While in the past pubic hair was something to be ashamed of, thanks to celebrities owning their body hair and brands finally representing realistic grooming habits , it's becoming more and more normalized. But still, it begs the question: Does having hair down there make any difference other than the visual aesthetics? Is it merely decorative? Or are there benefits to your health?
Fur Oil And 4 Other Pro-Women Products On A Mission To Make Your Vagina (Even More) Beautiful
Emma Watson Fur Oil - Pubic Hair Oil And The Other Beauty Products You Can Use On Your Vagina
Ever since the revelation that Emma Watson conditions her pubic hair the world has become obsessed with the exciting new world of vagina grooming products. Speaking to Into The Gloss a few years ago, the Disney princess proudly revealed, 'I've been bleaching my top lip since I was nine. I don't do it very often, but I do it! There's that, and I use Fur Oil.
Feminine hygiene products and services like douches, feminine sprays, and waxing are marketed as healthy ways to care for the vagina and vulva, but can cause more harm than good. The vagina is self-cleaning, so these products are unnecessary. Removing pubic hair can also be harmful and lead to unwanted inflammation and infections. The sheer number of products aimed at making the vagina cleaner, healthier, and more presentable might seem to imply that the genitals are supposed to have a beauty routine of their own. They can even cause serious harm to your vagina and outer genitals.
A nationally representative study out of the University of California, San Francisco found that nearly 84 percent of the 3, women surveyed had groomed their pubic hair, and 62 percent had removed it all at least once. Shaving with a nonelectric razor was the most popular method of grooming, followed by trimming with scissors and shaving with an electric razor. Even the current natural-is-beautiful, pro-body-hair movement is a cultural product and one that tends to focus on the hair of cis white women , at that. Women and femmes are far from a monolith, however.