His chest.....

[Anissa T]

Okay, this is going to sound idiotic, but I just have to say something, because my curiosity has gotten the best of me.

So, last season in Crusade (I think), when Vala returned (via Daniel), they showed a scene in the locker room where BB had his shirt off. No biggy really, but it showed him with some chest hair, but not enough to even really pay attention.

So, the other night, I'm watching a rerun of Farscape and he was putting a shirt on and OMG, did BB have a whopping chest full of hair. :eek:

So, I'm wondering if it was his decision to get rid of some of it or if the powers that be asked him to get rid of some of it. Not that I care either way, but it's just one of those things that make you go hmmmm.......

It's making me laugh just thinking about it.

[cb49747]

The powers that be would have to be throwing some big money my way before I started waxing I can tell ya that much right now.

[Anissa T]

LOL!


I know it sounds stupid, but I've heard rumors about the headhonchos asking weird things from their actors. I mean, could you picture the conversation (assuming they asked)?

There was some speculation a while back about David Hassaelhof's chest hair.

:thanx:

[Colonel Carter]

I think that's funny. Sad, but funny. I know a guy with so much chest hair that you can see tufts of it coming up over his collar, if he's wearing a t-shirt or something. You wouldn't see it if he had like a dress shirt on. I would imagine waxing his chest would cause him a great deal of pain.

You know, guys have hairy chests. The only reason to get rid of Ben's chest hair would be to try and sell the show based on sex appeal. Funny thing is, not everyone is going to be attracted to a guy with a bare chest. Personally I think bare chested men are unnatural, they should have chest hair. And who cares if they have a lot of it?

[Anissa T]

I don't usually pay much attention to things like that. It was only because the two were so different that I even picked up on it.

FYI, I like a bit of a hairy chest too. Funny thing is, I thought he looked better with the very hairy chest.

Oh yeah, I also agree that a hairless or barely there chest is a bit unnatural. I know there are a handful of guys out there who really don't get chest hair, but I think the majority does.

[Colonel Carter]

I know there are a handful of guys out there who really don't get chest hair, but I think the majority does.
Those who haven't hit puberty yet. :p

Although, don't guys lose chest hair if they build up a lot of muscle? It seems like the body builders have no hair, but maybe they wax. :eek:

[Anissa T]

Most shave or wax. I saw a documentary on a body buildler. This guy shaved his entire body (even his butt).

Anyhow, some athletes, depending on the sport, shave as well.

[Colonel Carter]

I've heard that swimmers and bicyclists do.

[cb49747]

I've heard that swimmers and bicyclists do.


I used to swim in highschool and I qualified for the state finals in one race, my coach said I had to shave my legs for the race. Now I will tell you when I was in highschool I did not have to shave, ie no facial or body hair with the exception of my legs, which were quite hairy. So I had no experience with shaving. I went to the store bought a razor and shaved my legs dry. About 20min after shaving I was in unbearable pain.

Needless to say, I have never shaved my legs since.

[Colonel Carter]

I used to swim in highschool and I qualified for the state finals in one race, my coach said I had to shave my legs for the race. Now I will tell you when I was in highschool I did not have to shave, ie no facial or body hair with the exception of my legs, which were quite hairy. So I had no experience with shaving. I went to the store bought a razor and shaved my legs dry. About 20min after shaving I was in unbearable pain.

Needless to say, I have never shaved my legs since.
Ouch! That's painful just reading that. You should have asked your mom how to shave your legs! YOWCH! Dry shaving your legs is the fastest way to get razor burn.

There are shaving creams designed for legs. Personally, I just shave mine in the shower when their wet. I make sure I've been in the shower long enough for them to get a little soaked, then just grab a razor and go. Sometimes after I'll need to put on some lotion, I think it depends on how new the razor is. It also helps to use soap on them after shaving. But it's a lot cheaper than wasting money on shaving cremes. :D

[Anissa T]

I have to buy the special shaving cream for my legs. I can't use soap because I am allergic to most of them (because of the perfumes). Whether or not I shave, I put on lotion almost everyday. I don't have overly dry skin, but I lotion up so it won't get dry.

[Colonel Carter]

My skin seems rather sensitive to soap as well. My skin will usually feel dry because of soap. So I always get the soap for sensitive skin and it's better. I've been using Dove Sensitive Skin bar soap for showers for awhile now.

I use lotion regularly on my hands, especially at work. I think the soap they use at work dries my skin out because at home I use Dial liquid hand soap and don't feel the need to use lotion afterwards, but at work, after I wash my hands they always feel so dry. So I have a bottle of hand lotion in my desk. I use it a lot now. Back before I did, I frequently would get dry spots on my hand where the skin would feel really rough. I haven't had that in a long time. I should lotion my feet more because I do have a problem on one spot on the tops of my feet, same spot on both feet, that gets really dry and rough. My elbows are another place where that happens.

I always have to use face lotion after I wash my face. If not my cheeks will get dry and flaky and that annoys me to no end.

I remember when I was a kid, my mom used lotion all the time and I couldn't understand why. She'd offer me some but I never liked the smell so I usually declined. Now I understand why. I wish I had the same kind of skin I had as a kid. The only person I ever heard who got that, I wouldn't want to go through what she went through. I saw it on some medical show. She had a severe allergic reaction to something (don't remember what) that caused all her skin to fall off. I saw pictures, she looked like a bloody mess, like her entire body had been burned. Even her eyes suffered and she had a green film over them. They honestly believed she was going to die, but then her skin grew back and they said it was like brand new baby skin. Her eyes healed and everything. So she got a wonderful thing from the experience - great skin, but I would not want to go through what she went through to get it.

[Anissa T]

I occasionally have problems with my elbows not often. Although, I often have problems with my hands, but usually only in the winter.

Bar soap doesn't dry my skin out, it causes an allergic reaction in which I begin sneezing, runny nose, water eyes etc. My brother has the same problem. The only soap he can use is dial.

I prefer to just not use bar soap at all. Why risk it?

[cb49747]

Hey when your 17, odds are, you asking your mom how to shave your legs is not gonna happen.

Also did this thread make a 90 degree turn or what.

[Anissa T]

LOL~

I couldn't picture that happening either.......

[Colonel Carter]

Hey when your 17, odds are, you asking your mom how to shave your legs is not gonna happen.

Also did this thread make a 90 degree turn or what.
I'm sure she'd understand your reason for it though - sports. And she'd probably be a safer bet than trying to ask dad. :p If a teenage boy asked his dad that, dad might try to find more manly things for him to do. ;)