• squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Shave your arms up to your elbows. If anyone says anything about it say you took a cooking course on making pizza from scratch, and the instructors recommended shaving your hands and forearms if you were going to try hand-tossing the dough to limit contamination.

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    10 months ago

    Men, if you have an issue with being too warm, and are hairy, that’s likely correlated. During the heat wave this summer I did total body hair removal, and my comfortable temperature range went from like 72F to 80F

    But, I have both hyperhydrosis and sweat triggered eczema, so staying cool is medically necessary for me.

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      10 months ago

      Being fully hairless just makes my clothes feel stickier in hot weather. Fine hair helps wick moisture. But ya, better than being fully furry if your hair grows in like a gorilla.

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      10 months ago

      I’m covered in thick fur from my head to the tips of my toes. I usually run hot and feel most comfortable in 65-68 degree temperatures.

      I did a full hair removal one summer - everything from the neck down - just to see if it would relieve me of the heat. Unfortunately, my hair also grows ridiculously fast. Not only did it fully grow back in less than a week, but it came back thicker! I now have fur patches in places I used to just have a few fine light hairs. Now I’m extra miserable in the heat.

      Bonus cruelty: I was in the US military for 20 years and kept getting stationed in hot places, including a deployment to Africa and a deployment to Iraq, both during the summer. I actually developed a heat rash in Africa from sweating too much.

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    If you did what I do for a living, you’d shave up to your elbow! Without a second thought. I’m lucky for not having that much body hair.

    Apply moisturizer - that skin is sensible - and be prepared for ingrown hairs. And hitching.