Your precious family jewels deserve the best tool possible for their upkeep. No one needs to nick, cut, or irritate any body part, much less that part. In truth, the best device for you to use depends on the result you want, be it a trimming down, full shave, or light snipping. To each his own, I say.
Once you’ve acquired that tool, the other thing you’ll need is time. “The expression ‘slow is smooth, and smooth is fast’ is very apropos to shaving the pubic area,” says Ryan Turner, MD, a board-certified NYC dermatologist and co-founder of TRNR Skin. “While trimming or shaving the scrotum [in particular] isn’t rocket science, I wouldn’t recommend doing it when you’re in a rush. Proper prep, and taking your time, will yield the best results.”
The Best Pubic Hair Trimmers for Men, At a Glance
Why we love it: While Happy Nuts already had a dedicated ball trimmer (called “The Ballber”, it’s worth noting), their newer body hair trimmer is my go-to for dedicated nether-area aesthetics. I’m inclined to tell you that you don’t need a dedicated trimmer for your balls, hence it’s a good consolidation to have one that tackles your testicles as well as the rest of your body hair. I always say to lean into the tool you require more readily: If you first need a trimmer for back hair and body hair, then get one that also manages pubes just fine. However, if you care a lot about having a dedicated mons-pubis manager—and one that tackles body hair with equal aplomb—then The Lumberjack here will keep you tidy.
In terms of function, this one cuts close enough for a smooth result across your mons, but that first attachable and length-adjustable guard provides just enough buffer for your ballsack so that you don’t get nicked along the way. Add to that, its waterproofness, long battery life, and no-slip grip, and you have a terrific device that takes all the stress out of groin upkeep.
Why we love it: If what you want is a skin-close shave without the worry of a sharp cartridge razor, then stick with this electric shaver. Of all the OneBlade iterations out there, this one offers ample guardrails between each tooth, to prevent the nicking and tugging and like all other OneBlades, it transforms into a trimmer with a single attachment, should you simply want to manage a light overgrown lawn. Use it to draw clean lines around your hedges too, if that kind of fancy work is what you fancy.
Why we love it: If you want one dedicated ball trimmer, make it Balls’ trimmer, which includes a silicone bracelet to prevent dropping it, an ergonomic design, and no-slip handle, and an adjustable guard attachment with various trimming intervals. On top of all that, it has tightly spaced teeth, which help you avoid nicking and cutting, and a generous runtime that gives our top prize winner a run for its jewels. Use it for your balls, certainly, but for the rest of your groin, too.
Why we love it: Should you want an all-in-one grooming device (beard trimmer included), then make it Braun’s. Swap between the body groomer and face groomer attachments to manage coarser hair with thoughtfully-close-together teeth. No nicks, no cuts, and the device allows for adjustable trimming so that you can let your pubes be as bushy (or trimmed) as you please. Plus, the fact that you get a separate head for this one makes it easy to be church-and-state with your beard vs. body hair upkeep—though I still suggest a good hot water and soap rinse after each use down south.
Why we love it: If you want a razor-smooth finish, then make sure your cartridge razor has sensitivity in mind. You could downgrade the number of blades on the head (like a Gillette SkinGuard, our pick for sensitivity-minded head shaving), or you could use a cartridge like the Gillette Intimate. This one deploys two lubrication strips ahead of and behind the five blades to help cushion and comfort skin, especially in your most intimate areas. Its blades are especially sturdy and spaced apart so that they mow through denser patches of hair with minimal resistance and clogging, meaning lower odds of redness, ingrown, and irritation. Just be sure to shave with the direction of hair growth (or “with the grain”), and do a proper skin preparation and cool down (maybe a warm shower before, plus pre-shave oil and shave cream, followed by alcohol-free aftershave in the area).
Why we love it: This facial hair, eyebrow, and nose hair trimmer is a fantastic detailing device in its own right—that’s kind of its entire selling point. So, while it won’t exactly mow through tufts of pubes, it’s great to deploy every few days just as a way of snipping at strays or halving the height of super long curlycues. I think a lot of us just want that from a ball trim, which underscores why having a dedicated pubic hair trimmer can be overrated. If all you need is general snipping, maybe this extremely affordable tool is the ticket.
Why we love it: The best back hair shaver and manscaper in the game, Panasonic’s Body Groomer offers a vast range of custom trimming lengths, and the unique ability to trim inside any odd crevice, at any odd angle (thanks to its vertically arranged teeth). It’s great for spot-checking tall pubes or just generally grazing over the upper centimeter of overgrown hedges. It’s not my first pick for groin upkeep of all the devices on this list, but it is my first pick for chest and back hair maintenance (especially self-administered back hair trimming). So if that’s what you need foremost, then this one is a great investment that will serve you quite well below the belt, too.
The Best Bush Whacker for Ample Pubic Hair: Wahl Peanut
Why we love it: If your pubes are like a woody thicket, or vastly overgrown, then it’s a good time to introduce the peanut. This tool is foremost a hair clipper, but its small size and serious muscle (plus its portability) make it an easy add-on for your dopp kit, a great weekend warrior for travel, or just a terrific tackler of the shrubby mons pubis. (I would avoid using it on the balls, at least flush on the skin; it’s blades are not spaced taut enough for that.)
What to Consider When Buying a Pubic Hair Trimmer
There’s one uniting factor that all good pubic hair trimmers share: a buffered guard or buffered teeth that prevent nicks on the skin. Whether you plan to acquire a singular device for your beard, body, and balls (and disinfect it regularly), or you want a dedicated device for your junk, be sure that you have some extra layer of defense on the blade before mowing it over the loose skin on your shaft and sack.
And if you insist on shaving the area, you of course need a fresh, sharp blade that won’t cause any friction or dragging; however, it’s most important that you follow a full shave regimen and let everything air out after the shave—and in that day to follow, while the skin is freshly shorn and a bit more vulnerable. Stay vigilant to keep the skin clean so you avoid irritation, infection, and so forth.
How to Shave Your Balls
“It’s easiest to shave skin that is taut, which the scrotum decidedly isn’t,” Dr. Turner explains. “However, that doesn’t mean you want the scrotum to be tight when shaving, as it might be when you’re cold, for instance.” Here’s how he explains to go through the motions—and it starts with an awareness of a certain muscle in that area.
