Sophie, I shave anyway to wear a compression wrap around my legs that helps when the vericose veins start bothering me. Shaving seems to help with the pain of the hairs pulling out when I take it off. Once my legs were shaved, I said "I wonder..." and donned the stuff. There was no need to it, like there would have been before. After having it on for a while, I just didn't feel the thrill, or even anything about it. It's like I was completely indifferent. I'll be around looking, but just not donning the stuff. Like I did say tho, just incase this is just some type of rut, I'll keep the stuff for a year.