Grooming · Body Care · 5 min read

The 3 Ways Men Remove Body Hair, And Why None Of Them Actually Work

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Glide Editorial Team
Updated May 2026

If you deal with the hair on your chest, back, or shoulders, you already know the routine.

You take it off. Two days later it's back, prickly and itching, with red bumps where it's growing in. So you do it again.

It never actually goes away. It just keeps costing you: your time, your skin, or your money. Usually all three.

Here's what each one really does to you
01

The Razor

Two days later it's back, itchy and red.

Razor, trimmer, foil shaver, it makes no difference. The hair is back within days, prickly and itching as it grows in, catching on your shirt all day.

Then come the red bumps, the ingrown hairs, the irritation. Hair all over your sink and down the drain. So you do the whole thing over again, every few days, forever.

02

The Cream

It burns your skin. And it still misses spots.

Drugstore creams are basically the women's-leg formula in a darker bottle. Your hair is far coarser, so it's too weak from the start.

Leave it on long enough to work and it burns, red and stinging for days. Take it off sooner and you're left with patches it couldn't break down, plus that chemical smell all over your bathroom. It burns you and still doesn't finish the job.

03

The Wax

It works. It also hurts, and it never stops.

Waxing rips the hair out at the root, so it lasts. That's the upside. The downside is everything else.

It hurts, and on a coarse back it can leave you raw and bleeding. It's $75 to $200 a session, every few weeks, forever. You grow it out, book the appointment, sit there while a stranger does it, then wait for the ingrowns to show up.

The honest fourth option
Glide dissolves the hair instead of cutting or ripping it

You spray it on, wait a few minutes, wipe it off. No blade. No burn. No salon. It's built for thick male hair, so it clears what the creams leave behind, without the sting.

Because it dissolves the hair instead of cutting it flat, it grows back soft, not sharp. No prickly stubble, no itch, no red bumps. It lasts about a week. And it does the one thing you want, with none of the misery above.

What's actually in it

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How they actually stack up

RazorCreamWaxGlide
How long it lasts~2 days~1 week3 weeks~1 week
Burn or painBumpsBurnsPainfulNone
Reach your own backNoHardNoYes
Works on coarse hairCuts onlyPatchyYesYes
Cost over a year$$$$$$$$$$

What guys say after they switch

★★★★★
i used to shave every couple days and it was sharp stubble again by the next morning. this lasts way longer and it grows back soft so no itching. way less hassle
Tyler R., 29Ex-razor · Verified
★★★★★
tried the drugstore creams before and they either burned me or left patches. this actually got the thick hair on my chest and my skin was fine after. no sting
Marcus W., 34Ex-cream · Verified
★★★★★
was going to the salon every six weeks and paying a ton. now i just do it at home in like ten minutes. saves me so much money
Devin S., 38Ex-wax · Verified
★★★★★
i can finally do my own back without asking my wife. no bumps after either. thats the main thing for me
Jordan P., 31Ex-razor · Verified
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Glide No-Razor Hair Removal Spray

No-Razor Hair Removal Spray

Spray it. Wait. Wipe it off. No itch, no burn, no salon. Try it for 30 days, and if it doesn't make this easier, send it back.

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