Dear Reader,

Pubic hair, and what to do with it, are among the most asked about and read topics on Go Ask Alice! Maybe that's because, similar to you, the hair down there is never on the lesson plan when mom, dad, or whomever is teaching how to best shampoo and shave or trim our heads, faces, and/or legs. For a long time, pubes and chest hair got very little attention in the media, so most post-pubescents probably didn't think much about grooming these areas — ever. Then came the stories about bikers and swimmers who shaved everything in hopes of shaving seconds off their finishing times, followed by bikini line waxing for men; hair-free male models with their shiny, buffed chests; scrotum hair snipping, coloring, and/or corn-rowing; and, the magic of instant hair redistribution and removal through air brushing, the very common practice of using computers to alter photographs in magazines, on posters, and the like.

Despite all of the modern mowing, there's no law saying that you have to do a darn thing in your pubic zone. If you do decide that you want to sport a new look, all of the above-mentioned options are fair game. Since there have been so many past pubic posts, you can read up on the who, what, why, when, and where of pubic hair in the Go Ask Alice! archives, starting with the beauties listed below.

Alice

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