This Fitness Blogger Reveals What Happens When You Don’t Shave For A Year

#1 Morgan Mikenas – who post fitness videos for her 7,000 Instagram followers – unveiled her hair in a post called “Why I Don’t Shave.”

Fitness blogger Morgan Mikenas probably saves a fortune in razors. She also probably has a lot more free time than many of us. Why? Because in order to promote natural beauty, the fitness blogger has gone an entire year without shaving her body, and here are the results.

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She revealed she had been bullied for her hairy legs in a gym class at school, when she was 11 or 12, and ran home crying to ask her mum if she could learn how to shave.

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In the clip, titled Why I Don't Shave, Morgan said: "I want to inspire others ... I guess my number one reason why I stopped was that it took so much time.

"It took so much of my time to just get in the shower and have to shave everything and then wash my hair and then wash my body ..."

"After I just kind of let it do its thing and grow out I started thinking 'Hey this is kind of nice'. It started getting super soft."

She continued: "I want everybody to not feel ashamed of themselves ... Why would I remove something that Mother Nature has put on our bodies and obviously intended for us to have?"

#4 The main reason she stopped is because shaving takes so much time

#5 “I want everybody to not feel ashamed of themselves”

“I think it’s unfair that people think they have to be in this culture norm”

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Most of Morgan’s followers have embraced her body positive message, with one person commenting: “Thanks for this. I live the struggle with confidence over my body hair. Seeing a proud, beautiful, confident woman showing off her hair is reassuring”.

“I stopped shaving around September last year because I was so tired of the upkeep and I actually really enjoy it now- thank you for posting this. Really makes me feel better about my decision and promotes the positivity needed in this day and age,” added another.

“I love this so much! I didn’t shave for 8 months and felt awesome, truly loving my hairy legs, but shaved a week ago because I was scared I wouldn’t be strong enough to hear what the world would say about my hairy legs.”

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In a recent YouTube video Morgan explained that she used to feel “dirty” and “ashamed” when her hair would grow out even slightly.

“So then I would feel obligated to go shave my legs so I would feel good and feel sexy.”

But last year, she started to rethink why she shaved her legs. “It just took so much of my time to get in the shower and have to shave everything and then wash my hair and wash my body,” Mikenas says. “One day I was like, ‘Why am I doing this anymore? This just takes so much time!’ So I just let it do its thing and grow out.”

And now Morgan is confident in her decision to go natural: “I freakin’ love my body hair. I love the hair that grows on my body. I just like being my most natural and human self”.

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In her Instagram post she told followers to try, “accepting and loving your body and your “flaws” because you know they are what makes you who you are.

“If you are focused on being true to yourself in every moment, you are less concerned what others think, which will lead to peace of mind.

“When you have nothing to hide and you can freely be yourself, there is a profound peace/confidence you will emanate to the world that will inspire others,”

She also wrote: “What is beauty anyway? To me… it’s to be beautiful before someone else told you what beautiful is supposed to be. Just as you are, you are beautiful.”

But cruel trolls took to her account to abuse her.

One said: “You are disgusting. Women are very beautiful shaved and well treated.

Another said he spat his breakfast out when he saw her adding: “Had to come here to let you know that's how disgusting this is.

“I’m all for women doing whatever they want but this is simply GROSS.”

But fans leaped to her defense, with one writing: “no you’re disgusting!”

“She isn’t making women look ugly you f***ing moron, she is being independent women who don't want to do the same routine other women do.”

#9 You can see the full clip here:

It might not be for everyone, but good for Morgan for standing up for what she believes in.