• @Carnelian@lemmy.world
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          99 months ago

          Epilating is spelled with only one p

          But I’m glad that works out for you. I would encourage others to read this excerpt from a r/TIFU post on this topic before finalizing their risk/reward calculations

          It all happened in the blink of an eye, but this is what I believe happened, based on the aftermath: I went in again, only this time, my pube follicles were more resilient. The spinning drum off death grabbed a couple of hairs, however they would not part ways with my scrotum. I looked down in confusion, to see my hand holding the handle of the epilator. Where the business end of the epilator shoud’ve been, though, there was only tightly stretched, inflamed, hairy ballsack. I gasped in pain, dropping the epilator, which swung pendulously between my thighs, only furthering the agony. Sitting on the bath’s edge, I located the epilator and lifted it into sight. My sack had been pulled into the drum, completing a full revolution, so that none of the drum was visible. The elasticity of the male scrotum truly is something to behold.

          I gingerly unraveled my sack, a fraction of a turn at a time. After fully extracting it, my scrotum was covered in hundreds of tiny abrasions, as if it had been dragged along the sidewalk, if you can picture that. It also had about three hairs less than before I took a shower.

          I later recounted this story to my wife, who was typically unsympathetic. As I finished recounting this woeful tale, she blurted out “What the fuck did you expect? Duh?!”, only rubbing further salt into the scrotal wound.

          • @beta_tester@lemmy.ml
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            49 months ago

            Thx for the correction.

            I can’t relate to that. It hasn’t ever been a problem and was never risky in my opinion. I don’t stop with it, reward is too damn high and that risk is very tiny imo.

          • Jim
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            49 months ago

            What a champ. Halfway through, I was sure he’d end up in a doctor’s office getting a minor emergency surgery.

  • uphillbothways
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    9 months ago

    For those who don’t already know: the proper tool for trimming this whole area is called a razor comb. (That’s your search term.) Something palm shaped like the “Conair Styling Essentials Trim & Shape Hair Trimmer” makes it super easy and pretty much eliminates the risk of self injury. With it you can pull hair over the comb, hold it with your thumb and apply a little pressure, removing hair without cutting yourself. (provided you don’t have tremors or uncontrollable muscle spasms.)

    Couple minutes (right after a shower, then hose off again quickly) every month or two and you can practically prevent a whole summer’s worth of swamp ass.

    • JoYo
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      09 months ago

      I’ve never had any issues with my safety razor but I’ll give these a try.

      I find the razors aggressivness is what makes the difference.

      Gillette makes a good one now.

  • JoYo
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    09 months ago

    What would I do on Friday nights if I wasnt plucking my pubic hair with tweezers?