I have a red rash after shaving my pubic hair!

A Worried Teen · Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

Hi, im 16 yrs old and last week, i decided for the first time to shave my pubic hair region. I dont rlly know why? But my friends had said that girls prefered it this way. So i took my Gillete Shavor (Not electric) and began 2 shave. I have just left a little few pubic hairs around my penis now. But once i had finished shaving i started experiencing redness, and itching, like little red dimples scattered around my pubic area. They itch like hell at night, and are very irritating.

I think this might just be from shaving for the first time in a sensitive area? Is their any creams or lotions u could name that might help get rid of this rash thank you. Or what it could be, just 2 easy my mind... ty

Tim · Supporter Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 234

It is probably folliculitis. This condition occurs when hairs become ingrown under the skin instead of growing out. Skin bacteria may infect the area and in return you get these little red pimple-like bumps that have white dots on top, just like little zits.
It is no big deal, it would go away on its own in a few days. Just don’t touch it too much, sometimes it may spread by dirty hands and touching other skin parts.
If you have an antibiotic cream, you may apply on the area but it is not necessarily as this is a self-limiting condition.
I do the area as well but I never shave. I use my electric shaver and trim them, so that they are cut and small instead of bushy.
If your condition persists, you may see a GP or a dermatologist for an antibiotic but I don’t think it will.
Razors are nasty because they are very likely to make ingrown hairs as they cut the hair and it may get stuck under the skin.

Guest · Guest

uhh i shaved mine and these little red dots appeared like immediately..how logn till they go away? also how fast does it grow back cause its growing back kinda sharpish and the hairs are all pricky and it hurts like a mother.

Guest · Guest

if its true that this is a bacteria taking hold where the folicle has grown inwards are there not much more serious implications. i know a mate who after waxxing his back had a hair grown inwards and within a few months it had hit his spinal cord and grown between to veterbrae. is this risk not apparent with pubic hair

i know that my pubes are nowhere near my spine but some of the area i shaved is close to my hip joints would an ingrowing hair cause this kind of problem around my groin?

janice_B · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

hello im 12 years old and i never had any sex activities am i virgin but in one day i found red bups around my legs and vagina
i dont know what is it!

thompsononeo1ner · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

ive been shaving down there since like august and havent had this problem but i wanna know is does any else have like hair on the actual shaft? honestly, am i just a hairyer person then most guys then, because i have hairs on the shaft and i'm afraid if i keep shaving them they will come in darker and thicker, right now they are kinda like clear you know and thin, they get a lil long...

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I just did this yesterday went for the ''First Shave'' I was bored and ye I WILL NOT be doing it again. its ichy and annoying and yes iv have began to get a rash also.. my best advice for you is it leave it alone and it will be gone soon.

thompsononeo1ner · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

bump...

Guest · Guest

I'm 19 and I have been shaveing mine for years, i get the bumps the day after and they last about a day or two, i have just learned to live with it. My girlfriend once used this stuff called fuzzy wuzzy shave cream and she reported no irritation? maybe try a shave cream for very sensitive skin to lessen the irritation, also use a very good razor, i have one of those 4 blade gillettes and it works wonders. Smile

PS hair on the shaft is perfectly normal, i have it and it has not gotten darker or heavier, though i have found that shaveing the 'sac' works best after you shave the rest and rinse it all clean and dry off. Mine seem to just dodge the razor Sad

and yes *most* ladies like it...

Guest · Guest

hey thanks everyone for writing some of this stuff...i tried shaving it yesterday (seemed like a good idea at the time) and im always paranoid of everything...i got a rash, there were little red bumps, and i got worried that it would get infrected, and the hair might not grow back (i look back now and realize how stupid i was Razz

) and anyways yeah, i was glad to get some confirmation

at least its smooth-(ish) down there Razz

I have a red rash after shaving my pubic hair!

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