If you’re looking for the best manscaping tips every guy should know, this complete modern men’s grooming guide can help with tricks and techniques. From shaving your chest, back and arms to trimming your pubic hair and private areas, it’s important to learn how to manscape properly.
Manscaping Styles
If you’re feeling a bit hairy these days, it may be the time to consider a bit of manscaping. Don’t worry if you’re not looking to get rid of all the hair on your body, manscaping styles range from cleaning up stray hairs to a full body hair overhaul.
When planning out your manscaping strategy, consider the placement and shape of your body hair. Some men prefer a smoother chest with a snail trail while others seek out a hairy chest and hair free stomach, so there’s no right or wrong answer.
Nevertheless, you’ll need the right grooming tools to get started. Whether you want a shaver for a smooth, clean look or a complete pubic hair trimmer for effortless manscaping that is so versatile it doubles as a total body groomer, investing in high-quality machines will maximize convenience and minimize pain.
Naturally, after you groom your body, you can always apply a number of essential oils to soothe and strengthen your skin and hair.
Chest
When it comes to chest hair grooming, the options range from fur sweater to baby bottom clean. If you’re just looking for a neatly trimmed look, use a quality electric buzzer to trim chest hair down to your desired length.
A good old-fashioned manual razor and shaving cream will do the trick if you’re looking for a bare look. Note that shaving the chest with a razor may bring about prickly and itchy hairs when hair starts to regrow.
Back
Manscaping trends for the back historically trend toward the removal of all hair. If you have a lot of unwanted back hair, you may want to explore getting waxed by a professional.
If you aren’t keen on waxing, a good trimmer with an arm extension is an excellent way to groom hair on the back when you don’t have anyone to help out.
Armpits
If you have longer armpit hair, you may want to look into trimming the hairs to a shorter length, especially in those dog days of summer.
Don’t get the razor and shaving cream out for this one, but use an electric trimmer with at least a #2 guard to trim the armpits.
Arms
For those with especially furry arms, some limb manscaping may be in order. To achieve a natural look, using a #1 or #2 guard on your electric trimmer gets the job done, depending on your natural hair length. When you remove the hair from your arms, don’t forget to razor your finger hair off as well to match your shorter arm hair.
Legs
When your legs are particularly bushy, you will want to trim hair from the knee up to the upper thighs with a #1 guard, and from the knee down to the ankle with a #2 guard.
If you’re going for a clean-shaven look and you have a high pain threshold coupled with lots of extra money, getting a professional wax is the way to go.
Pubic Hair
Before you manscape below the belt, make sure you have a game plan. Since this area is sensitive, you’ll want to take special precautions with grooming down below. However, there may be benefits to trimming pubic hair instead of shaving it completely off.
Bush and Shaft
Keeping things neat and tidy is on the top of the list when it comes to this area. To start off, use an electric trimmer to thin out the bulk, pulling the skin taut over your bush, shaft, and upper thighs.
Balls
You’ll want to skip the trimmer when it comes to the ever-sensitive balls, because a trimmer can, gulp, catch the skin. You can float the trimmer over the skin to remove length, but the cleanest shave is done with a razor.
Make sure to stretch the skin to get the closest shave. If you want hairless balls and have trepidation about using a razor, a depilatory cream works without having to deal with the stress of using a razor.
Butt
Using a pair of electric clippers, start with a #2 guard and work your way down each cheek. This way, you will reduce the risk of cutting yourself while giving yourself a blind trim.
Whatever you do, don’t use a razor on butt cheeks, as the hair regrowth will cause itchiness and prickly hairs.
Nose
Hair protruding from your nose can be unsightly and distracting. In the case of nose hair, it’s best not to pluck as this can lead to infection and bleeding.
Grooming scissors do the trick by removing any hairs you can see coming from your nose, and an electric trimmer works just as well.
Eyebrows
No matter what your manscaping routine, your eyebrows should never be neglected, as they’re the centerpieces of your face. Using a moustache comb, brush brows upward so the hairs are pointing toward the top of your head.
Use a small pair of scissors to trim any hairs that are longer than the rest. A pair of tweezers will take care of hairs around the perimeter of the eyebrows.
Ears
As you age, so does the amount of hair in your ears. A spot that most men don’t think about when it comes to manscaping, the ears are often an overlooked part of male grooming.
Start by using tweezers to pluck hairs from around the outer ear area. Use a pair of grooming scissors to trim any long hair protruding from the ears.