Roxie Hunt, an American hair stylist and feminist in Seattle started a craze among women when she dyed her armpit hair blue making it known to the world via her blog.
Roxy Hunt's blog, Offbeat Home & Life tells you how you can dye your armpit hair
"I've always wanted to colour someone's pit hair, I have actually done it once but it was at late night with too much wine and without the proper tools available."
"I asked my co-worker Rain if she would be down to let me dye her pit hair blue to match her hair colour and she agreed," said Hunt.
She also gave a detailed explanation on how she successfully did it.
She said, in her blog, Offbeat Home & Life that she wanted to celebrate women who do not succumb to societal pressure of clean hairless armpit and body.
Soon after her posting, many women all around the globe started to exhibit their coloured armpit hair by posting pictures of their newly dyed armpits with #dyedpits.
Whilst this trend is considered cool for some in America, however it is not so in Malaysia.
Here are some of the response we received from our very own ladies in the city.
“I only keep hair on my head and not any other part of my body. So, NO. No to armpit hair and no coloured armpits please”, said Umairah Uyop a producer and presenter with Astro Awani.
For 30-year old Amy Chan, it is a definite no-no for her.
“I think it is already horrible that people go around taking pictures of their armpit and armpit hair. It is indecent, now they dyed it too? Even more horrible!”
For a person like Ayu Dewi Puspa who takes hygiene issue very seriously, she said it is rather unhygienic to keep your armpit hair to the extent that it can be dyed.
“Sorry, I don’t think I can survive a day with underarm hair, let alone coloured underarm? No way”
