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November 15

Skin care

Why is hair removal a skin care procedure what are its benefits? Skin_care#Procedures 2001:8003:740C:D100:DD13:7F41:D8:F60B (talk) 09:46, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has another article titled Hair removal. There are few, if any, health benefits to hair removal for a healthy person; the only one mentioned in the Wikipedia article is a reduction in lice. Otherwise, hair removal is mainly due to cultural and personal preferences, and comfort of the individual. --Jayron 32 12:54, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

One minor exception is that racing bicyclists (and some other sports players) sometimes shave their legs so that when they fall (or are otherwise injured) and graze their skin, hairs bearing bacteria, etc., are not incorporated into the resulting scabs, which can delay healing. This and other similar practices are mentioned in Hair removal#In sport, but apply only to relatively unusual circumstances. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.225.31 (talk) 17:49, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No I mean I dont know who or what put that there but I'd like to know why and what they were thinking when they applied that if there's a way to find out2001:8003:740C:D100:913C:8793:3CC:DBD6 (talk) 22:27, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to know who added some bit of text to an article, you can check the "View history" tab at the top of the article. When you find who made the edit, you can contact them on their user talk page and ask them. --Jayron 32 12:18, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]