I must have missed the declaration of war on pubic hair.
It must have happened sometime in the last decade because the amount of time, energy, money and emotion both genders spend on abolishing every hair from their genitals is astronomical. The genital hair removal industry, including medical professionals who advertise their specialty services to those seeking the “clean and bare” look, is exponentially growing.
But why pick on the lowly pubic hair? A few sociological theories suggest it has to do with cultural trends spawned by bikinis and thongs, certain hairless actors and actresses, a desire to return to childhood, a misguided attempt at hygiene or an effort to be more attractive to a partner. Surely human beings are not so naïve as to be susceptible to fashion trends and biases.
It is a sadly misconceived war. Long ago, surgeons figured out that shaving a body part prior to surgery actually increased rather than decreased surgical site infections. No matter what expensive and complex weapons are used — razor blades, electric shavers, tweezers, waxing, depilatories, electrolysis — hair, like crab grass, always grows back and eventually wins. In the meantime, the skin suffers the effects of the scorched battlefield.
Pubic hair removal naturally irritates and inflames the hair follicles left behind, leaving microscopic open wounds. Rather than suffering a comparison to a bristle brush, frequent hair removal is necessary to stay smooth, causing regular irritation of the shaved or waxed area. When that irritation is combined with the warm moist environment of the genitals, it becomes a happy culture media for some of the nastiest of bacterial pathogens, namely group A streptococcus, staphylococcus aureus and its recently mutated cousin methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA). There is an increase in staph boils and abscesses, necessitating incisions to drain the infection, resulting in scarring that can be significant. It is not at all unusual to find pustules and other hair follicle inflammation papules on shaved genitals.
Additionally, I’ve seen cellulitis (soft tissue bacterial infection without abscess) of the scrotum, labia and penis from spread of bacteria from shaving or from sexual contact with strep or staph bacteria from a partner’s skin.
Some clinicians are finding that freshly shaved pubic areas and genitals are also more vulnerable to herpes infections due to the microscopic wounds being exposed to the virus carried by mouth or genitals. It follows that there may be vulnerability to spread of other STIs, as well.
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Pubic hair does have a purpose, providing cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury and offering protection from bacteria and other unwanted pathogens. It is the visible result of long-awaited adolescent hormones, certainly nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about.
It is time to declare a truce in the war on pubic hair and allow it to stay right where it belongs. We owe it to our patients to encourage them to let it be.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
Didn't we know this already? I want to file this in the Sky Is Blue News.
I don't think so. Like taco said, people often claim they go bare to be "clean" and make comments about how gross pubic hair is. It bugs the shit out of me.
I don't think so. Like taco said, people often claim they go bare to be "clean" and make comments about how gross pubic hair is. It bugs the shit out of me.
I actually feel like we discussed this on the board at one point? I know I sent it to some friends after I saw it somewhere (I assume here), and they were all, "Whatever, I love shaving/waxing!"
We have.
I wanna say that bimbi is a crusader for natural pubes.
Post by decemberwedding07 on Nov 30, 2014 21:38:41 GMT -5
Well... I like it when DH goes down on me. I don't like a mouth full of public hair and I'm sure he doesn't either, so I will continue to shave and trim just enough that he is more than willing to go down on me daily. Because that's what makes life worth living.
Can we save this link for the next time someone says shaving is "clean"?
Lol, this shit should be posted alllll over ML. I can't remember who it was, but last time we discussed there, someone was flabbergasted that some women choose NOT to shave or wax. As though it's akin to not showering, lol.
Heck, the last time this topic came up here, one poster kept saying it's cleaner because of hair trapping sweat and whatnot.
I really don't care what people do with their pubes. I just hate when not removing hair is called dirty.
I don't think so. Like taco said, people often claim they go bare to be "clean" and make comments about how gross pubic hair is. It bugs the shit out of me.
I actually feel like we discussed this on the board at one point? I know I sent it to some friends after I saw it somewhere (I assume here), and they were all, "Whatever, I love shaving/waxing!"
I guess this baffles me because I've known this since sex ed/health class.
I've mentioned this before, but I don't wax on the regular because ingrown hairs are the suck.
Heck, the last time this topic came up here, one poster kept saying it's cleaner because of hair trapping sweat and whatnot.
I really don't care what people do with their pubes. I just hate when not removing hair is called dirty.
Yea, that was me. That's what hair does. I really don't care if people keep their bushes because its a personal choice but you can't convince me that having a bush at the end of the day will feel or be cleaner.
I think it's less people saying it's cleaner than going bare, and more the implication that those of us who choose to keep the hair are somehow dirtier. I don't think I've ever looked at my pubic hair and thought, "Wow, that's dirty/sweaty/whatnot." My head hair traps sweat also, but I'm okay keeping it around.
I actually feel like we discussed this on the board at one point? I know I sent it to some friends after I saw it somewhere (I assume here), and they were all, "Whatever, I love shaving/waxing!"
We have.
I wanna say that bimbi is a crusader for natural pubes.
Lol!! Of all the things for which to be a crusader!! Yeah, I posted something along these lines once.
The last time we discussed this, it was the consensus that this is a generational thing as well. I have yet to me with a man that doesn't also groom. I don't really like body hair on me or a partner so its not a view I've isolated only to the female body.
So you have only been with men they remove their pubic hair? I don't think I have been intimate with any men that have done so.
So you have only been with men they remove their pubic hair? I don't think I have been intimate with any men that have done so.
i can understand the argument that no hair is nicer on a woman for oral but that doesnt hold up as much for me for men b/c i have never seen a hair dick. and even the grapefruit BJ is not licking in the hair area.
Am I the only one with a husband who like to have his his balls stimulated orally?
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
Heck, the last time this topic came up here, one poster kept saying it's cleaner because of hair trapping sweat and whatnot.
I really don't care what people do with their pubes. I just hate when not removing hair is called dirty.
Yea, that was me. That's what hair does. I really don't care if people keep their bushes because its a personal choice but you can't convince me that having a bush at the end of the day will feel or be cleaner.
Where does sweat go when it's not 'trapped' by hair? Doesn't it just dry in either circumstance?
*though it seems to me that sweating down there is a pretty rare thing.
I had a lovah who waxed his balls. It was glorious for BJs. And majorwife, I have seen more balls than I should admit and they all had some hair on them. Some more than others. Kinda proportionate to the thickness of their beards and chest hair.
I had a lovah who waxed his balls. It was glorious for BJs. And majorwife, I have seen more balls than I should admit and they all had some hair on them. Some more than others. Kinda proportionate to the thickness of their beards and chest hair.
i feel like the cheese that stands alone right now. lolololololol
i should clarify that i have really bad vision and without my glasses i cant see random ball hair. that might explain it.