Keeping clean, tidy with manscaping: No more furry beast
Jared Spence
Issue date: 2/13/09 Section: Entertainment
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For those who missed the metrosexual wave, guys have caught on to taking care of themselves by having their nails manicured, eyebrows waxed, relaxing facials and even body hair removal.
Movies like "American Wedding" even bring the idea to the big screen when Jason Biggs' character trims himself for his bride-to-be. With Web sites like manscaping-101.com, dedicated to helping guys stay in top condition, the art of "manscaping" has become a household term that's ever more present in today's society.
"I am a very well-kept person," junior Tommy Dennis said. "I believe there is such a thing as having too much [body hair] and if you do it right, there is such a thing as having enough."
Dennis said he comes from a family of hairy men and that, as a teenager, he tried to let his body hair grow. But, it got out of control, becoming a nuisance. Now, Dennis said he shaves his chest and trims his underarm hair to keep things in order.
"In my early teenage years before I started trimming and manscaping; I went to the bathroom and my zipper kind of caught some of the hair," he said. "And it wasn't a very pleasant feeling. It hurt like hell."
"As a personal preference I do trim my private areas. I feel a lot cleaner doing it," Dennis said.
Senior Max Henscheid said he trims his torso hair because it can get grizzly at times.
"I feel that you should trim it much as if it were the hair on your head," Henscheid said.
While some men choose to tidy up their body hair for themselves, others do it to become more attractive to the opposite sex.
Freshman Desarae Valdez said she appreciates well-groomed men and encourages the practice.
"I've come to the conclusion that all men have ass hair," Valdez said. "There's really no getting around that. When I see certain men with excessive amounts of body hair, it makes me believe in the theory of evolution."
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