Dealing with lice infestation..in pubic hair

The itch can be intense, forcing one to scratch even in public

In 2013, some preachers of biodiversity shocked the world with calls for to save pubic lice from extinction. Writing in Bloomberg, Jason Gale and Shannon Pettypiece suggested that measures ought to be put in place to curtail extinction of the intrusive insect.

Why would one lobby for the ‘rights’ of a louse anyway? Recently, in the course of a chat with a lady friend, she confided that men with lice around the pubis put her off. Knowing that lice are very tiny and therefore not easily spotted by the naked eye – especially in the thicket of pubic hair – I thought she was coming on to me. “A man who is well groomed and clean everywhere is my type,” she kept on.