I was in a rather delicate discussion the other day: it related to pubic hair and the lack thereof on certain females. The discussion centered on the fashionable trend of Brazilian waxes and on the next step: laser technology or electrolysis to eliminate your unwanted and/or unnecessary body hairs FOREVER.
My source, a former sorority girl who shall remain nameless, had noticed the trend of certain friends using lasers to permanently eliminate their body hairs. She wondered what would happen when the trends changed again and body hairs (to a certain degree) were once again acceptable? Would the girls come to regret the no-tolerance to body hairs policy they adopted at around the same time they decided to get their “Tramp Stamp”? (LINK to Bill Maher weighing in on the all-important-topic.)
The conversation got me thinking about pubic hair in general—I know, I know, deep thoughts—and about how we choose to present ourselves “down there.”
According to this (which I found more than a little disturbing), electrolysis is the way to go if you are into permanently removing your body hairs. (Unfortunately, the inner ear and the hair in your nostril cannot be treated by electrolysis.) Electrolysis is the best way to remove body hair and there are three main types. (Read HERE if you are interested in learning more about this kind of treatment.)
Of course, the anonymous source was more concerned about the trends in pubic hair. In the 1970’s (if bad porn movies are anything to go by), the more the merrier was pretty much the standard when it came to pubic hair. The 80’s and 90’s were a time of razer-thin stripes—dubbed racing stripes by more than a few---and the new millennium brought on the onslaught of little or no pubic hair.
This article details the history of pubic hair, which wasn’t even shown by Americans until the stodgy Brits managed to show the pubes in a (pornographic) national publication before Hugh Hefner ever thought it was decent in the late old age of 1970.
In Japan (and I do understand that it often takes quite a bit less to be big in Japan than it does to be big in other parts), a magazine featured an article on the popularity of Mohawk designs in public hair due to the popularity of David Beckham’s 2002 Mohawk during the World Cup.
So, what do you think? Would you permanently remove all of your pubes forever? If not, what kinds of designs have you tried out? Are you a Vajazzler?