Wednesday 16 January 2013

Are pubic lice in danger of extinction?

Pthirus pubis … at risk from 'deforestation'.
Pubic lice (or crabs), are on their way to becoming an endangered species, partly thanks to the popularity of bikini waxes and other down-there grooming trends.
Pubic lice (Phthirus pubis) are tiny parasitic insects that live in coarse human body hair, such as pubic hair and are spread through close body contact, most commonly sexual contact.
According to Bloomberg News, Sydney's main sexual health clinic hasn't seen a woman with pubic lice since 2008 and male cases are down 80 per cent in a decade.
“It used to be extremely common; it’s now rarely seen,” said Basil Donovan, head of sexual health at the University of New South Wales’s Kirby Institute and a physician at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre. “Without doubt, it’s better grooming."
A 2011 study by researchers at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, reported more than 80 per cent of college students in the US remove some or all of their pubic hair.
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