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Are You Normal About Shaving? Check Out These New Stats

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A survey just released by American Laser Centers claims that each month, the average woman shaves 12 times (wait—really?!) and spends $15.95 on the process. Does that seem about right to you? Because I know that right now I’m doing my part to pull that number waaaaaay down (hey, I’m single and it’s still tights season—picking up my razor isn’t exactly a big priority). Take a look at a few more of their findings:

-Over the course of their lifetime, women will shave 7,718.4 times and spend $10,000 related products.

-The average shaving session takes 10.9 minutes.

-The majority of women shave 1-2 times each week, but 11% of women shave every day.

-Shaving is the most used hair removal method (58%), followed by waxing (21%) and depilatory creams and lotions (18%).

Those smooth-away hair removal pads actually work.

Hmmmmm...I think it would have been telling to see the numbers broken down by age group (they surveyed 540 women age 18 to 65), but it's all pretty interesting nonetheless, don't you think?

Does this all sound right to you? Does 12 times a month on average sound really high or about what you were expecting? How often do you shave? And how much would you say you spend on it?

p.s. If you’re getting sick of the whole razor thing, check out my laser hair removal experiment.

Related: Do you use shaving cream?

by Beth Shapouri

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  • Ambi's Avatar
    Posted by Ambi Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:55pm PDT

    i don't shave for the reason the author of the article mentioned no boyfriend, and it's only spring where I live, in the summer maybe once every two weeks for legs and underarms, thighs only get it when I have "male" company LOL, I want laser really bad, but it can take months and multiply treatments and it's so high, really wish it would become more main stream to where I'd only have to pay about 300 for all my treatments or something

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    Posted by President Wed May 6, 2009 10:43am PDT

    I have been done almost more then 8 hair removal treatment by American laser center, but the result is so terrible, I ‘ve got disappointed, I am very unsetisfied with their service and recommend nobody, my hair became more because of shaving every each time before going treatment and now I don’t know what to do…

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