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Greg Foot explains what makes pubic hair grow where – and when – it does. What does science have to say about the pros and cons of removing this hair? Foot explores the pro-hair versus anti-hair camps, finds out what the most common removal-related injury is, and reveals what looking at decades of Playboy magazine can tell us about hair-related trends.

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