Korean women shaved

30 Mar Upon further investigation, I learned that in Asian culture, women had in fact, been shaving their faces pretty much forever (I mean, obviously this woman wasn 't lying to me). The trend hit the United States pretty hard a few years ago, both as a method of hair removal and skin exfoliation, and it's slowly.

9 Feb Asian women also shed fewer hairs on their bodies than other races, which might make any hirsutism more pronounced. As for the anti-ageing claims of shaving your face, they're nonsense.

Men have thicker, more youthful-looking skin because male androgens cause an increase in skin thickness of up to.

24 Jun An image from Weibo submitted to the armpit hair contest (Weibo). I for one rarely shave: armpits or legs for that matter, and feel almost no pressure to do so ( unless I'm attending a function or with expat friends). The fact is that I, like many Chinese and East Asian women, am not very hairy. One year-old.