Do you ever think about how much time we spend removing hair from our bodies? Shaving, waxing, plucking… This idea keeps me up at night sometimes. How much more time would I have in a week, a month, or a year if I gave up hair removal cold turkey? Let’s attempt to do the math and find out.

In an average week, I would say I spend this much estimated time on the following:

• Shaving legs – 10 minutes a day, every other day = 35 minutes per week
• Plucking eyebrows – a few minutes here and there each day = 15 minutes per week
• Shaving armpits – 5 minutes a day, every other day = 20 minutes per week
• Bikini area – shaving, trimming, etc. = 15 minutes per week
• Waxing upper lip – 15 minutes every 3 weeks or so = 5 minutes per week
• Removing other random stray hairs – 5 minutes per week

Altogether I’m at 95 minutes a week of performing hair removal tasks. That’s an hour and a half, which means in a month I spend about 6 hours every month, and 72 hours a year removing hair! 3 entire days of my life every year just trying to look less hairy!!!

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