Bikini wax ok for herpes

Two of them were in a little cluster, and a few others were more sparse. As many single-and-dating women would upon discovering something like this, I freaked out and had an anxiety attack at work. Right then and there, I made an emergency appointment with my gyno, and tore out of work to get there. En route, stuck in traffic, I cried in the cab and made all of the normal promises you make when you are afraid that something really bad is happening. I'll never have unprotected sex again if this turns out not to be herpes.

Skip navigation! Bikini waxes can be totally awkward — you are letting a complete stranger touch and closely examine your genitals under bright lights, after all. But it can be even more awkward for those of us who have STIs. When I was diagnosed with genital herpes, my main questions centered around transmission. I wanted to know how I could avoid passing herpes along to partners. And like many people with STIs, I wondered in general what my STI diagnosis would mean for my life, and what parts of it would have to change because of my status. But because STIs are so stigmatized and therefore not often discussed, there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to living with one.

Whether you get an occasional bikini wax or a monthly Brazilian, listen up: Waxing may increase your risk of contracting certain sexually transmitted infections by creating micro-tears in your skin that viruses can later squeeze through, according to a new review published in JAMA Dermatology. As anyone who has ever been on the waxing table knows, the popular procedure can sometimes cause redness, inflammation, peeling, and occasionally even bleeding. The STIs that have shown the strongest link to waxing are HPV, herpes simplex virus, and molluscum contagiosum a skin virus that wasn't considered an STI until recently, when it started springing up on more women's genitals , says ob-gyn Alyssa Dweck, M. These viruses don't rely on swapping bodily fluids and are all transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. So do you need to break up with your Brazilian?

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