Trimmed pubic hair: Difference between revisions

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Pubic hair is body hair that is found in the genital area of adolescent and adult humans. The hair is located on and around the sex organs and sometimes at the top of the inside of the thighs. In the pubic region around the pubis bone, it is known as a pubic patch. Pubic hair is found on the scrotum in the male and on the vulva in the female.

Although fine vellus hair is present in the area in childhood, pubic hair is considered to be the heavier, longer and coarser hair that develops during puberty as an effect of rising levels of androgens in males and estrogens in females. Pubic hair differs from other hair on the body and is a secondary sex characteristic. Many cultures regard pubic hair as erotic, and in most cultures pubic hair is associated with the genitals, which both men and women are expected to keep covered at all times. In some cultures, it is the norm for pubic hair to be removed, especially of females; the practice is regarded as part of personal hygiene. In other cultures, the exposure of pubic hair (for example, when wearing a swimsuit) may be regarded as unaesthetic or embarrassing and is therefore trimmed or otherwise styled to avoid it being visible.

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 The crab louse can travel up to 10 inches on the body. Pubic lice infestation is found worldwide and occurs in all races and ethnic groups and in all economic levels. Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact and are most common in adults. Occasionally pubic lice may be spread by close personal contact or contact with articles such as clothing, bed linens, and towels that have been used by an infested person.<ref name="Lice - Epi" /> Pubic lice found on the head or eyelashes of children may be an indication of sexual exposure or abuse. Pubic lice do not transmit disease; however, secondary [[Pathogenic bacteria|bacterial infection]] can occur from scratching of the skin. They are much broader in comparison to head and body lice. Adults are found only on the human host and require human [[blood]] to survive. If adults are forced off the host, they will die within 24–48 hours without a blood feeding.<ref name="Lice - Biology">{{cite web | title = Pubic "Crab" Lice - Biology | work = CDC.gov | date = March 17, 2015 | access-date = 2018-08-20 | url = https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/pubic/biology.html }}</ref>
-Symptoms of a crab louse infection in the pubic area is intense itching, redness and inflammation. These symptoms cause increased circulation to the skin of the pubic region creating a blood-rich environment for the crab louse. Pubic lice infestation can also be diagnosed by identifying the presence of nits or eggs on the pubic hair.{{sfn|Hoffman|Williams|2012|p=}} In December 2016 [[NPR]] reported that "Frequent removal of pubic hair is associated with an increased risk for herpes, syphilis and human papillomavirus".<ref name="npr._Goin">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/06/504540192/going-bare-down-there-can-boost-the-risk-of-stds|title=Going Bare Down There May Boost The Risk Of STDs|last=Doucleff|first=Michaeleen|date=6 December 2016|work=NPR.org|access-date=2016-12-07}}</ref> However, the medical community has also seen a recent increase in [[folliculitis]], or infection around the hair follicle, in women who wax or shave their bikini areas.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFEk3HShnRUC|title=Primary Care of Women: A Guide for Midwives and Women's Health Providers|last1=Hackley|first1=Barbara|last2=Kriebs|first2=Jan M.|last3=Rousseau|first3=Mary Ellen|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|year=2008|isbn=9781449666156|page=833}}</ref> Some of these infections can develop into more serious abscesses that require incision with a scalpel, drainage of the abscess, and antibiotics. ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]'' is the most common cause of folliculitis.<ref name="medlineplus">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Staphylococcal Infections|encyclopedia=MedlinePlus [Internet]|publisher=National Library of Medicine, USA|birthplace =Bethesda, MD|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/staphylococcalinfections.html|quote=Skin infections are the most common. They can look like pimples or boils.}}</ref> Burns can result when depilatory wax is used, even according to manufacturer instructions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chang|first1=Angela C|last2=Watson|first2=Katherine M|last3=Aston|first3=Tara L|last4=Wagstaff|first4=Marcus JD|last5=Greenwood|first5=John E|date=2011-05-13|title=Depilatory Wax Burns: Experience and Investigation|journal=ePlasty|volume=11|pages=e25|issn=1937-5719|pmc=3098007|pmid=21625616}}</ref>
+Symptoms of a crab louse infection in the pubic area is intense itching, redness and inflammation. These symptoms cause increased circulation to the skin of the pubic region creating a blood-rich environment for the crab louse. Pubic lice infestation can also be diagnosed by identifying the presence of nits or eggs on the pubic hair.{{sfn|Hoffman|Williams|2012|p=}} In December 2016 [[NPR]] reported that "Frequent removal of pubic hair is associated with an increased risk for herpes, syphilis and human papillomavirus".<ref name="npr._Goin">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/06/504540192/going-bare-down-there-can-boost-the-risk-of-stds|title=Going Bare Down There May Boost The Risk Of STDs|last=Doucleff|first=Michaeleen|date=6 December 2016|work=NPR.org|access-date=2016-12-07}}</ref> However, the medical community has also seen a recent increase in [[folliculitis]], or infection around the hair follicle, in women who wax or shave their bikini areas.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFEk3HShnRUC|title=Primary Care of Women: A Guide for Midwives and Women's Health Providers|last1=Hackley|first1=Barbara|last2=Kriebs|first2=Jan M.|last3=Rousseau|first3=Mary Ellen|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|year=2008|ISBN=9781449666156|page=833}}</ref> Some of these infections can develop into more serious abscesses that require incision with a scalpel, drainage of the abscess, and antibiotics. ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]'' is the most common cause of folliculitis.<ref name="medlineplus">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Staphylococcal Infections|encyclopedia=MedlinePlus [Internet]|publisher=National Library of Medicine, USA|birthplace =Bethesda, MD|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/staphylococcalinfections.html|quote=Skin infections are the most common. They can look like pimples or boils.}}</ref> Burns can result when depilatory wax is used, even according to manufacturer instructions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chang|first1=Angela C|last2=Watson|first2=Katherine M|last3=Aston|first3=Tara L|last4=Wagstaff|first4=Marcus JD|last5=Greenwood|first5=John E|date=2011-05-13|title=Depilatory Wax Burns: Experience and Investigation|journal=ePlasty|volume=11|pages=e25|issn=1937-5719|pmc=3098007|pmid=21625616}}</ref>
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 At puberty, many girls find the sudden sprouting of pubic hair disturbing, and sometimes as unclean, because in many cases young girls have been screened by their family and by society from the sight of pubic hair.{{sfn|Morris|2007|pp=192–202}} Young boys, on the other hand, tend not to be similarly disturbed by the development of their pubic hair, usually having seen body hair on their fathers.{{sfn|Morris|2007|pp=192–202}}
-A United States study by [[Alfred Kinsey]] found that 75% of the participants stated that there was never nudity in the home when they were growing up, 5% of the participants said that there was "seldom" nudity in the home, 3% said "often", and 17% said that it was "usual". The study found that there was no significant difference between what was reported by men and by women with respect to frequency of nudity in the home.<ref>{{citation |title=Sexual Development in Childhood|last=Bancroft |first=John |pages=146–147|year=2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34243-0}}</ref>
+A United States study by [[Alfred Kinsey]] found that 75% of the participants stated that there was never nudity in the home when they were growing up, 5% of the participants said that there was "seldom" nudity in the home, 3% said "often", and 17% said that it was "usual". The study found that there was no significant difference between what was reported by men and by women with respect to frequency of nudity in the home.<ref>{{citation |title=Sexual Development in Childhood|last=Bancroft |first=John |pages=146–147|year=2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|ISBN=0-253-34243-0}}</ref>
 In a 1995 review of the literature, Paul Okami concluded that there was no reliable evidence linking exposure to parental nudity to any negative effect.<ref>{{Citation | doi = 10.1080/00224499509551774 | last1 = Okami | first1 = P. | year = 1995 | title = Childhood exposure to parental nudity' parent-child co-sleeping' and 'primal scenes': A review of clinical opinion and empirical evidence | journal = Journal of Sex Research | volume = 32 | pages = 51–64 | postscript = . }}</ref> Three years later, his team finished an 18-year longitudinal study that showed that, if anything, such exposure was associated with slight beneficial effects, particularly for boys.<ref>{{Citation | doi = 10.1023/A:1018736109563 | last1 = Okami | first1 = P. | last2 = Olmstead | first2 = R. | last3 = Abramson | first3 = P. | last4 = Pendleton | first4 = L. | year = 1998 | title = Early childhood exposure to parental nudity and scenes of parental sexuality ('primal scenes'): An 18-year longitudinal study of outcome | url = http://www.taasa.org/library/pdfs/TAASALibrary52.pdf | journal = Archives of Sexual Behavior | volume = 27 | issue = 4| pages = 361–384 | pmid = 9681119 | s2cid = 21852539 | postscript = . }}</ref>
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+* {{cite book|last=Green|first=Morris |title=Pediatric Diagnosis: Interpretation of Symptoms and Signs in Children and Adolescents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wOlpAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Saunders|ISBN=978-0-7216-7284-7}}
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+* {{cite book|last1=Neill|first1=Sallie |last2=Lewis|first2=Fiona |title=Ridley's The Vulva |year=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|ISBN=978-1-4443-1669-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_rKEDWL9BcC&pg=PA25}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Sherrow|first=Victoria |title=Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood |ISBN=978-0-313-33145-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofha0000sher|url-access=registration}}
-* {{cite book|title=The Naked Woman|last=Morris|first=Desmond|author-link=Desmond Morris |chapter=The Pubic Hair| year=2007 |isbn=978-0-09-945358-1|title-link=The Naked Woman |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa9zntiEKeAC&pg=PA192}}
+* {{cite book|title=The Naked Woman|last=Morris|first=Desmond|author-link=Desmond Morris |chapter=The Pubic Hair| year=2007 |ISBN=978-0-09-945358-1|title-link=The Naked Woman |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa9zntiEKeAC&pg=PA192}}
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+* {{cite book|last1=Ogle|first1=Robert R. |last2=Fox|first2=Michelle J. |title=Atlas of Human Hair: Microscopic Characteristics|year=1998|publisher=CRC Press|ISBN=978-1-4200-4836-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WdtFZoZVOgC&pg=PA52}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Masini|first=April|author-link=April Masini|title=Think & Date Like a Man: Be the Woman Who Gets the Man She Wants...and Keeps Him! |year=2005 |publisher=Masini |ISBN=978-0-595-37466-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-J1vrYrQdgsC&pg=PA49}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Fawcett|first=F. |title=Nâyars of Malabar|year=2004|publisher=Asian Educational Services|ISBN=978-81-206-0171-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eF-pMrcqw5UC&pg=PA195}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Barcan|first=Ruth |title=Nudity: A Cultural Anatomy|year=2004|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|ISBN=978-1-85973-872-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzK0AAAAIAAJ}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Hollander|first=Anne |title=Seeing Through Clothes|year=1993|publisher=University of California Press|ISBN=978-0-520-08231-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7cwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR136}}
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+* {{cite book|last=Screech|first=Timon |title=Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 |year=1999|publisher=Reaktion Books|ISBN=978-1-86189-030-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFxXR0QKywYC}}
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