Viral Video: Woman Who Hasn’t Shaved in Years Opens Up About the “Arduous Task”

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A woman who hasn’t shaved in six years has gone viral after opening up about the “arduous task” of hair removal.  “I used to shave regularly for years and it felt like an arduous task, but it also seemed necessary — as a woman — to feel beautiful, hygienic, and attractive,” said Georgia Peck, a holistic health coach, in her viral TikTok video.  Peck went on to explain the reasoning behind her decision: “Honestly, it’s a lot of effort, and the prickly regrowth that started just a day after shaving was really uncomfortable.”  “It became another thing I was trying to ‘fix’ about myself that was never broken to begin with. Why is it totally normal for men to have body hair, but for women it’s considered unattractive and unhygienic?” she questioned.  The video has already garnered over 8 million views, and many viewers have expressed their support in the comments. “I wish more people would do this — it would be more normalised. Shame-based choices are awful,” one user wrote.  Photo and video: TikTok @wildlygeorgia

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00:00I haven't shaved my legs or my armpits in over six years and I used to shave on a very regular

00:05basis for years and it did feel like a chore but it also felt necessary to as a woman to feel

00:11beautiful and hygienic and attractive but over time I did wonder to myself why am I doing this

00:17and here are four reasons why I stopped shaving. First it's honestly such a hassle and the

00:23spikiness that would begin to grow back after just a day after shaving was quite uncomfortable

00:28and not to mention the ingrown hairs that would sometimes occur. It became another thing on my list

00:34another thing I was trying to fix within myself that wasn't inherently broken. Second I started

00:39to question the double standard why is it considered totally normal for men to have body hair but for

00:44women it's considered unattractive and unhygienic. Hair in itself isn't inherently dirty and it's not

00:50shameful it actually plays an important function for our body otherwise why would we have it. It

00:55helps balance our temperature it even holds pheromones and it's protective and yet as women

01:00we've been told to strip it away as if our natural body is something to change. Third the products most

01:06of us use to actually remove armpit and leg hair are completely full of hormone disrupting chemicals

01:12fragrance parabens phthalates chemical coated blades we're using them on warm and open pores directly

01:20over lymph nodes and sensitive areas and over time you really have to wonder what is this constant

01:26exposure doing to our hormones our skin barrier our liver our overall system. Fourth I wanted to feel

01:34at home in my body again just wild and natural and I didn't realize just how much how many aspects of my

01:41beauty routine were just trying to cover up parts of myself and allowing my hair to grow back again

01:47was one of the pieces of the puzzle that allowed me to trust my natural rhythm again with a softness and a wild beauty that

01:53wasn't shaped by trends or pressures. The purpose of this video isn't to tell you to stop shaving if it feels good for you

02:01genuinely then continue but I would definitely opt for more stainless steel razor instead of a plastic one and for natural oils and

02:09creams instead of synthetic lotions or shaving cream but if it feels like a chore more of a shame based

02:16choice or a should then maybe it's time to ask why because true beauty doesn't come from erasing natural parts of ourselves

02:25it comes from our own confident choices that are good for us from authentic embodiment from being unapologetically fully you

02:33what do you think about this topic drop a comment below

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