Sports Illustrated Cover-NYT opinion piece

[greenwitch]

Or, I’m suddenly remembering Joan Rivers joking about going to the gynecologist and shaving “allllllll the way up”!

[rockvillemom]

Beware!

http://t.today.com/health/ow-pubic-hair-grooming-injuries-rise-researchers-find-1B8265174

Whether it’s a DIY Brazilian wax or a botched attempt at “manscaping,” homegrown efforts to remove the hair down there are sending more people to emergency rooms, new research suggests.

Pubic hair grooming injuries jumped five-fold between 2002 and 2010, according to a recent analysis of ER visits by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco. The cringe-inducing reports increased most at the end of the time frame, with an estimated 2,500 grooming mishaps a year by 2010.

[BunsenBurner]

Pizzagirl - more than 50%? Maybe because they are getting ready for labor and delivery?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25398160

Wow. “Cosmetic body shaving” is the term of art, apparently. We are not going out of business any time soon…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15546080

CONCLUSIONS: MRSA was likely spread predominantly during practice play, with skin breaks facilitating infection. Measures to minimize skin breaks among athletes should be considered, including prevention of turf burns and education regarding the risks of cosmetic body shaving. MRSA-contaminated pool water may have contributed to infections at covered sites, but small numbers limit the strength of this conclusion. Nevertheless, appropriate whirlpool disinfection methods should be promoted among athletic trainers.

[Pizzagirl]

Greenwitch - no, not at all. He has plenty of past the baby stage women, up into 80s. He also said it crosses all age groups. Go figure, fwiw.

[jym626]

Wonder if people “go bald”?