Grooming Trends: Bodyscaping, Manscaping, Womanscaping
Whether you’re just shaving it, trimming it, or waxing it, hair will always be there. Unless you just went all in with permanent removal. According to Bauman Medical, there are…
Whether you're just shaving it, trimming it, or waxing it, hair will always be there. Unless you just went all in with permanent removal. According to Bauman Medical, there are about 5 million hair follicles on the adult human body with men having a few hundred thousand more than women. But how do people like to keep their body hair? Do they take bodyscaping seriously? LawnStarter, a lawn service company looked into the people’s "personal lawn" or body hair care. They asked over 1,000 adults about their grooming habits. It’s worth mentioning that LawnStarter took on this task because "one popular personal shaver company’s biggest sellers include the Lawn Mower and the Hedge Trimmer." One could assume they're referring to Manscaped, "Home of the Lawn Mower 5.0 waterproof trimmer."
Bodyscaping Insights
When it comes to personal grooming a little over half (52%) prefer a neat or smooth appearance, describing their body hair as either a "well-manicured garden" (40.8%) or "foliage-free" (11.2%). The rest (48%) prefer to let nature take the wheel, agreeing that their body hair is either an "untamed wilderness" (22.4%), a "desert with tumbleweeds" (16.9%), or just unsightly (8.8%).
A little over 3 in 10 adults shared that they groom weekly, followed by those who groom daily, at 21.4%. Interestingly, nearly 1 in 10 adults (9%) never groom at all.
Reasons People Are Bodyscaping?
Over 1 in 10 adults (11.7%) groom to please their partner. Meanwhile, 52.2% of people said for a neater appearance. Almost 30% groom their "personal lawns" because their body hair irritates them. Only 6.2% do it for special occasions, like anniversaries or Valentine’s Day.
Into The Thick of It
The study revealed that the face, armpits, and pubes get the most and nearly attention. On the other hand, adults neglect their backside, with 47.4% of adults identifying this part of the body's "lawn" as the "least regularly" mowed.
Most Popular Hair Care Tool
Overall, the razor is the most popular (75.5%) hair removal tool, followed by the trimmer at 45.1%. Very few adults opt for laser treatment, with only 3%. This could be due to the costs. Forbes reported that the average cost of laser hair removal ranges between $100 to $800 per individual treatment session.
The study goes even further into the wilderness of hair with their insights, from demographics like gender and age to grooming trends like pubic hair dying, vajazzling, or putting your favorite sports player's number into your personal landscape. Take a look at the complete study here.
