[D.C.S.]

I have a new friend of Asian descent and have found he has very little body hair. Not being very educated on different nationalities, I am wondering why that is.

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[SarahC28161]

It’s just a racial characteristic, like dark hair where there actually is some. 😉

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[JerryS]

Different ethnic or racial groups have differing amounts of body hair; it’s just that simple. Chinese and Japanese tend to be fairly sparse in that regard; the Ainu, who also live in Japan but are quite different, tend to be more hairy. I seem to recall that the Chinese contrasted themselves with their Mongol overlords, as the Mongols had beards.

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[Maya]

Not being a geneticist, I can’t give you a fully scientific answer, but the simple answer is that the amount of body hair any person has is due to genetics (heredity). What we term ‘racial groups’ share a number of genetic characteristics, and body hair or lack therof is just one of them. In other words, ‘Its just one of those things.’ Also, I doubt your friend would consider this characteristic to be a ‘lack,’ and he might even think you have excess body hair. It’s all a matter of what you are used to seeing.

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[Romy]

Although it’s more common for Asian males to have little body hair, it DOES occur. It’s just genetics – just as it is with our black hair and shaped eyes. There are some Asian men with full beards and chest hair, but there happen to be more without.

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[syafinaz]

I am an Asian female and don’t have much hair in funny places, either. It’s in the genes, just like the eyes and skin color, and the nose.

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[Topramen]

Hi, I am an Asian American female, and I agree that the lack of body hair is just a genetic thing for us. I think that not having a lot of body hair is wonderfull! My Caucasian, Hispanic, and Black friends are constantly waxing, plucking, or shaving something, and I’m releived that I don’t have to deal with that nearly as much as they do.

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[Asianguy23526]

I have relatively little body hair, but my pubic hair is growing out of control. Hold it.

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[melvin]

how much hair a person has on their body is not determined by their race. how much hair one has if determined by certain testosterone producing genes.

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