Pubic grooming linked to STDs

[AverageGary]

Your public service announcement for the day ....

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditi..._161207_cons_news_pubicgroomingtiedtohigherst

First two paragraphs of the longer story ...

MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Brazilian bikini waxing and similar forms of personal grooming may be all the rage, but they come with a heightened risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease, new research suggests.

The study found that frequent groomers of pubic hair are three to four times more likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection, such as herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV) or syphilis.

 

[live4thebj]

Not a fetish. Belongs in a different category.

 

[UnderMyKilt]

Your public service announcement for the day ....

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditi..._161207_cons_news_pubicgroomingtiedtohigherst

First two paragraphs of the longer story ...

"Brazilian bikini waxing and similar forms of personal grooming may be all the rage, but they come with a heightened risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease, new research suggests.

The study found that frequent groomers of pubic hair are three to four times more likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection, such as herpes, human papillomavirus (HPV) or syphilis."

What's the big deal? The first two paragraphs don't tell the story. Remember, at one time they thought poppers caused HIV.

This is the paragraph that gets to the gist of the facts and eliminates the unnecessary alarm.

Still, the study didn't prove a direct cause-and-effect relationship between pubic grooming and sexually transmitted infections, it was only designed to show a link between these factors.

It's all speculation and ""I would probably lean toward the idea that the grooming itself causes mild trauma to the skin, and essentially makes the skin more susceptible to the organisms when they're exposed, " certainly doesn't amount to any kind of scientific proof of any cause and effect.

As was said, on the other hand....

....it might be that people who groom more often engage in more sex and are at higher risk for a sexually transmitted infection.

"Grooming may be a proxy for higher levels of sexual activity," he added.

Overall, groomers tended to be younger, more sexually active, and to have had more sexual partners than those who don't groom their pubic hair, the survey found. Extreme groomers had a higher number of sexual partners than any other category of groomer.