Emergency room visits due to pubic hair grooming mishaps have exploded in recent years, say University of California San Diego researchers, who found a five-fold increase in reported injuries from 2002-2010.BTW, the 2002 date is consistent with my observations about when shaving really caught on.
Here's a further quote that adds something else interesting; viz. that not just women are shaving:
A total of 11,704 people landed in the E.R. after waxing, shaving or trimming sessions went awry — and it's a pretty even split between women (56.7%) and men (43.3%).Further evidence (from salon.com) of how common shaving has become:
Now, between 70 and nearly 90 percent of females remove part or all of their genital hair, and roughly 60 to 80 percent of men.
