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Did you know that health can be detected from pubic hair? Wow, it's about time you tried to observe the things that happened to your pubic hair. For example, when pubic hair begins to thin, get thicker, or it can turn white. What is that sign? Come on, see the following reviews.
Thick pubic hair
Thickening of pubic hair does not only occur due to puberty, for example in men. The hormone testosterone also triggers hair growth as a characteristic of their sexual maturity.
However, please note that excess testosterone due to pheocromocytoma (adrenal gland tumor) also causes pubic hair to become thicker. In addition, the growth of pubic hair can also be triggered due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a condition of the disruption of ovarian function in women who are of childbearing age.
Thinning pubic hair
The body will change according to age, not only the metabolic system or the function of the body organs. Pubic hair also undergoes changes, namely becoming thinner or falling out. Quoted from the health website Health, Raquel B. Dardik, a women's health specialist at NYU Langone Medical Center, said that after menopause there is a decrease in the growth of hair on the body, including pubic hair. If you experience something like this, you don't need to panic because this is normal and happens often.
However, it is different if you are young. This thinning hair can be caused by unstable hormones when you are under extreme stress. This stress not only causes the hair on your head to fall out, but also makes your pubic hair thinner.
Pubic hair turns white
Apart from thinning, pubic hair can also turn white due to aging. So, don't be surprised if something like this happens. Bleaching hair can occur at the age of 30 to 40 years, and some even appear when you are 20 years old. This can occur due to genetic factors.
Hair follicles contain melanin, which is the color-giving pigment in hair, including pubic hair. When you get older, the follicles produced by the body are less and less. Therefore, hair can experience discoloration due to the lack of melanin.
Apart from aging, the changes that occur in your pubic hair can also be caused by several diseases, for example:
- Vitiligo. This autoimmune disease causes the skin to lose its pigment color. Apart from the hair, vitiligo can also make some areas of your skin turn white.
- White piedra. Fungal infections of the hair can cause hair to turn white. Not only on head hair, but also on eyebrow hair, eyelashes, and on pubic hair.
- Pubic lice. This condition is caused by infection with small insects, aka lice, which live on the skin and hair in the pubic area. They attach to hair and usually pass from person to person through sex. This venereal disease does not turn pubic hair white. However, the hair may appear white because the eggs are yellow and white, and the brown lice are gray-white.
So by observing pubic hair, you can detect what is happening to the body. We recommend that you consult your doctor immediately, so that you know what causes the changes in your pubic hair.
