text: i'm 16 and my chest all of a sudden got super hairy. should i shave it? i started getting chest hair ealier this year when i was 15, with a little around my nipples and bellybutton.  now my chest and stomache are really thick with hair like shag carpet, and my arms and legs are too. i get a lot of remarks like bigfoot or saquatch in the locker room, so i am wondering if i should shave my chest.  also does this mean i will go bald? my uncle is super hairy and says he started going bald in high school.  i don't want to be bald and really hairy, so what can i do? i have a friend whom i've known all my life, who got really hairy around your age. he also went bald by 20.  people made fun of him in high school as well.  like him, you just happen to have a lot of testosterone.  it makes you hairy all over except where you want it.  he works out and has a good body, but he goes shirtless in the summer and nobody comments on his abundance of hair.  he shaves the fringe of his hair, so he is completely bald now.  he recently remarried, and his new wife loves his body.    i can see how you could be confused by your abundance of body hair, considering that you never see lead actors with chest hair anymore. i don't know why they all shave their chests.  of course, if you shaved everything off now, the conspicuous absence of your hair will raise even more questions.  if you want a reason to shave your body hair, join the swim team and you will probably be required to shave your chest, legs, arms, etc.  however, if you do this, you may probably have to shave your head as well. if you think you are going to go bald and want to hang on to your hair for as long as possible, this may be a problem for you.  just accept the fact that you are probably more well advanced in your manhood than the rest of the other guys.  hey, look on the bright side: having all that testosterone means you have really strong "swimmers" as well, if you know what i mean!