Why do Japanese women shave their faces and backs (14 photos)

Modern Japanese women are no less obsessed with their own appearance than their ancestors.





We all know firsthand about the beauty, grace and sophistication of Asian women, and in particular Japanese women.



Since ancient times, there has been a real cult of female beauty in Japan, and every representative of the fair half of humanity was supposed to have a chiseled figure, neatly defined cheekbones, large eyes, plump lips, graceful fingers, tiny legs and, of course, perfect skin without the slightest hint of imperfections.



It is not surprising that Japanese beauties spent a huge amount of time and money on caring for themselves and maintaining their appearance at the proper level and often decided to use deadly, as they would say now, beauty products. In the end, in the war for the title of “most beautiful”, all means are good!



By the way, modern Japanese women are no less obsessed with their own appearance than their ancient compatriots. It is also important for them to have an ideal figure (not an ounce of excess fat!), pretty, neat facial features, snow-white, and therefore healthy teeth and, of course, ideal, almost porcelain skin.



Moreover, “ideal” means not only the absence of pimples, moles or, God forbid, warts, but also hairs. Any, even minimal hair on a woman’s body is comparable to a disaster, which is why the vast majority of Japanese women, starting from the age of 10, actively fight the manifestations of hairiness by any available means - most often, with a razor.



Surely, almost every lady, regardless of age and nationality, upon carefully examining her own reflection in the mirror, will note the presence of a small amount of hair on her face. Most often, this is a light fluff above the lip, which many men, by the way, consider a very sexy feature, a small amount of extra hair under the eyebrows and on the temples.



In general, they can, of course, be removed so that you can sleep more peacefully at night, so to speak, but most women don’t get hung up on such little things, and certainly don’t seriously consider the idea of shaving their facial hair. All girls know well: if you go over even a very delicate fluff with a razor, very soon it will turn into a problem - a tough, prickly, truly masculine problem.



But this doesn’t stop the Japanese. On the contrary, women from the Land of the Rising Sun shave their entire faces, including their eyelids and nose. And they do this with enviable regularity - every three weeks. According to Japanese beauties, it is better to apply cosmetics on a well-shaven face, the skin is less likely to suffer from all kinds of inflammation and rashes (facial hairs collect dust and dirt, which then becomes the cause of acne), and a visually smoothly shaven female face, without the slightest hint, say , on the fluff above the lip, looks much more elegant and aesthetically pleasing.



But Japanese women, of course, do not limit themselves to just the face, and along with the removal of the hated mustache, they destroy vegetation almost throughout the body - from the neck, back, ears, décolleté, legs and arms. Japanese girls generally believe that walking around with unshaven arms is a sign of bad taste and lack of interest in one’s own appearance.

Therefore, they are sincerely surprised when they see foreign tourists with hairy arms. But Japanese women, on the contrary, remove hair in the so-called “bikini zone” extremely rarely, because they believe that depilation of this area is typical only for girls with low social responsibility. This is such wonderful Japanese logic!



And, of course, the desire of Japanese girls to deprive themselves of most of their body hair is actively supported by beauty salons, in whichToday, a procedure called “kao sori” (in fact, face shaving) is one of the most popular and in demand.



At least, that’s what advertising banners hanging in Japanese cities say at almost every turn. Salons actively promote the benefits of shaving, telling their clients that after shaving the skin becomes not only smooth, but also fresh and radiant. Moreover, her general condition improves and her youth is extended.



By the way, despite the fact that these theses are mostly advertising “temptations,” they have a certain meaning. You may be surprised, but the razor blade removes not only hairs, but also the upper stratum corneum of the skin, performing a kind of peeling. Of course, this method of removing dead skin cells can be called “gentle” at a stretch, but its effectiveness is obvious.



But this is all, as they say, secondary. The most important thing is that shaving makes the skin throughout the body smooth and beautiful, and this is the ultimate goal of this procedure. So the next time you admire the perfect skin of Japanese women, remember that behind every porcelain doll face (and not only faces) there is a good old razor!