Bushy pubes
Ask Ugly: the state of the bush – how should I be styling my pubic hair?
Dear Ugly,
I am a thirtysomething, straight, cisgender woman who is recently divorced. I’ve started dating again and I already feel completely lost when it comes to how I should be “styling” my pubic hair. With that said, the last few weeks I have been receiving ads on Instagram to laser my bum hair… I have multiple questions. Is that safe? Should I buy a laser hair remover so I can do this in the privacy of my home? Is my anus supposed to peek like a naked mole rat? Are women actually doing this?
– Lost In The Bush
From one thirtysomething divorcee getting targeted ads about at-home asshole hair removal to another, let me commence by saying I see you. I hear you. I am you.
You and I came of age in the early 2000s: the era of low-rise jeans, whale-tail thongs and belly shirts. Girls were going wild, Carrie Bradshaw was getting a Brazilian wax, and internet porn was at our Hard Candy-painted fingertips. Yet for all those montes pubis sightings, the only female pubes I saw as a young teen – no
Column: A Bushy Revelation
The first time I hooked up with this guy, whom I will call Landon, he made it clear to me what he preferred below the belt. “You should grow a landing strip,” he said unapologetically. This surprised me for two reasons. First, I did not think college males had any preferences other than clean-shaven and extra clean-shaven. Secondly, I didn’t know that personal grooming was now up for open discussion.
As far as I was aware, the conversation about hair removal ended when high school did. College culture, with the expectations of one-night flings and drunken encounters, has nearly removed almost any conversation about below the belt grooming. So of course, after this first run-in with Landon, the topic resurfaced, and I was left wondering, how does this play a new role in the complicated hookup culture of collegiate life? Have we escaped the tyranny of the entire Brazilian?
From my experience, pubes own been lost to the memories of post-puberty paranoia — over what is normal and what should be shaven. High university relatio
THE PANTOGRAPH PUNCH
I was surprised that most of those who answered the polls do remove or trim their leg, armpit, facial and/or pubic hair. I was even more shocked that 88 percent started this maintenance when they were younger than 16. That’s a lot of body hair plucked, waxed, lasered and creamed over the years, and a really young age for so many people to perceive the weight of body-hair judgement.
I wanted to create some space for people to share their whakaaro on this further, so I made a question box offering an option for people to do so. From this, I gathered some really eye-opening responses. I’m going to donate a general overview of the different whakaaro below.
Some people include a similar ethos to me regarding body hair. Which is super dependent on the mood and vibe of the moment. I feel like this position is a mixture of style and energy. Today, I prefer the style of armpit hair, similar to the way I’m really into monochromatic outfits. Also, I’m too lazy to pluck my toe hairs right now, but I might not be tomorrow:
“I go through phases of removal. But I do it for me, fo
What’s the Purpose of Pubic Hair? And 8 Other FAQs
There are some risks associated with removing your pubic hair.
Injuries
Pubic grooming injuries are surprisingly common. A 2017 study based on data from the same nationally representative 2013 survey cited above reported that 25.6 percent of groomers sustained injuries during or after hair removal.
In the explore, cuts were the most commonly reported injury, with burns and rashes also reported frequently.
In very rare cases, these injuries required medical attention.
Infections
As mentioned above, pubic hair serves a protective function by trapping pathogens that could otherwise enter your body.
Removing pubic hair may therefore make a person more susceptible to common infections, such as UTIs, vaginitis, and yeast infections.
Hair removal can also irritate your skin, leading to skin infections such as cellulitis and folliculitis.
In other cases, grooming-related injuries, such as cuts, could become infected.
Staph boils
In rare cases, hair removal might result in the development of boils i