It’s only hair… so why is our relationship with it so complicated, and so often shrouded in shame? Stylist’s beauty director Hanna Ibraheem explores.

Itu2019s only hairu2026 so why is our relationship with it so complicated, and so often shrouded in shame? Stylistu2019s beauty director Hanna Ibraheem explores.

Women share their complex relationship with body hair

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We’re raised to believe that the hair growing from us is shameful

“I started to question why I was shaving, and who I was shaving for” 

“Sometimes when I’m out, I’ll slip off to the bathroom to shave” 

“Maintaining a hairless body is so time-consuming”  

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It’s only hair… so why is our relationship with it so complicated, and so often shrouded in shame?

“I can’t leave the house without shaving”: 3 women share their complex relationship with body hair