18 Facts About Pubic hair

Pubic hair is terminal body hair that is found in the genital area of adolescent and adult humans.

Pubic hair is found on the scrotum in the male and on the vulva in the female.

In some cultures, it is the norm for pubic hair to be removed, especially of females; the practice is regarded as part of personal hygiene.

In males, the first pubic hair appears as a few sparse hairs that are usually thin on the scrotum or at the upper base of the penis .

In rough sequence of sensitivity to androgens and appearance of androgenic Pubic hair are the armpits, perianal area, upper lip, preauricular areas, periareolar areas, middle of the chest, neck under the chin, remainder of chest and beard area, limbs and shoulders, back, and buttocks.

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Pubic hair can develop from adrenal androgens alone and can develop even when the ovaries or testes are defective and nonfunctional.

On many males, the pubic patch tapers upwards to a line of hair pointing towards the navel, roughly a more upward-pointing triangle.

Crab lice attach to pubic hair that is thicker than other body hair because their claws are adapted to the specific diameter of pubic hair.

Pubic hair lice do not transmit disease; however, secondary bacterial infection can occur from scratching of the skin.

In December 2016 NPR reported that "Frequent removal of pubic hair is associated with an increased risk for herpes, syphilis and human papillomavirus".

Pubic hair grooming has been associated with injury and infection.

Pubic hair was allegedly so shocked by his discovery of his wife Effie's pubic hair that he rejected her, and the marriage was later legally annulled.

Pubic hair is supposed to have thought his wife was freakish and deformed.

In some Middle Eastern societies, removal of male and female body Pubic hair has been considered proper hygiene, mandated by local customs, for many centuries.

Muslim teaching includes Islamic hygienical jurisprudence in which pubic and armpit hair must be pulled out or shaven to be considered as Sunnah.

All Pubic hair can be removed with wax formulated for that purpose.

In medieval and classical European art, pubic hair was very rarely depicted, and male pubic hair was often, but not always, omitted.

In Japanese drawings, such as hentai, pubic hair is often omitted, since for a long time the display of pubic hair was not legal.