Perineum pain and body hair
08-01-15, 10:35 PM
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Perineum pain and body hair
So the other day I did a long ride, and basically my perineum was killing me the whole time (from start to finish). Afterwards I discovered a bunch of hairs from that area had somehow been pulled out.
So I'm starting to think that maybe my chronic discomfort in the saddle might have to do more with hairs being pulled, or hairs abrading my skin than anything else (it feels like riding on fine sand...or pine needles...well, that's an exaggeration, of course.).
Has anyone had a similar issue? I found another post stating an almost identical problem to me, and claiming that removing hair from the area solved the problem.
Yet I see several other posts strongly advising against shaving that area.
For the record, I DO use a high-end chamois and chamois cream.
So I'm starting to think that maybe my chronic discomfort in the saddle might have to do more with hairs being pulled, or hairs abrading my skin than anything else (it feels like riding on fine sand...or pine needles...well, that's an exaggeration, of course.).
Has anyone had a similar issue? I found another post stating an almost identical problem to me, and claiming that removing hair from the area solved the problem.
Yet I see several other posts strongly advising against shaving that area.
For the record, I DO use a high-end chamois and chamois cream.
08-01-15, 10:42 PM
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08-02-15, 09:01 AM
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I've been shaving down there for years, as in more than a decade; I don't really remember since when exactly. No problems, anyway.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, I just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, I just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
08-02-15, 09:13 AM
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i've been shaving down there for years, as in more than a decade; i don't really remember since when exactly. No problems, anyway.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, i just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, i just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
08-02-15, 09:22 AM
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SO, in short, you think the discomfort is to do with a signif. amount of hairs from your a-hole getting ripped out during rides?
I mean, to me, there's a huge difference in the way perennial pain from an ill-fitting saddle feels and the pain I get from having body hair ripped out...there's like a very distinct difference.... if it's coming from hair somehow being ripped out during a ride, which, I have no idea, how, like, that would work from a physiological standpoint, esp. if you're wearing bike shorts or bibs, then I guess, yeah, try trimming or shaving the area down and see if you notice a difference... I am not really that hairy in that area, and have never experienced this type of problem... but I guess shaving wouldn't hurt.... I'd be careful shaving in that area though.... and I wouldn't use a dull razor....
I mean, to me, there's a huge difference in the way perennial pain from an ill-fitting saddle feels and the pain I get from having body hair ripped out...there's like a very distinct difference.... if it's coming from hair somehow being ripped out during a ride, which, I have no idea, how, like, that would work from a physiological standpoint, esp. if you're wearing bike shorts or bibs, then I guess, yeah, try trimming or shaving the area down and see if you notice a difference... I am not really that hairy in that area, and have never experienced this type of problem... but I guess shaving wouldn't hurt.... I'd be careful shaving in that area though.... and I wouldn't use a dull razor....
08-02-15, 06:50 PM
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SO, in short, you think the discomfort is to do with a signif. amount of hairs from your a-hole getting ripped out during rides?
I mean, to me, there's a huge difference in the way perennial pain from an ill-fitting saddle feels and the pain I get from having body hair ripped out...there's like a very distinct difference.... if it's coming from hair somehow being ripped out during a ride, which, I have no idea, how, like, that would work from a physiological standpoint, esp. if you're wearing bike shorts or bibs, then I guess, yeah, try trimming or shaving the area down and see if you notice a difference... I am not really that hairy in that area, and have never experienced this type of problem... but I guess shaving wouldn't hurt.... I'd be careful shaving in that area though.... and I wouldn't use a dull razor....
I mean, to me, there's a huge difference in the way perennial pain from an ill-fitting saddle feels and the pain I get from having body hair ripped out...there's like a very distinct difference.... if it's coming from hair somehow being ripped out during a ride, which, I have no idea, how, like, that would work from a physiological standpoint, esp. if you're wearing bike shorts or bibs, then I guess, yeah, try trimming or shaving the area down and see if you notice a difference... I am not really that hairy in that area, and have never experienced this type of problem... but I guess shaving wouldn't hurt.... I'd be careful shaving in that area though.... and I wouldn't use a dull razor....
08-02-15, 06:54 PM
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I've been shaving down there for years, as in more than a decade; I don't really remember since when exactly. No problems, anyway.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, I just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
More often than using a razor to get really close, though, I just keep things trimmed short with a #1 guard on electric hair clippers, and that works just fine for me, too.
I do notice some discomfort when it starts getting a little too bushy, so trimming is a welcome habit.
Hair provides a sort of self-lubricating function between skin, but in the case of a chamois you don't want it to move at all because this causes friction.
08-02-15, 07:27 PM
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"[COLOR=#000000] I discovered a bunch of hairs from that area had somehow been pulled out."
I ask, rhetorically: you examine the interior of your shorts after you ride?
I ask, rhetorically: you examine the interior of your shorts after you ride?
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08-02-15, 09:30 PM
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https://www.bikeforums.net/fifty-plus...d-my-butt.html
This is the thread I was referring to. His problem sounds exactly like mine.
This is the thread I was referring to. His problem sounds exactly like mine.
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I tried it yesterday with strips... wasn't that bad. I had already got most of the hairs already though so it didn't do that much good.
I bet an epilator is pretty horrible though.
I bet an epilator is pretty horrible though.
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