From the article: What to Know About Girls, Shaving and Puberty
What is the right age for girls to begin to shave? Is it different for everyone, or should girls have to wait until they hit a specific age? How do you know when preteen girls are ready to shave? And, how do you know if they're old enough to shave safely? Share Your Opinions
I haven't yet
- So I asked my mom the big Q. And she said "I don't know" that's not the answer when your daughter is ready she could be ready at 9 or maybe 16
- —Guest Jalyn
Middleschool
- I'm 11. Almost 12. I asked my mom if I could shave. She said when I'm 16. I kept reassuring her and making comments about my legs. Then she lowered the number to 14. I just can't wait that long. My leg hair is black. It's hairy. It's all over the place. People tease me. If you want the best for your daughter let her shave. More self esteem and less bullying. I'm still pressuring my mom though. I really wan't her to let me shave when I turn 12.
- —Guest Samantha
When They Want To
- I think girls should start to shave when they need to, like it's noticable, or when they feel self-conscious.
- —Guest what to do...?!
Sports
- I started shaving (my legs) the day before my first big school volleyball game (against another school) in sixth grade. I started getting uncomfortable with my leg hair and we had to wear shorts to play, so I asked if I could shave my legs, considering the circumstances. I guess you could say the school we were playing was our rival and I didn't think leg hair would be very intimidating.
- —Guest Snowball
Year 5-6
- I think that girls should start when they are in year 5 or 6, or when the get self conciousios and they won't go out in skirts without tights. I started then and I let my daughter start once she was 11 and she had low self esteem.
- —Guest Umm period
It's all about her growth
- Whenever she has dark hair that looks bad in shorts. Just think about how self conscious she gets.
- —Guest look and think
Dating
- I think a girl should do it when they start dating.
- —Guest S
5th grade
- I started right before I started 5th grade. My mom asked me. I started to use Nair, but It didn't work.
- —Guest Elizabeth
Very Young
- I started when I was 11. I showed my Mother and she immediately shown me the proper way to shave and moisturize the area. Only re shaved every other day then went up to every day just like Mom said.
- —Guest hp
I haven't started
- I'm in 7th grade and I haven't started shaving yet! My leg hair started to grow in 5th grade but it grew slow. When the hair gets long, I use scissors to cut them.
- —Guest vianna t
Show Us
- If you show us how to then when we want to we can start to shave. Don't tell us that we can't because you can't see it yet, we can and feel self-conscious. Also, don't always expect us to ask you, sometimes you should ask us.
- —Guest 12345
Middle School
- I think that a good time to start is when the girls are getting ready to start middle school and changing in front of their peers for gym.
- —Guest md
There are Alternatives
- You should also inform the girls that they have the OPTION to NOT SHAVE! There's too much peer pressure to do it, and we should break this expensive, inconvienient norm and make it OPTIONAL, NOT MANDATORY!
- —Guest Cait
Teach Her
- YOU should teach your daughter to shave as soon as she begins to grow pubic hair.
- —Guest jmh1949
My opinion
- I started at the end of 5th grade and my mom said I couldn't start shaving untill 7th grade when she started. But all my friends were shaving so I started anyways.
- —Softball2
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