Can I shave my armpit hair?

Armpit hair affects our image. Many friends want to know whether armpit hair can be shaved. To know whether armpit hair can be shaved, we should know what the function of armpit hair is. As long as we know the function of armpit hair, we can judge whether to keep it, so that we can decide whether to shave it. Let's take a look at what armpit hair is and its function.

In fact, armpit hair has a very good effect on our human body. It can play a good anti-bacterial effect. In addition, armpit hair has the benefit of relieving friction. We can judge for ourselves whether these effects are necessary for us.

Axillary hair is located under the armpits and, like pubic hair, is the result of the adrenal glands beginning to secrete androgens. Armpit hair appears 1-2 years later than pubic hair, and the average age reported abroad is 14-15 years old.

Armpit hair is one of the first signs of puberty. Most people have armpit hair, which helps sweat evaporate.

Antibacterial

Human armpit hair can cover and protect the human skin where it grows, preventing it from being invaded by foreign bacteria, dust, etc., and keeping the "enemy" out of the skin.

Relieve friction

Another function of armpit hair is that when the human body moves, the arms move, and the armpits always generate friction between the surrounding skin. If the friction is too long or too heavy, it often rubs in the "middle", which relieves the force of skin friction and protects the armpit skin from abrasions. Therefore, the role of armpit hair cannot be denied. Many women often pluck or shave their hair for beauty, which is harmful to the body. Because the armpits are rich in lymph nodes, plucking or shaving armpit hair is likely to cause epidermal infection and pose hidden dangers. Therefore, the correct way is to use round-head scissors to trim, which is both beautiful and will not scratch the skin.

The presence and distribution of hair on the human body is one of the ancestral characteristics that humans have retained as they evolved from apes to humans. On the body surface of a normal adult woman, except for the palms, soles of feet, the back of the distal ends of the fingers and toes, lip lines, nipples, inner sides of the labia majora, labia minora, and clitoris, there should be hair growing everywhere, but there are some differences.

Above we introduced what armpit hair is. We know that armpit hair still has certain functions for the human body, so we should choose whether to shave it. Armpit hair has the effects of antibacterial and relieving friction. If you don’t really need these functions, then you can shave your armpit hair.