Manscaping

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Manscaping refers to the grooming of male body hair by shaving, waxing or trimming. The word was popularized through its use on the Bravo original program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which regularly showed its subjects being waxed and groomed. According to the Bravo website, the term was coined by Kyan Douglas [1]

[edit] Health risks

A variety of staph infection, known as "community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus," or MRSA, was identified following an outbreak among gay men in Los Angeles in 2003. Among the risk factors for transmission of the infection identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is "compromised skin integrity." Researchers with the Connecticut Department of Public Health determined that manscaping could produce micro-abrasions of the skin, compromising its integrity. Men who manscaped were six times more likely to contract the disease. This drug-resistant strain of MRSA has been found prevalently among gay and bisexual men, athletes, prisoners and Native Americans. [2]