It’s been long-established that shaving off all your pubic hair is not the greatest look on a man.
Unless you’re into that sort of thing, in which case we certainly won’t judge (much).
But regardless of aesthetics, did you know that a close shave down under can actually increase the risk of contracting an STI?
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We didn’t either, but in the below video from ASOP Science, the threat is outlined in gag-inducing detail. And it’s really quite simple.
Basically, shaving can cause micro abrasions on the skin, which makes the area around your “talent” much more susceptible to all kinds of infection, including the sexually transmitted variety.
Watch below, and learn all sorts of other facts about manscaping you may or may not find helpful:
Don Michael
This is BS! Unless you are sharing razors and/or constantly cutting yourself – Damn!
Brent Labee
there’s a fungus among us.
Billy Budd
The solution is simple: just TRIM it, don’t use razors. The final effect is almost the same. There are many trimming machines on the market.
oddchild1
@Billy Budd: An equally simple solution; CONDOMS, much like the claims that being uncircumcised is healthier and reduces the chance of getting STI’s, nothing really matters more than regular safe sex practices.
tham
@oddchild1:
Who claims uncircumcised is healthier? Not W.H.O.
Why do you think HIV is more of a hetro thing outside the US?
MarionPaige
a more practical issue that affects more guys is the side effects of shaving one’s face with a razor. A lot of guys, not just Black guys, have hair that is curly enough that hairs will grow back into the skin (in grown hair) if a guy shaves too closely with a razor. One of the real horrors in life is seeing a guy with a face and neck full of ingrown hairs and realizing that the guy probably isn’t even aware of what causes ingrown hairs. Also,
Shaving one’s face (especially with a razor) also results in “micro abrasions on the skin which makes the area much more susceptible to all kinds of infection”. So, why fixate on pubic hair?
Sweetie Pie
Just trim the bush…..shaved dicks are unnatural, the pubic hair is there for a reason
BigG
Trim that Bush, don’t shave. Very simple.
d3clark
Chlamydia can be transmitted through sex.
Can Clamydia be transmitted from eating undercooked seafood?
Kieran Loveridge-rees
This is literally just a bunch of people that dislike the look of something (probably due to internalised homophobia and an aversion to femininity due to insecurity) pushing their ideals and shaming people with random bullshit
o.codone
@Kieran Loveridge-rees: Wow. What kind of psychobabble is that? There are plenty of people who don’t like the look, because to them, aesthetically, it’s not pleasing, they prefer hair. Count me in on the hair, everywhere. Anybody with a hairy azz is automatically my favorite guy. And a trim bush up front. Yum. Nothing more to it bro, I just love hairy apes.
Stache
@Kieran Loveridge-rees: If you have an aversion to femininity then I would assume you’d never trim/shave? At any rate, people need to at least trim the bush. Natural is just gross.
Stached1
@Stache: LMAO you would have hated having sex with men in the 70s and 80s, nobody shaved or trimmed their bush then.
Bromancer7
@oddchild1: If your condom covers your pubis (where one’s bush would be) you’re doing something wrong.
oddchild1
@tham: Irrelevant; much like with foreign policy; my opinion is “not our country, not our people, not our problem.” What happens outside the US doesn’t matter in context of this conversation.
oddchild1
@Bromancer7: Irrelevant; condoms are proven to be the most effective method of STI prevention; get your bareback propaganda out of here.