6 Things You Should Know About Your Pubic Hair Before Shaving It

Shaving of the pubic hair to so many people is nothing new. A few sociological speculations have proposed that shaving of the pubic hair has to do with cultural trends spawned by certain hairless actors and actresses or even a mistaken effort at hygiene.

The most traditional body areas shaved are the underarms, legs, pubic area, eyebrows, and face for females; the face, abdomen, back, chest, groin, and legs for males.

While some people prefer wax, shaving is the most common method used for the underarms, legs, and pubic area.

Here are 6 reasons why you should not shave your pubic hair:

1. Pubic hair helps control your body temperature

We all know that hair helps control body temperature. Hair follicles help with sweating.

There is a sebaceous gland on each hair follicle which releases oils onto the hair, that in turn allows the oils go up to the skin’s surface. When this oil evaporates, it cools the skin because of its latent heat.

2. Pubic hair actually protects you

The pubic hair protects you from diseases and skin problems. Among other protections, it helps to prevent foreign particles like dust and pathogenic bacteria from entering your body.

3. Pubic hair contains pheromones

Scientists are of the belief that pubic hair retains s*xual secretions that are otherwise referred to as pheromones. This is what attracts us to each other. The body gives off more pheromones as you sweat and those secretions are retained in the pubic hair regions.

4. Higher risk for private part warts

private part warts are located near or on the private part areas. In a female, it is situated on or outside the private part area, v**ina, cervix, or anus. In a male, that means near or on the man-hood, scrotum, or anus.

Warts appear as bumps or growths. They tend to be whitish or flesh colored. Many times a person with private part warts doesn’t know that he or she has it. If you shave your pubic hair, you are putting yourself at a higher risk of contracting private part warts.

5. You are more likely to catch molluscum contagiosum (viral infection)

Shaving or waxing your pubic hair increases your risk of contracting a viral infection. Research has shown that hairless private parts may provide an opportunity for sexually transmitted diseases like molluscum to take hold, with shaving showing the strongest association. Molluscum contagiosum is spread easily, and it has been suggested that the virus may have spread primarily through self-infections caused by scratching skin irritated by shaving.

6. It causes skin problems in your private area

Removal of pubic hair naturally irritates the hair follicles, leaving microscopic open wounds. Frequent hair removal is necessary to stay smooth, causing regular irritation of the shaved or waxed area. Many doctors say it is not unusual to find patients with boils and abscesses on their private parts from shaving as well as cellulitis, an infection of the scrotum. Being on the private parts, these skin issues are often more uncomfortable than they would be in other parts of the body.

For these reasons above, it is in your best interest not to attempt pubic hair shaving, or to put a stop to it if you are already in the habit of doing so