'Extreme' personal grooming isn't linked to increased risk of STIs, study says.
Given the rising rates, “it’s important to find any modifiable risk factors that we can so we can design interventions and decrease the number of people affected by STIs,” said Jamie Luster, who led the new study as a graduate student at the Ohio State University College of Public Health.To study the link, the researchers recruited 214 women who were students at Ohio State University.
Because only 10 percent had chlamydia or gonorrhea but most reported grooming, the researchers concluded there was no link between how often a woman grooms and her risk of contracting the two most common STIs., on the other hand, were more closely tied to extreme grooming, the researchers found: Forty percent of the extreme groomers reported having sex on a daily or weekly basis in the past year.
Asking about sexual activity is important, according to Debby Herbenick, a professor of public health at Indiana University and author of"Sex Made Easy." When it comes to risk factors for STIs, “we’re sometimes barking up the wrong tree with the focus on pubic hair, especially if researchers haven’t asked the right questions around sexuality,” Herbenick, who wasn’t involved with the new research, told NBC News.
One possible link between grooming and STIs is that the actual grooming itself could cause microtears that make it easier for bacteria and viruses to get into the body, Osterberg said. Waxing and shaving could also irritate the skin and trigger anStill, Luster and Osterberg said their studies were not conclusive, but rather add to the growing body of data.
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