This is the story of a guy who sprouted a hairy back once he reached 30 and whose wife fondly calls him “Chewbacca” as a result.

He has taken the plunge with laser hair removal to increase his body confidence.

Though laser hair removal isn’t a fully permanent solution for hair removal it will reduce hair permanently and can be managed from then on with maintenance sessions. And if you can afford it, it is a good alternative to waxing. ( Phil, the guy in the story, did not find that waxing helped

a) due to the pain of the treatment

b) due to itching and stubbly regrowth after a few days).

The Sun Online – Real Life: My wife calls me Chewbacca

Lots of women don’t worry too much about hair removal through the winter, figuring that everything is nicely hidden under layers and layers of clothing.

But actually it’s quite nice to keep removing hair if you can be bothered

You’ll reap the benefits by feeling good about your body at all times. You’ll never have to worry about stripping off to try on clothes in a communal changing room. Or looking like the only gorilla at your aqua-areobics class

And one added benefit is that if your chosen method of hair removal is gradually weakening and thinning your excess hair (which some people find with waxing, threading and epilators) you will find it much easier to remove your unwanted hair in the summer when you want to go bare.

Somehow it’s just doesn’t seem worth the money to pay out regularly for waxing or even more for laser hair removal on my legs. I just think about what I could do with that money – and there are a lot more fun ways to spend it.

But I do want smooth legs enough to make the effort and do them myself – and to shell out for an epilator. You can see my cheap solution to removing leg hair on the main part of the Simply Hair Removal site.

What is your spending limit for smooth legs? I would guess it’s not just a factor of income but of how much it matters to you too.

Fuzz-free legs or something to wear on them? Which would you rather have?