Physician calls for an end to bikini waxing
Physician calls for an end to bikini waxing:
Pubic hair removal naturally irritates and inflames the hair follicles, leaving microscopic open wounds. Frequent hair removal is necessary to stay smooth, causing regular irritation of the shaved or waxed area. When that is combined with the warm, moist environment of the genitals, it becomes a happy culture media for some of the nastiest bacterial pathogens.
Dr. Gibson says that whatever method is used on pubic hair – razor blades, electric shavers, tweezers, waxing, depilatories, electrolysis – “hair, like crab grass, always grows back and eventually wins.”
In her practice it is not unusual to find patients with boils and abscesses on their genitals from shaving as well as cellulitis, an infection of the scrotum, labia or penis from shaving or from having sex with someone infected.
Herpes is also an increased risk “due to the microscopic wounds being exposed to virus carried by mouth or genitals.”
“It follows that there may be vulnerability to spread of other sexually transmitted diseases as well,” she says.
“Pubic hair does have a purpose, providing a cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury, and protection from bacteria. It is the visible result of adolescent hormones and 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.”
Honestly amen
okay but any time I read stuff like this I wonder if the person railing against it has ever met anyone with a sensory aversion like ever in their life
thick curly hair that gets full of goo is a nightmare. can someone at least acknowledge this and explain why all people everywhere regardless of neurotype are better off putting up with it than not
The take in OP leaves out nuance.
Whether or not to shave/wax etc is, like all things in life, a risk vs reward scenario.
If the sensory reward of having the hair removed outweighs your personal worry about the risk of disease and injury caused by removing the hair, then you should remove the hair.
If your sensory reward of removing the hair does not outweigh your personal worry about the risk of disease and injury caused by removing the hair, then you should not remove the hair.
Exactly. I am so confused about the idea that everyone who likes smooth skin heard about it from porn. What.
For me personally the physical pain and irritation of the area is too much to make it worth removing, but I absolutely believe there are plenty of people for whom the opposite is the case.
So many people assume that everyone’s motives (for everything) are based on sex or appearance.
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