I love plucking my armpit hair! Is it normal?

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I also love to do this. I do not tell anyone about it, of course, except for my partner. I relate the feel of it being pulled out to a release kind of like an extremely mini orgasm of sorts

OMG I DO THIS ALL THE TIME AND IT DOES FEEL SOOOHH GEWD..I DONT SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT I THINK MY ARMPIT HAIR IS BETTER BEING PLUCKED THEN SHAVED..I ADVISE ALL MY PPL ABOUT THIS THEY JUS ASSUME ITLL HURT NOT EVEN...THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THIS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT...

I do the same thing. I'll pluck until there's no more to pluck. My friend says, "why don't you just get them waxed?" but it's a sensation I get and feel relieved as I pull out. yep.. definitely not normal lol

a guy. i do it too. i'm not sure why but it does "feel good!" all the time. i think a mini orgasm is pretty much what it feels like when it comes out. hurts a little and makes me go to sleep. crazy. never any peeling or bleeding. i didn't know many others are doing this! whats the explanation for doing it?

Yea I do it too because I don't have very many, but I think most people think it's weird.

I pull nose hair...must be normal

This is an actully called trichotillmania which is an impulse control issue that helps you get reliefe when you are probabley stressed or feeling sad so it goes a little bit deeper than getting your legs waxed. Try to identify the emotions that make you want to pluck out your hair. This can cause scabs and infections when you keep pulling out your hair so can cause you some pain physically but I would be concerned about other issues in your life that make you want to do this. This does not make you abnormal or 'wierd, it is just your own way of dealing with emotional pain and for you it works but I would be concerned that your dealing with emotional pain alone and using this as self medication. Dont be scared to talk to somebody you can trust and tel them about this especially if it is a stress management mechanism because you do not want to end up pulling out hair from your scalp and your eyebrows if this habit escalates.It is not good for your health.

i don't do it...but yeah! it's called a fetish...
don't worry no one can object you on this..but you yourself..

Omg i do tht all the tyme!! and love it!

Trichotillomania. Look it up. I suffer from this too.

i love doing this my mom says its wierd but i love it it feels sooooooooooooooooo good....it is like a mini orgasim def if i feels like when u pool pit a hair that its pulling on a nerve or something LOVE IT!

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Ouch!!!!