A woman who hasn't shaved her body hair for two years finally feels comfortable in her own skin and "loves" her hairy legs and armpits.<br /><br />Rosie Hewett, 27, started waxing and shaving when she was just 10 - as she felt insecure about her natural body hair.<br /><br />At primary school, Rosie says she would win competitions against boys for having the hairiest arms.<br /><br />As she got older, boys at school would point out her moustache and Rosie wouldn't dream of leaving the house without shaving her legs.<br /><br />In 2021, Rosie decided to "let it grow" and started embracing her natural look by not shaving her armpit hair.<br /><br />Rosie felt empowered with her underarm hair and decided to stop removing any form of body hair altogether.<br /><br />Rosie is now happy embracing her natural look and says "there is nothing wrong with being hairy".<br /><br />She has saved 208 hours in time by ditching the hair removal routine.<br /><br />Rosie, who works in communications, from Reading, Berkshire said: "Body hair was something I was so insecure about.<br /><br />"Boys loved pointing out my moustache when I was 12.<br /><br />"It's such a shame - it's such a broad experience for so many women.<br /><br />"I just felt really ugly compared to other girls and I read all these teenage magazine articles which sold laser hair removal products - as if being hairy was the worst and most horrifying thing you could be.<br /><br />"Now I feel like I'm comfortable in my skin, I've come home to myself."<br /><br />Rosie's mum didn't want her daughter to be the brunt of jokes as she was and helped her daughter wax her legs and bleach her moustache.<br /><br />She said: "My mum was trying to help as she didn't want me to suffer like she did.<br /><br />"When I had my legs waxed for the first time, I didn't understand what was going on because being waxed hurts.<br /><br />"When I was a little girl, I was the kid who would win the hairy arm competitions against the boys, and I was happy about it.<br /><br />"It's when you hit puberty it becomes an undesirable thing."<br /><br />Rosie says being a feminist has allowed her to step back and analyse the double standards of society.<br /><br />She started by growing her arm pit hair and shaving the rest of her body less.<br /><br />Rosie says she enjoyed watching her hair grow and she hated shaving so much, she decided to hang up the razor for good.
