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BALD AND UNR THIRTY: ARE YOU GAY OR RACIST, MATE?

In the year and a half sce then, I've been the victim of nstant prejudice is often a subtle mask for a different snap judgement, as many people prume that a man wh a shaved head is one of two thgs: gay or heads are a popular and stereotypil look wh two UK muni.

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data-ttid="ArticleHear-headle">Come summer, 's time for men to go hairls</h1></hear><sectn class="_1Bz7o"><div class="WRbku"><div class="_3ohH5"><span class="qIIE_ _3BRJF"><span class="_1GUY1" data-ttid="AuthorNam"><strong><a class="sLxGg" data-ttid="AuthorURL" href="/by/stephen-clark-gy1d06">Stephen Clark</a></strong></span></span><span class="zwqgD">Senr Digner</span></div></div><sectn class="_2dzEx"><div class="_2cdD4" data-ttid="ArticleTimtamp"><time data-ttid="ArticleTimtamp-time">Aug 23, 2017 – 11.00pm</time></div><div class="_31gDS" data-ttid="ArticleTools"><div class="_26BHG"><button aria-scribedby="articleToolsLogTooltip" class="JSEcE WiPOW" data-click-outsi-ignore="te" data-ttid="SaveArticle-button" type="button"><span class="DcglW _3KahZ"><svg class="_1SIxy" focable="false" height="1em" aria-hidn="te" width="1em"><e xlk:href="#in-bookmark"></e></svg></span><span class="_1dFpl">Save</span></button><div class="G-AXw _3Xjsv" id="articleToolsLogTooltip" role="tooltip"><div 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Warmer weather se toss our wter layers and ll ourselv drsed if we're wearg a new pair of thongs. But along wh public semi-nudy public scty, and for many that means takg charge of metaphorilly mowg the lawns and trimmg the hedg. Manspg, a word.</p><p>Ewan McGregor reckons <a href=">shavg his cht</a> tak 10 years off his age. Bodybuilrs do to give better fn to their mcl. Swimmers do to go faster and, I don't know, bee feels nice.</p><p>In a staggerg act of historil revisnism, the BBC tweeted a photo of shirtls star <a href=">Aidan Turner</a> preparg for a scene the TV seri <em>Poldark</em>, set the 1780s. 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Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark looks like he has ught the manspg bug. <!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU">BBC</ce></p></figptn></figure><p>"Saturday afternoon at Bondi," says groomg expert Will Fennell, "you won't see a hair on the guys."</p><p>Fennell's <a href=">sk clic</a>, Will and Peta, Sydney's eastern suburbs, ss across the road om a morn barber. The ctomers e as often as once a week to mata today's look of tight fas and razor-sharp edg. And when they do, says Fennell, they're not embarrassed to talk body groomg.</p></div></div><asi class="_3JfHJ"></asi><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG Hqxcp" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos2-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos2-tablet"></div><div class="" id="adspot-970x250_728x90-pos2-sktop"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><div class="_2J452"><div class="_33oUB"><div class="tl7wu" id="endOfArticle"><p>"Twenty years ago was the gays who shaved, then the metrosexuals. Nowadays gay guys are more relaxed about body hair and 's the straight crowd who are takg off," says Fennell. "Eyebrow waxg is very popular among men now. They're not jt waxg between the brows but also removg a ltle above the eyelid to open the eye area up. This really works."</p><p>The methods men e clu pilatory creams, shavg wh a razor or electric groomer, waxg and laser treatments. The <a href=">Shaver Shop</a> stocks at-home IPL (tense pulsed light) epilatn vic om brands like Babyliss and Smoothsk that work like mercial lasers. The harst area to reach wh DIY methods is your back: the US-ma <a href=">baKbla</a> has a long bendy arm and wi bla to fix that.</p><p>Someone who has tried them all and has the srs to prove (lerally) is 29-year-old retail analyst Mo*. Of Lebane scent, Mo says the only plac he don't grow hair are the palms of his hands, sol of his feet and eyelids. Everywhere else is subject to a laser every six to seven weeks.</p><p>It tak two hours to do the whole body, is super paful and sts $525 a ssn.</p><figure class="gzJMC unfed NvmVw" data-pb-type="im"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1180px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 1020px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16, width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":696,"urls":["width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16"," width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x"]}"/><img alt="" class="_1srKI" data-ttid="Image-image" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16, width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x" siz="(max-width: 767px) 382px" data-id="a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":382,"urls":["width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16"," width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/a9270b3d015fcf6f397ee3c6f7d2d906f23eeb16 2x"]}"/></picture><figptn class="LuHig"><p>The evolutn of hairlsns ntu apace, as men match women their effort to ee themselv of body hair.<!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU">Shutterstock</ce></p></figptn></figure><p>Mo started to be self-nsc about beg hairy at 10, and took to wearg a shirt to go swimmg. He remembers takg off both eyebrows early high school while tryg to get them even. He's suffered more -grown hairs than he n shake a stick at, and has a six-centimetre sr on his upper arm om when he cut himself wh a dry bla. He cid to outsource the problem to a lol laser salon.</p><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG _35ekj Hqxcp _3_nxH" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos3-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos3-tablet"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><p>"She's seen every b of me. We have no secrets," he says of his relatnship wh the salon's therapist.</p><p>Few would go to the lengths of a plete Manzilian, as Mo do (although he not he don't stay hairls for long: always grows back). As well as managg the regrowth, Mo lik the way feels, pecially summer. "I feel lighter and cleaner," he says. "I don't get so hot and chy."</p><p>Peter Elchaar is a trichologist specialisg hair and slp problems. He is more ed to seeg men wh too ltle rather than too much hair at his salon <a href=">Pure Hair Pure Body</a>, Sydney's north-wt, but he n settle some qutns. Do men get hairier as they get olr? Y, says Elchaar, 's all part of the same ageg procs that e many men to go bald.</p><figure class="gzJMC unfed NvmVw" data-pb-type="im"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1180px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 1020px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff, width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":696,"urls":["width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff"," width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x"]}"/><img alt="" class="_1srKI" data-ttid="Image-image" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff, width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x" siz="(max-width: 767px) 382px" data-id="b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":382,"urls":["width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff"," width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/b967001b89875df7f6257b590247744662b2ff 2x"]}"/></picture><figptn class="LuHig"><p>Groomg gu Will Fennell. <!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU"></ce></p></figptn></figure><p>"A lot of my clients say the hair om their head is fallg onto their ears, their shoulrs and back."</p><p>What about cleanls: is body hair unhygienic? "Not really," says Elchaar. "If men shower once a day and do all the thgs they're supposed to do, then they are jt as clean wh hair on or off."</p><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG _35ekj Hqxcp _3_nxH" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos4-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos4-tablet"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><p>What's the pot of body hair? "Body hair is like sha cloth for the sk, protectg om sun damage and om dryg out. Whout you are at greater risk of melanoma," says Elchaar. "It's kd of obv when you thk about ."</p><p>So when did men start hatg their hairy bodi? The msage that unrarm or leg hair is unsightly, unseemly and downright disrpectful when flashed has been ed to sell products to women for the bt part of a century. Now men are ppg .</p><figure class="gzJMC unfed NvmVw" data-pb-type="im"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1180px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 1020px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f, width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":696,"urls":["width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f"," width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x"]}"/><img alt="" class="_1srKI" data-ttid="Image-image" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f, width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x" siz="(max-width: 767px) 382px" data-id="fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":382,"urls":["width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f"," width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/fc70c49176ac8f9c9327a7f35d601f6be915025f 2x"]}"/></picture><figptn class="LuHig"><p>Gettg to those hard-to-reach plac: the US-ma bakBla. <!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU"></ce></p></figptn></figure><p>"Women's groomg has reached s peak," says Fennell, "whereas the men's market is growg exponentially."</p><p>Manufacturers are signg hairdryers and straighteners to look ls girly, more unisex. Brn's new <a href=">Multi Groomg K</a> has ne attachments for body and face.</p><p>Benjam Wilson is an Atralian dtrial signer at nsumer giant Procter <!-- -->&<!-- --> Gamble, owners of Brn, based Germany. He says that men's groomg is now more volved – and more timate – than ever. "Guys around the world have ma manspg a natural part of their groomg route," says Wilson. Brn updated s range to clu a tool that n do everythg om the stubble look to long beards, ntour edgg, clippg, body groomg and nose and ear trimmg.</p><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG _35ekj Hqxcp _3_nxH" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos5-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos5-tablet"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><p>The advent of ee onle porn the past is sometim blamed for the trend to hairlsns "down there". In what uld be termed the wood-for-the-tre argument: the, ahem, nut palm appears larger when the surroundg bh is cleared. Tticle texture matters too: more billiard ball, ls nut hk. One romantic no-no is scratchy stubble.</p><figure class="gzJMC unfed NvmVw" data-pb-type="im"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1180px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 1020px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8, width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":620,"urls":["width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8"," width_1240/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8, width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":696,"urls":["width_696/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8"," width_1392/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x"]}"/><img alt="" class="_1srKI" data-ttid="Image-image" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="width_620/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8" srcSet="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=, data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAACCAQAAAA3fa6RAAAADklEQVR42mNkAANGCAUAACMAA2w/AMgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-srcset="width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8, width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x" siz="(max-width: 767px) 382px" data-id="ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0,"type":"raw","width":382,"urls":["width_382/t_rize_width%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8"," width_764/t_rize_width%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/ba3fb03114b68f9f2feb4b78265afa30e066e8 2x"]}"/></picture><figptn class="LuHig"><p>Atralian Men's Health fds most of the ver stars are shaved. Jason Statham, May 2017, is an exceptn <!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU"></ce></p></figptn></figure><p>If the vers of magaz like <em>Atralian Men's Health</em> are a hair-ee zone, 's by accint rather than sign, acrdg to creative director David Ashford. "We have n jt one or two hairy chts each of the past four years," he says. "Generally those hairy chts are on slightly olr guys like [Brish actor] Jason Statham. When we go to shoot someone, even the footy players, they've all shaved."</p><p>Ashford says his magaze's surveys suggt that women like a manly cht g, although other studi claim the oppose. In eher se, Fennell don't thk young men are trimmg for women. Instead, they're parg themselv to guys they see on Instagram and at the gym.</p><p>Love or loathe the trend to hairlsns, lookg like a Wookie will be hard to jtify this g summer. The dread neck mane is a sure fire turn-off. Feel ee to embrace the shag, by all means, but a T-shirt should never reveal one ntuo rpet om cht (or back) to head.</p><p>Men, to the mirrors!</p><p><em>*Mo is not his real name.</em></p></div><div class="_3E2eQ"><div class="_2wCJp"><div class="_1fSQD"><span class="_13Ymr" data-ttid="AuthorCard"><span><strong><a class="_35mP2" data-ttid="AuthorURL" href="/by/stephen-clark-gy1d06">Stephen Clark</a></strong> is the art director of The Atralian Fancial Review's weekly Life & Leisure sectn and also wr on travel, men's agranc and groomg.</span><span class="_1OfwR AJ5Ph" data-ttid="Author-Social"><span> <!-- -->Email <!-- -->Stephen<!-- --> at <a class="_3AEsg" href=""></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="_3nTt0" data-ttid="ArticleFooter"><div class="_30U_H"><div class="_26BHG"><button aria-scribedby="articleFooterLogTooltip" class="JSEcE uxhXB" data-click-outsi-ignore="te" data-ttid="SaveArticle-button" type="button"><span class="DcglW"><svg class="_1SIxy" focable="false" height="1em" aria-hidn="te" width="1em"><e xlk:href="#in-bookmark"></e></svg></span><span class="">Save</span></button><div class="_2jGyo _3Xjsv" id="articleFooterLogTooltip" role="tooltip"><div class="KNEjM" data-ttid="SaveArticle-tooltip"><button class="__V_M" type="button">Log </button> or <a class="_3NFfI" data-ttid="SaveArticle-subscribeLk" href=">Subscribe</a> to save article</div></div></div><div class="_332VY" data-ttid="ArticleSocialShare"><button class="_1whEj E-qQO" data-ttid="ArticleSocialShare-buttonShare" type="button"><span class="_1cmVb"><svg class="_1SIxy" focable="false" height="1em" aria-hidn="te" width="1em"><e xlk:href="#in-share"></e></svg></span><span class="">Share</span></button></div></div><div class="_28OFW"><div class="nEW5f"><a class="_2SABC" href=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>License article</span></a></div></div></div><div class="_3QtdZ" data-ttid="ArticleTags"><div class="_27M2O _2-Rvi" data-ttid="NewsfeedArticleDriver" role="alert"><hear class="_1slp0"><h2 class="_2iSlc">Introducg your <span class="_3jl0N">Newsfeed</span></h2><button class="_1aHhd" data-ttid="NewsfeedArticleDriver-close" type="button"><svg class="_1SIxy" aria-labelledby="newsfeed article driverclose-tle" focable="false" height="1em" aria-label="Close" role="img" width="1em"><tle id="newsfeed article driverclose-tle">Close .

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