Many women in life do not have hair on their genitals, and many people refer to them as white tigers. Women with hairless vulva are very afraid of this. So, is it normal for female genitalia not to have pubic hair? Can a woman's pubic hair be shaved off?
Is it normal for women not to have pubic hair?
The pubic hair is a sign of female maturity. The pubic hair generally grows from the age of 12 or 14 until the age of 17. It plays a role in preventing vaginal friction and enhancing sexual pleasure during sexual activity.
Genital hirsutism refers to the symptom of sparse or hairless pubic hair after the growth period of youth. The situation of complete absence of pubic hair accounts for about 2%, and the situation of very sparse hair accounts for about 12%. Hairless patients may experience a sense of shame and inferiority due to physiological inconvenience, especially in males who have a more severe sense of fear than females.
Since the endocrine, Menstrual cycle, sexual function and fertility of most women with oligotrichosis are normal, oligotrichosis is physiological and will not affect their health and happy marriage life, so there is no need to worry about it.
For flawless treatment, the method of applying androgen containing ointment locally can be used appropriately, but the effect is not significant. Fundamentally, treatment requires correction through hair transplantation surgery. If the pubic hair is an inverse triangle, the growth direction and inclination angle of the pubic hair should be considered, and approximately 700-800 hair follicles need to be transplanted for correction. In the early stages, the growth characteristics of pubic hair may be similar to that of hair, but after a period of time, underwear will bend.
Female genitalia does not have pubic hair, and current treatment can make it grow. If female genitalia does not have pubic hair, there is no need for inferiority.
The growth of female pubic hair is divided into six stages
The first period, before the age of 10, has not seen pubic hair yet.
In the second stage, around the age of 10-11, long and soft pubic hair grows sparsely, with slight curls.
In the third stage, aged 12-13, pubic hair increases and gradually becomes curly, thick and black.
Stage 4, aged 14-15, with enlarged pubic hair covering the labia.
Stage 5, aged 16-17, with pubic hair spreading to the pubic region, adult type.
In the sixth stage, at the age of 18, pubic hair is distributed in a typical inverted Triangular distribution on the inner thigh.
In short, Chinese girls generally begin to develop pubic hair at the age of 14, and by the age of 17 or 18, the density of pubic hair is basically fixed. The presence and density of pubic hair mainly depends on the level of male hormone produced by the Adrenal cortex in the body: the sensitivity of pubic hair follicle to male hormone. During the development of female pubic hair, for some reason, the level of androgen produced by the Adrenal cortex is low, the pubic hair follicle is not sensitive to androgen, the pubic hair is sparse, and the pubic hair is not long.