Should pubic hair be shaved?

Although it is not familiar in Japan, there are cultures that shave pubic hair regardless of male female in the West. But, really should you shave pubic hair? A movie that answers a simple but questionable question "Should You Shave Your Pubes?"Has been released.

Should You Shave Your Pubes? - YouTube


Human body once had hair growing, but most of her hair has disappeared in the process of evolution since the Ice Age.


However, the armpits of the armpits and the crotch do not disappear, and humans have become the only organisms with long pubic hair in mammals.


According to the hypothesis established by a researcher about "why pubic hair has not disappeared" according to the hypothesis that pubic hair appears to be ready for sexual activity, it is said that pubic hair grows after adolescence so that the other party can visually recognize it about.


In this hypothesis, pubic hair is said to have a role to prevent the skin from rubbing against each other during sexual activity.


Some researchers also assume that pubic hair is related to the secretion of pheromones that attract opposite sex. Sweat glands sweat gland has two types of eccrine gland and apocrine gland. The eccrine glands are in the whole body, but the apocrine glands are in the pores of the armpits and the genital area.


Sweat from this apocrine gland contains proteins, lipids, pheromones.


Another hypothesis is that the pubic hair did not go away in order to keep the pheromone secreted from the apocrine gland.


However, when we surveyed 1,000 college students in the United States, 96% of women know that 87% of men are shaving pubic hair which has not been lost during the process of evolution.


Of those who are shaving pubic hair, 75% feel itching after shaving and 40% have some sort of rash.


In addition, shaving the pubic hair will attach a minute scar to the skin that can not be confirmed with the eyes.


These wounds can cause infectious diseases as well as sexually transmitted diseases ......


Luckily you do not get infectious, you may injure other parts by shaving pubic hair. Actually, among patients who are being brought to the emergency room in an American hospital, the typical one seems to be a patient who has been injured while shaving.


It is natural for the pubic hair to stretch, and healthy damage will not be caused by stretching, so if you consider only the body, it is better for people who do not shave. However, in the United States, it is a trend to shave pubic hair, so it is likely that it is difficult to shave at all.