In fact, in a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that asked over 1, university students women and men about their down-there grooming habits, 95 percent of people said they removed it at least once in the last four weeks. Shaving was the most popular—with half of women going totally bald to feel clean, comfortable, and sexy. But not everyone is all about the hair removal. A survey published in JAMA Dermatology found that 16 percent of women report not grooming their bush at all. We were curious about what real women did, so we asked eight women what they do to care for their most intimate areas. Read their anonymous stories below:.
"I secretly use my husband's beard trimmer!"
2. Exfoliate the Skin
With puberty come many changes, including increased body hair and the development of underarm hair for teens. Many teens and young adults may choose to depilate, or remove body hair. The most common body areas depilated are the underarms, legs, pubic area, eyebrows, and face for females; and the face, abdomen, back, chest, groin, and legs for males. Shaving is the most common method used for the underarms, legs, and pubic area. Pubic shaving actually originated in ancient Egypt and Greece when prostitutes had to shave for both hygienic reasons and as a clear sign of their profession.
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It's a very good sign of the times that pubic hair is a topic of conversation lately. Celebs like Emma Watson who swears by the pube-conditioning Fur Oil and Ashley Graham who recently shared her pubic hair preferences have said it before: Pubic hair is completely normal. Obviously, what you choose to do with it is your business and prerogative, whether that's a regular waxing or the occasional shaving or nothing at all. But, there are major benefits that come with keeping your pubic hair. After all, it wouldn't be there unless it served some sort of purpose. Additional sources back that up, finding that small tears or injuries in the skin caused during hair removal can leave you susceptible to infections — meaning you should be extra careful when shaving or waxing down there.
It can be challenging for girls and women to learn how to relate to their bodies because there are so few resources available to adequately guide us. Before we get any further, I want to clarify that pubic hair grows on and around your vulva, not the vagina. The vagina is internal. So, to shave or not to shave? Here are five things to consider. While removing pubic hair is becoming more common, it is still not as typical as removing leg and underarm hair. This might tell us something about the social pressures we face when it comes to our body hair: the more visible the hair, the more likely we are to remove it. Social norms about body hair can sometimes make choice feel impossible.
