Why do we have hairs in our armpit?

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Stranger On A Bus

There are two main reasons why we have hair in our underarms. The first and probably the main reason is that armpit hair collect our pheromons. Yeah, pheromons cause that smell when we get sweaty. Some people, usually men, have stronger pheromons hence their armpits smell really bad. There is a myth that if you shave off your armpit hair you wonâ€™t smell so much. Not true, hair itself doesnâ€™t smell. Itâ€™s those pheromons that produce the smell, hair is only means how they get out of the body.

Second theory suggests that armpit hair helps to lessen the friction on the sking when we move our arms. Iâ€™m not sure how true this is because I donâ€™t know anyone with shaved armpits who would have problems with friction.

Lazarus

It's the same reason why we have hairs at the crack....it' a sign of wisdom.....OMG I'm ROTFLMAO.....

hushpuppy

i will take friday's answer as a credible one...

but how sure are you that monkeys dont have armpit hair?

kathy w

because its sexy mah..

booyah

hahaha... everyone is talking about underarms .it funny to turn on the pc and talk about armpits hair...starred

cutiethugz12

ummmmmmm..
thats God wants.
and that is normal.

|tsme|ah

I don't really know why though...

... but look at Goliath's story... he lost all of his strengths & powers after he shaved off his bulu armpit.

Jedi Sapien

so that it would be hard for the mosquito to suck our blood

The Snail

because its warm under our armpit ma.. so the hair all run to there loh
hehehehe

nyork

because we are lucky...what if it is in other part of our body?

low_hd_rider

god put 'em their for a reason ,but i haven't figured it out yet either

MERI KRISMAS

eriously, someone who have lots of knowledge told me that, all the hairs of our body is to protect our sensitive part. i mean all the hairy one is the sensitive body part. right?
but hair on our head, i dont have any idea... maybe have the same reason why they grow.

kuruvi mama@yahoo.com H

THATS SHOWS THAT WE ARE FROM MONKEY.

Animeluver Sim

Dunno, Why?

The Worm!!

Worms too don't have armpits and armpit hairs.

Gigi the teeth

It's sexy to have hairs in our armpit... But I don't want..

constellation

Probably has to do with sweat. We are the only ape that sweats. Apes are suppose to stay where there are trees so that they can escape by climbing up a tree. We stand on two feet which allowed running away for escape. We developed sweat glands to cool us off when we have to run. Since armpits are already warm the hairs probably help the sweat cool the area with saturated material.

Ken

i rather shave it than be hairy

m_klguy

ask your armpit...

peanut

to help warm our body maybe..

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