I bear in mind being round 7 on trip with my household, and naturally spending it largely in bathing fits and shorts. At this level, I used to be conscious of the truth that different little women didn’t have a lot/any hair on their legs, arms, decrease backs, and I did. I’d shared my concern of feeling completely different with my mother, however the consensus was that I used to be nonetheless too younger to shave utterly. That morning, my mother made peace with the compromise of taking her electrical private razor, like one used for facial fuzz., to “reduce” my hair by semi trimming it. I can see that second clear as day now. It took her eternally, poor factor, however I bear in mind feeling that a lot better about myself and my physique, even when solely the hair was just a bit much less. Up till the age of 23, I had by no means utterly shaved my forearms, as a result of I by no means actually felt the necessity to. That was till I needed to have considered one of my them shaved clean on set for a photoshoot. So after all, I went dwelling and shaved the opposite one to match. I began to really feel the thought slowly sink into my mind that, possibly that is higher, possibly I look higher, possibly that is extra acceptable. Fortunately although, I hate the method of shaving on the whole, so this new step positively wasn’t going to grow to be everlasting in my routine. However extra importantly, it woke me up and jogged my memory that I’ve zero disgrace that my arms could also be hairier than the overall “commonplace” girls are held to.