Accidents & Violence, Author Interviews, Dermatology, JAMA, UCSF, Urology / 17.08.2017
Pubic Hair Grooming–Related Injuries Surprisingly Common
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Thomas W. Gaither, BS
Department of Urology
University of California, San Francisco
General Hospital, San Francisco
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: We study genitourinary trauma and reconstruction. This study was motivated from a previous study showing that Emergency Room visits due to grooming were increasing over the past nine year. We sought to better characterize who was at most risk for grooming injuries. We found that grooming is extremely common in both men and women and minor injuries occur in about 25% of groomers. Surprisingly, a little over one percent sought medical care due to their injury. Participants at most risk our those who remove all of their pubic hair frequently ( as opposed to those who just trim). We did not find any instruments that were necessarily putting participants at risk for injury.
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