![]() ![]() Nguyen uses the shorter guards for trimming around his groin area without one, he says the skin can “get caught in between the little trimming teeth and that’s how you end up cutting yourself in places you really don’t want to cut.” And Miguez uses the longer guards on his chest, which prevent him from “going too short, where suddenly your sharp hairs are sticking out and poking through your T-shirts.” ![]() (For those hard-to-reach places, he has a very important tip: “When you’re doing certain wrinkly areas, you have to stretch the skin out” so it’s taut and smooth.) Miguez, who uses the Peanut for his “really crazy” chest hair and around his shoulders, says it is “easy to maneuver and get right up against the shoulder blade and around the neck.” The Peanut comes with four guards that range from 1/8-inch to 1/2-inch. Nguyen uses the Peanut to trim his pubic hair because its small size lets him get to hard-to-reach places with greater control. ![]() The palm-size Peanut from Wahl, a brand barbers always seem to tell us about, comes recommended by two of our experts as both a chest- and pubic-hair trimmer. Type of tool: Electric trimmer | Corded | Ergonomic design: Small in size, comes with four guards | Dry use only It all comes down to personal preference, and the more you know about the tools available, the easier it will be to find the ones that work for you. Or you may skip the trimmer all together and go for some tweezers and a pair of scissors. If you’re extra hairy, you may want to assemble a full set of tools to keep things looking neat and tidy. But since that’s a whole universe unto itself, we’re sticking to tools for trimming and shaving in this guide. Of course the best (and longest-lasting) way to completely remove body hair is professional or at-home waxing. But depending on the level of hairlessness you’re looking to achieve, and how precise or detailed you are in your removal or trimming efforts, you might want to invest in a few extra tools specifically designed to target areas like your back, neck, and the inside of your nostrils. Electric trimmers often come with a variety of length guards that are handy for trimming different parts of your body from chest to beard to groin area. The most essential manscaping tool, according to all of the experts we spoke to, is an electric trimmer. “It’s important to remember that using a razor will most likely leave razor bumps, so you have to use the same amount of care used for shaving your beard in other areas.”īelow, we’ve covered recommendations for everything from body-hair trimmers and tiny scissors to nose-hair trimmers and tweezers. “Often, when it comes to other areas of the body, skip this preparation,” he says. It doesn’t see the sun or wind, which hardens the skin on the rest of our bodies.” But as Gilman, Miguez, and the eight other experts we spoke to assure, it’s easy to avoid these pitfalls with the right tools - and the right prep, says master stylist Yvey Valcin, who stresses the importance of applying shaving cream to avoid irritation. “Their skin will break out, or they’ll cut themselves.” Grooming below the belt puts you at even greater risk of cuts and irritation, according to Friend of a Barber’s Mark Miguez, “because that’s very sensitive skin down there. “Guys who shave their chest with razors - at least when they first begin - always complain about how awful it was,” says Mike Gilman, the founder of the Grooming Lounge Barbershop and Men’s Spa. But it’s not as easy as just grabbing whatever razor you have in the bathroom and getting to work. “Manscaping” basically refers to the grooming (or removal) of any unwanted hair on a man or male-identifying person’s body. ![]()
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