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  • Pubic hair!

  • It's awesome!

  • Well, according to me-- and also science.

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  • Hey, everyone.

  • Welcome to DNews.

  • I'm Laci Green.

  • There's a noticeable trend these days

  • toward removing pubic hair, a fad that's pretty new, given

  • that in the past it wasn't as much of a thing.

  • Definitely not in the '70s.

  • Our parents loved their pubes.

  • As far back as the 1400s, pubic hair was fashionable.

  • In fact, if someone had to remove it,

  • like if they had lice, there were pubic wigs called merkins

  • that people would wear until it grew back, which I actually

  • just think is hilarious, a pubic wig.

  • Gripes that we hear these days about oral sex

  • and pubic hygiene are relatively new.

  • And so, too, are the array of razors, tweezers,

  • electric shavers, waxes, creams, expensive hair removal

  • procedures, all with the aim of keeping you clean and sexy.

  • But is pubic hair really that dirty and terrible?

  • Scientifically speaking, no.

  • Pubic hair itself actually serves

  • some important evolutionary functions.

  • It's a protector of the treasure.

  • It exists to provide a bumper from the irritating

  • friction of sex.

  • It also serves to keep harmful bacteria and pathogens out.

  • Pubic hair also harbors pheromones, an erotic scent

  • unique to each person that you subconsciously

  • pick up on in a partner.

  • There are more obvious practicalities as well.

  • If you have sensitive skin, shaving super sucks.

  • It can be irritating because the hair removal inflames the hair

  • follicles, which can cause itchy, burning,

  • nasty discomfort.

  • This irritation, when paired up with the moist environment

  • that is the genitalia, creates a perfect place

  • for unpleasant bacteria to grow.

  • Strep, staph boils, cellulitis, and pustules on the genitals

  • are more common in people who shave regularly.

  • Shaving and waxing also make you more vulnerable to sexually

  • transmitted infections that spread

  • by touching such as herpes or genital warts,

  • because it's easier to contract with little tiny openings

  • in your skin.

  • Of course, shaving isn't a certain recipe for disaster,

  • and lots of people do it, and they

  • don't get pustules or herpes or anything terrible.

  • It can be fun, a way to change it up to feel extra sexy.

  • But it is a personal thing that in light of the medical facts

  • isn't necessarily for everyone.

  • Basically, you should be free to do you, whatever that is.

  • All right, guys.

  • You knew it was coming.

  • What's your pubic hair preference?

  • Do you like to shave, trim, grow it out?

  • Let me know down below and don't forget

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Pubic hair!

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