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Shaving Cuts What's our default response by Neckhar Fonuni of Neckhar Fonuni.com

The first time I shaved my legs, I was 11 years old. As a first generation full-blooded Persian

American body hair is something I am in no shortage of. As a kid, this was a huge emotional trigger

for me. I was 11 and I had hairy legs that made me feel extremely insecure. Of all the things I

got teased about in the sixth grade, this seemed like one I could tackle and shave off the list.

Sadly, my mom wasn't around to help me with this kind of stuff, and I was a way to embarrass

to ask my dad. So I took it upon myself to take this very major step in the life of a budding woman.

But for whatever reason, I found myself irrationally freaked out after shaving one leg,

so I didn't shave the other. For a full week while I waited for the leg to grow back its protective

fur, I went and dared bear my legs at school. Because I attended a private school, I wore a uniform

for the first nine years of my structured education, which usually meant plaid skirts and collar

shirts. This was a bit of a dilemma for a girl trying to hide her legs. So I donned navy nylons

underneath my uniform skirt, despite the characteristic so-called warmth. Eventually, their hair grew

back and eventually I figured out how to shave my legs without feeling the need to leave the job

unfinished. Since then, I've shaved my legs almost every day for over 20 years, so you can imagine

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