Almost half of women spent between 2 and 6 hours a month plucking, shaving, waxing and dying their body hair.

A new survey from Therapie Clinic has revealed that three quarters of Irish people find body hair to be a major turn off.

Over half of women say body hair is their first or second biggest body issue after their weight. 

The same amount of men say they find it a major turn off - with 49 per cent saying they'd actively encourage a woman to have her body hair removed.

Only 6 per cent of women find thick hair on a man's chest attractive while - unsurprisingly - the majority of women find back hair unattractive.