Expect to See Even More Legs Shaving Korean Male Idols

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Men With Hair No Longer Trend

A 30-year-old male office worker, who has asked to be identified only by his family name Kim, recently made a purchase he would never have considered just a couple of years ago from an online shopping mall ― an electric epilator.

"I wouldn't have minded going outside in shorts with hair on my legs then, but not these days," Kim said. "I still don't completely like the idea of removing hair, but it's obvious my girlfriend doesn't like to see me with hairy legs."

To his relief, he doesn't appear to be the only male to purchase such equipment this summer.

Sales of body hair-removing products have risen sharply with the arrival of summer, retailers say.

Since April, men have accounted for over 10 percent of buyers of an electric epilator released by GS Home Shopping, an online shopping mall. The number grew about 30 percent year-on-year, and 50 percent from 2007, the company said Thursday.

Younger men are especially interested in such grooming devices, as those between the ages of 25 to 35 make up 80 percent of all male consumers, it added.

In spite of the economic slowdown, interest continues to grow among Korean men for body grooming products, as the "pretty-boy" look emerges as a prevailing trend, industry watchers say.

"Soaring sales of such devices in online malls show that men are still `shy' about going to shop in person," said Kim Ho-kyu, a merchandiser at GS Home Shopping.

GS is planning to launch more epilator promotions late at night or on weekends, in an attempt to woo more potential male consumers.

It is not limited to GS. Sales of epilating products for the 10-day period starting from May 23, more than doubled those in the previous 10 days, said D&Shop, another Internet marketplace.

Over 17,000 units of creams, wax strips and other depilatory items were sold last month on Gmarket, the nation's largest online mall. The sale represents an increase of 180 percent from the previous month. Auction is currently selling some 1,000 hair-removal products per day, with sales of waxes rising 30 percent in May from last year.

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Comments

[fraash.livejournal.com]

LOL. me too. Im not the fan of the hairy -in any area really.
But when guys dont have hair in their pits, i begin to question them. ._.

[fashionbang.livejournal.com]

lol i don't know about this whole men-with-no-hair thing.
its weird.. like my roommate is korean and pit hair freaks her the hell out.
..i don't think it's that weird/gross....

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

okay i thought i was the only one that didn't see men with hair as weird. it's just hair, so idk. i don't think it's gross or anything. :/

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

lolwat

[notlistening-xx.livejournal.com]

i mind all hair except the legs so idk man. so random lol

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

korea you are so strange.

i wouldn't like that my guy shaved his legs/pits. really.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

can you imagine snuggling with him and he has prickly legs of death? aish.

[dreamgazed.livejournal.com]

as long as the hair is under control lol

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

this.
my brother trims his armpit hair, so he still has hair except it's not a messy bush lol.

[kyujong.livejournal.com]

Just another reason for me to shack up with a Korea. I can live with leg hair but a man who shaves? Would be like a dream come true.

[hisarashi.livejournal.com]

THIS THIS THIS!!! *bounce*

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

[wad.livejournal.com]

I knew I should have learned how to swim :(

[somnium-vita.livejournal.com]

I think part of being male is having hair on their bodies. I'm not a fan of back hair - but a little chest hair never bothered me and I can't even understand the concept of hairless legs on a man. I'd hate for my boyfriend to have smoother legs than me.

[freakative.livejournal.com]

I'd hate for my boyfriend to have smoother legs than me.
imagine the stupid jokes that would result in D:

[tinyknots.livejournal.com]

I like asians because of the lack of hair (hair is so gross ngl) but legs is fine I guess.

[notlistening-xx.livejournal.com]

ia so hard. im ecstatic about my boyfriend's lack of hair while my friends think its weird.

[canyoucelebrate.livejournal.com]

Good. Hair makes me vomit.

[xxarnxx.livejournal.com]

pit hair is some what of a turn off for me :/ and chest hair, no.
hairy legs are fine, but i fucking love the little trial of hair under the belly button, that leads to wonderland *w*

[cosmickimchi.livejournal.com]

happy trails = ♥

[sojufever.livejournal.com]

I don't really mind either way. Shaving doesn't bother me and neither does being hairy as long as the hair is somewhat tamed.

[xxsmiiles.livejournal.com]

Great! I don't even like hairy legs. LOL yes, the flower boys are such a trend right now. Go blow your money on beauty products, guys!

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Then they will really understand why their girlfriends spend all their money. It takes a lot for good results.

[mikkyboom.livejournal.com]

i used to be okay with pit hair but then jaejoong appeared in my life and now i'm just all confused. D:

but i think leg hair is fine~

[orenjuhimechan.livejournal.com]

'i used to be okay with pit hair but then jaejoong appeared in my life and now i'm just all confused. D:'

are you me qq

[purplehaze-33.livejournal.com]

honestly, i dont really care, hahah, either way is fine. being hairy does not gross me out; rather i like it. XDDD, but shaving's fine too.

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

I have an epilator but we call it the buzz buzz machine because well frankly epilator sounds wrong. XDDD

That makes sense I guess, to go buzz crazy because you know you have people like Hyun Joong and Jaejoong to compete with and the source to prettiness is hairlessness. >.> Says who IDK!

I kind of like hair. It shows how manly they are. On the chest is gross, but like with Changmin for an instance, and his back hair? The HELL would I mind?

LOL. Korea. Seriously. You make me giggle. XDD

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

IDK how I fell about this... no wait I think I could get used to it and even like it~

[stopthedisco.livejournal.com]

Meh, I consider super hairy legs/back pretty gross, so as long as it's at least under control then YAY. :D

Hairy pits are a super huge no-no for me UGH cannot stand them. :[

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

that's what I was thinking the idea kinda grosses me out. stubble no that can't at all feel good. :(

[nene718.livejournal.com]

Now men can suffer as we have!

[mnemo-syne.livejournal.com]

lol

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

in my younger days, i would have been all for this. i outgrew my pretty boy phase YEARS ago though (u can tell because i used to be much more into jdramas/japanese talent than i am now...lmao) and am totally into scruff and manlitude. hell i even saw a boy with an iron&wine HIPSTER BEARD a few days ago and thought he was attractive. that would have NEVER HAPPENED IN 2005 BELIEVE ME xDD

dear korea, please grow a pair. you are not japan, you are just genetically more inclined to be huskier and scruffier, love, me

[urusai-baba.livejournal.com]

The funny thing about that is, when I was in Korea, all the guys I dated barely had any hair naturally anyway. No chest hair at all, only a little leg hair.
I was kinda shocked coming to Japan.. because a lot more guys here have serious hair, for asians anyway. Also more likely to have more facial hair here.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

Well. I don't mind a bit of hair, lol.

(http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc273/lady_deezy/2PM%20gifs/?action=view&current=junsu.gif)

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

i noticed his pit hair during that perf and i was a bit happy that he hadn't gone the completely hairless route. XD

[bulgocrazyi.livejournal.com]

boys keep your hair.
I don't mind pit shaving but PUHLEASE. I don't find it hot rubbing against stubbly legs. That's our thing kay thanks :|