Hair is considered a natural lubricant since it helps reduce the friction skin-to-skin contact (like during sexual activity) could cause. Pubic hair also protects those sensitive areas from outside bacteria and overheating. Hair traps sweat and wicks it away from the body.
Trimming pubic hair is an intimate choice but many experts feel that shaving pubic hair is simply a misleading attempt at personal hygiene. An increasing number of studies are now advocating against shaving the pubes.
Pubic hair acts as a barrier against unwanted bacteria and infections. Pubic hair also protects you against pathogenic bacteria and dust from getting in. So, it’s wise to leave a healthy amount down there and prevent your vagina from unwanted debris.
Pubic hair removal naturally irritates and inflames the hairfollicles left behind, leaving microscopic open wounds,” explains Dr. Emily Gibson, MD. “When that irritation is combined with the warm moist environment of the genitals, it becomes a happy culture media for some of the nastiest of bacterial pathogens. Additionally, I’ve seencellulitis (soft tissuebacterial infection withoutabscess ) of the scrotum, labia, and *** from spread of bacteria from shaving or from sexual contact with strep or staph bacteria from a partner’s skin.