Embrace or Remove Body Hair? Tips and Thoughts | Spill The Chai

This has been a topic some of you asked for us to cover: body hair! What are our thoughts and do we keep or remove it? We give our thoughts about body hair, share some of our embarrassing stories and also give some of our tips on how we remove body hair.

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We're two South Asian women in entertainment and we want to spill the tea (or chai ;) ) on topics that matter to a diverse community of people, that don’t often see these conversations had in mainstream media.

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[ChaiWithSangita]

Is this something you've dealt with? What are your hair removal tips?

[tanishakhan]

Something else that’s taboo and hardly ever talked about is how sometimes women in their 20s who have PCOS start to grow facial hair, and the hair on their heads can start to thin out. It’s like reliving the horror of being hairy and 13 all over again, but in your mid to late 20s

[ashanijayasinghe-piyaweera]

I wish I had heard this when I was a teen! Good job Sangita & Alia!

[minasaleh]

Great topic ladies.. Like you Sangita I have a 13yr old girl.. She asked to remove her leg hair, upper lips and between her eyebrows mainly because of classmates comments.she did her legs once and didn't care after that, which is good.now mainly upper lips.

[gaganmike]

Great topic and conversation!! I did laser hair removal... you have to go to someone who specializes in brown people skin and hair ... it cost a lot but I’m basically hairless from the eyebrows down and don’t ever wax or shave or thread. Do what works for you :)

[divpatel]

Thanks for the insights! As others I wish we had this talk when we were growing up! Tips (as requested) - do what works for you, but be careful as they can leave long term scars / be damaging. And it's also best to do extensive research on places before going to them. Cleanliness and hygiene are really important.

[bibiweylargo]

I had the same experience when I was younger...however I do believing in shavina and waxing.. I really enjoy the topic...Sangita I think you have an awesome relationship with your daughters they will come to you when the time is right..

[soniatumkur]

I remember the boys making fun of my arm hair back in the third grade. when I reached 6th grade I started shaving and eventually by 10th grade I gave up shaving and started waxing and haven’t switched. I also remember secretly shaving my facial hair in 9th grade but started threading in 11th grade. I prefer having no hair because I like the feeling of smooth skin but subconsciously i feel like i have to do it as a woman.

[shamini]

oh body hair! I needed this topic when growing up

[tonyluongo]

I knew architecture at George brown was wrong I should of taken engineering lol 🤣 but body hair on men is taboo as well I’m sure you ladies don’t like hair on us!! Lol