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How do you shave your balls? Every time I've tried with my trimmer it pinches and tears my sack and I'm too traumatized to try it again unless there's a full proof bloodless method. Usually I just pluck as many as I can tolerate while I'm sitting around watching YouTube or somethin. But it's such a pain (literally). Pic unrelated

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I use a Gillette Mach 3 and always shave toward the tip, no matter whether you are above, below, beside the shaft, below the balls, on the balls etc. I find doing it in a hot shower is sufficient and gel/cream isn't necessary with this method, though I have some Gillette Hydro gel I like. I just find it too time-consuming to bother.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

why doesn’t my bussy look this good :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Double edge safety razor. Edwin Jagger DE8x is a good choice as not aggressive (the x doesn't matter, it's the design of the handle). For the blades, I use feathers, but it doesn't really matter.

No need to press. Just glide softly on the stretched soaped surface, in no specific direction, while lifting your dick with the other wrist and holding the balls with the other hand. For the shaft, don't go against the grain. You'll nick yourself (no big deal).

Also I typically reserve the brand new blades for my face, maybe it helps.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use a depilatory that is designed for intimate areas. Cream goes on, sits for 5 mins, then the hair wipes off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Could you give more information on this please? I've used Nair but it sounds like you found a better option?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I use this stuff. link

You could also try this stuff if you can't find the men's version. link

Whatever you order you are looking for something that says bikini or intimate.

Apply everywhere but balls first and then apply to balls. Wipe off in the order you applied after waiting however long. Rinse REALLY WELL with water but don't use any soap. Soothing lotion optional afterward, I don't need it.

Keep it off the anus itself if doing your butt crack or you're going to have a burning sensation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

In case you arent- never use an electric razor on your balls without a guard. And even then, I don't try to get it too close to the skin, just to shorten the hairs a lot.

Then if I want to go further, shaving cream and a safety razor is the way to go. Just try to smooth out the scrotum with your other hand to make it as flat a surface as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

do not do this with your balls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've done it. The issue is if you leave it on. Don't.

Wash the area thoroughly 5 minutes after putting it on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No pain no gain

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Double edge razor, I haven't nicked myself yet. I definitely tore some skin with an electric razor though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

i just keep em hairy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Phillips Oneblade.

No shit, it's an amazing razor for the pubes. Obviously doesn't cut down to 0 like a wet shave, but it's so much easier and comes really close. And I get ingrown hairs easily if I wet shave down there so it's perfect for me.

It's fast, it's reliably, easy and painless. 100% recommend for ball shaving action!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I've had to do it twice in my life, and I cut the hair with scissors first then used a cheap razor much like these: https://www.voordeeldrogisterij.nl/premium-laser-twin-wegwerpscheermes-10-stuks.html?id=272026839 Came off painlessly.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I trim things with an electric trimmer, but to actually shave I use a double edged razor. Some people are scared of them, and even a lot of the people who use them on their face are scared to shave their pubes with them. It's really not that hard though. I also don't see why you'd want more blades (which I think every disposable is like 5+), because that means if you fuck up and move your blade sideways your cut will be that many times worse.

The key thing, and this applies to all methods, is you have to keep the skin taut. You have to pull the skin that is being shaved, not just drag a blade across the loose skin. If you don't, you'll likely cut yourself. Along with applying to all blades, this applies to all skin also.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Try a Gilette razor with a battery in it that vibrates. Keep the electric razors far away. They're too risky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

If you ain’t bathing your nuts in aqueous FA, you’re just pretending

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Little Johnny was a scientist, little Johnny is no more ...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Don't use an electric trimmer. Use one you can have careful control over. Safety razors give a better shave anyways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I have a waterproof shaver specifically for my balls. It is pretty easy to shave with it in the shower, just use one hand to stretch your sack out then run the shaver over it. It is the wrinkles that are such a danger.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Sack trimming is what ultimately converted me from electric trimmers to safety razors. Night and day. Even if I nick myself, the closest thing to a problem is NOT pain.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've shaved my balls for decades at this point. Take a good hot shower for at least 10 minutes, or even better soak in a hot tub for 30-60 minutes. This softens the hair. Shampoo is the best shaving cream as it doesn't dull the razor blades as much as actual shaving cream. I pull the skin tight and go one pass with the grain, and one pass against. As others have said, that is delicate skin, and it cuts easily, so be careful. Personally I have yet to get better results with any of the various razors I've tried, so I just stick with my Mach 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You shouldn't need to shave in multiple directions... Each bit of skin has 1 ideal direction to shave it, unless your hair grows in a spiral or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I won't downvote you, but if you are only shaving in one direction, you either aren't getting totally smooth, or you are needlessly torturing yourself by only shaving against the grain of your hair.

From experience, your beard, or any other patch of body hair, can literally grow in multiple different directions in the same patch. Regardless, the only way you can get baby smooth is to shave against the grain, which I really don't recommend as your first pass, unless you shave literally every day, and for some guys it would be twice a day.

I can't shave more frequently than once every 2 days. The USN literally gave me a "shaving chit" for that in boot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I shave with, not against. Shaving against causes irritation.

You changed the subject to beards. This thread is about pubic hair.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I told you my routine with my balls, not my beard. I shave 4 to 8 ways on my face.

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