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Whether you shave or ignore your down-south bushes, there’s a ton of really neat facts about your landscape…
- It creates a barrier to help against friction burns as the body bumps and grinds.
- Its name comes from your “pubis” region.
- The curliness is to capture pheromones from sweat glands.
- The average hair grows between 0.5 to 1.5 inches.
- One woman had pubes 28 inches long.
- Removing pubic hair increased the chance of STI transmission. This is because of the micro cuts and tears that can happen while shaving or waxing etc.
- It’s also easier for bacterial infections to get in.
- People who remove or groom their lower forest can have a higher want of sex and oral sex.
- Pubic lice appeared over 10 million years ago … from gorillas.
- Pubic hair transplants are a thing.
- Victorians loved thick curls down there. However, since lice was common they had to shave it.
- Victorians wore “merkins”, which were literally vagina wigs.
- High society men would weave pubic hair from their lovers into their hats.
- It was a common gift to exchange and a sign of adoration.
- It’s usually darker than our hair.
- They can go grey.
- If you have curly hair, and like to wax or shave, you have a higher chance of ingrown hairs.
- Playboy magazine was the first to show bush.
- You had it before puberty – it looked like the same fine hair on the rest of the body, so it’s difficult to see.
- It doesn’t get thicker after you shave.
- It gets thinner as you age.
- It grows on average 0.5mm per day.
- More than 83% of women tidy up down there (journal JAMA Dermatology) 60% of those women say they do it for hygienic reasons.
- Hair or none… it doesn’t actually affect hygiene.
- Waxing hurts more during your period.
- Pubic grooming has been shown to improve self-esteem.
- Out of all the options, plucking is the worst.
- Your grooming is your business.
How about you? Wax or natural? Does grooming affect your mood? Do any of these points make you want to talk? Share in the comments!
