The wife tends to appreciate not gaggin on hair when she's already gaggin on ...I mean providing a, err...doing me a favor. But, I've never gon bald, just a trim, a bit off the top please.

@Lucky B -

Dude you knew I would be on this like white on rice - a safe starch ala PHD so my comment is totally Paleo cool. A very rushed post since I need to sleep soon to get up early...

I'm all about the manscaping.

• Schweaty balls may be Paleo, but the Mrs (or in my case Mrs-eseses) prefer the shorn scrotum -
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVChao15oDw&playnext=1&list=PL67E0505A02AFFEC3, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMIDpJ8H7H0

• A good base cut turns you from chia pet to porn star in minutes. Nuff said!!!

• You never know when you might engage in some Paleo aquatic activities that require maximum hydrodynamic efficiency. Eliminating the 1970s bush will be the difference between catching your source of Omega 3 and being forced to eat some neolithic, omega 6 laden crap

• As you know, my approach to Paleo is to avoid NADs, of which a subset is avoiding fro on the NADs

My tool of choice is my electric razor and the trimming attachment. But beware of the careless moment. I was going to start a reality TV series - "When Manscaping Goes Horribly Wrong". People would be mortified...it would be a smash hit.

Last piece of advice to quote one of my mentors - Don't forget the taint!!!

Ugh, why do guys want to look like boys? With the exception of a lot of back hair, all other hair on guys is sexy. And sharp, razored stubble is bad enough on the face much less all over the rest of the body. Keep the hair - it makes you look like a man!

I'm trying to figure out how manscaping is in any way paleo? Somehow I don't see Grok as being a metrosexual.

sorry to butt in, dudes. so, for christmas im making this awesome shaving oil with wild verbena and argan oil. its awesome. my husband has been using it as my test monkey and is in love. this is a very, VERY low maintenance dude who has never used any other products aside from dr. bronners and hardly ever is found wearing something other than his carharts. anyhoo, he thinks is just great and hes getting the closest shave hes ever had.

on his face, people. his face. the rest of him is as nature intended.

so, you dont have to wait until the holidays and shell out money for my fancy stuff (though, i sure wouldnt mind if you did). try some jojoba oil if you can find it (theres currently a worldwide shortage of the stuff and it can get a bit pricy) or some olive oil or avocado oil or sunflower seed oil. spike it with some lavender and tee tree or chamomile. after a shower where your hair is soft, massage a tiny bit into the area you want to shave, wait a minute for it to skink in, and go to town. makes a crappy, rusty, dull old razor feel like new and you can see where youre going. its good stuff.

what say ye, aravind aka ghee wolverine aka jar jaravind?

Aha, not one week ago I was having this very discussion. I've never shaved but I've always kinda wanted to. The thing holding me back is the stubble-length term when it's growing back. Like a crewcut or something. Seems like it'd be just kinda silly for a while. Like maybe it's just gotta be all or nothing.

As for the rest of my body I guess I'm kinda lucky to not have a lot of shoulder hair, back hair, etc.

Hah, I went and got laser hair removal once, because I shaved my chest and found it was the worst thing ever.

Soon as I did killed the itch, that was several years ago now I have no problem shaving without any issues.

Not really paleo, but best answer I can give.

wax or invest in a machine that cuts it down and thins it out but doesnt shave it all off!!

I invested in a traditional shaving kit with a single blade.

The Gilette stuff is shit compared to it. Since you're italian you can probable get the Proraso products for a nice price. They are quite OK and gives you a fresh feeling. A shaving brush is also to recommend.

You'll find lots of traditional razors, shaving creams, after shaves etc on eBay.

I have never been sore nor had any razor burns since I started traditional shaving.

Just be a bit careful the first times, it is quite easy to cut yourself. Guess I don't need to tell you it can really hurt, especially in unspeakable places...

You'll find lot of good videos for shaving (you face) and most of the principles on youtube. Check out mantic59's channel.

Best of luck!

Oh my god this is such a funny question. But to chime in on the matter, I think it's unnatural when men shave that region. Seems like a girly thing to me and I like men a rugged and tough. But that's just my opinion.

First of all, to address the fact that multiple people have questioned its paleo-ness, I believe that many cultures throughout human history have chosen to modify or remove body hair, whether it be shaving the head or facial hair or "other regions."

While I am not a man, I do remove everything "down below" for reasons that would also apply to men. First of all, I do not like being damp down there when working out. Second of all, when I am not "bald," the rubbing of my clothes against the hair is extremely uncomfortable and itchy. I could imagine that for men, it would be even worse because certain organs would always be itchy.

As for my hair removal method of choice, I use an epilator. It works very well and results last longer than shaving. The epilator is like an electric razor only with many little tweezer-like things that pluck the hairs. However, if you do not want to be completely bald, this would not be your method of choice, I am afraid.

Other than the weekly face shave, nothing else is even on my radar. But then again, I'm part Puerto Rican, and we don't really have much body hair.