def something I've considered, but the cost isn't ideal, and I feel like the pain would be otherworldly...
The pain really isn't that bad
And at least for me, the worst parts of it are more on my sort of FUPA area, not so much on my dick and balls themselves, so for the service I get, it's only like 3 patches around the edges that actually hurt. Might suck more if you're planning to get more than that done, but I can't really comment on that myself.
And again. It's only for an instant with each rip and then it's over, by the time you've flinched it's already stopped hurting.