I've been starting to have armpit hair (I turned 13 recently) and it's been getting long - like kinda noticeable long when I raise my arms, not long LONG like gross long but I'm self-conscious anyway. Especially because I have gymnastics training during which we wear tank tops and raise our arms a lot.

So I finally decided to trim it just now. I just used a pair of normal scissors, and now it's not as noticeable. It makes me feel less self-conscious.

Are there any real big cons about using scissors to trim armpit hair instead of, say, shaving? I don'r want to approach my mum to ask her how to shave and stuff though, so using a pair of scissors to simply trim it seemed like a good solution.

It didn't take very long, although it took a bit of effort to position the scissors right to cut the hairs near the root. I accidentally pinched myself once, but I didn't cut myself, just a slight pinch, so that's okay. I'll be more careful next time, so apart from that, are there any other disadvantages?

Thank you so much in advance!