Folks, pubic hair has its job, stop shaving and leave the bush alone!

Some clinicians are finding that freshly shaved pubic areas and genitals are also more vulnerable to infections due to the microscopic wounds being exposed to viruses carried by mouth or genitals Photo: Courtesy

With the inception of civilization, there was a worldwide declaration of deadly war on pubic hair or so it seems. But one wonders, of all the things, why, surely, pick on the lowly hair? A few sociological theories suggest all this has to do with cultural trends spawned by bikinis and thongs, certain hairless actors and actresses or a desire to return to childhood or even a misguided attempt at hygiene.

Interestingly, no matter how expensive or complex the weapons used is this war are – razor blades, electric shavers, tweezers, waxing, hair remover gels – hair, like grass, always grows back and eventually wins! In the meantime, the skin suffers the devastating effects of the scorched battlefield.