Talking about pubic hair grooming was once taboo. Those days are long gone.
Look no further than popular celebrity books or hit TV shows like Girls or Broad City, where pubes are discussed casually and frequently. Scientists have also begun to examine grooming trends. For a new study in JAMA Dermatology, researchers asked more than 3,000 American women about their pubic hair-care habits.
Fully 84 percent reported they had done some form of pube modification in their lifetime. Of those groomers, 62 percent reported going all the way — removing every last centimeter of hair down there.
The reason for pubic hair maintenance most commonly cited by women in the study: hygiene. That finding alarmed some gynecologists, because it confirmed the persistence of a myth.
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