# Do you wash your pubic hair with shampoo and conditioner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803 "2007-12-21T05:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/41 "2014-05-07T16:42:11Z")
I shave mine off regularly, but I do put my regular lotion and/or coconut oil on the area, and that keeps the stubble soft. > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Slight hijack… Is it a woman thing to want to stay in the shower for-like-ever? Me? I’m in and out as quickly as possible, five minutes if I can manage it. It’s only much longer than that if the boss of me has a hankering for showery “activities.” Other than that I can’t wait to get out. She, on the other hand, can stay in there for a half-hour or more, and that doesn’t include washing her hair. What the heck? There are only so many centimeters of skin to cover and so many crevices to explore. > > In an overwhelming fit of curiosity, I once tried sitting outside the shower to observe this inexplicable phenomenon. It, sadly, remains inexplicable to me, because after ten minutes I wanted to shoot myself and had to get out of there. > > So, again, is a desire for a prolonged shower experience a gender thing and, if so, what’s the allure? My boyfriend showers for 20 minutes to 1/2 hr. I’ve asked, and he says he’s mostly just enjoying the hot water. He doesn’t do anything but wash, has short hair. I take 5-15 minutes, and I have long hair to care for, and regularly exfoliate and shave my whole body. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/42 "2014-05-07T17:39:07Z")
> [@spunkshoot](#): > > Hey guys, I am a male and grow my pubic hair without trimming. Even pubic hair has a growth limit. using soap to wash and hair oil after drying keeps it soft. I have been doing it for years with no ill effects such as coarse or dull hair. Does zombie pubic hair continue to grow 7 years after it died? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/43 "2014-05-07T18:56:23Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Slight hijack… Is it a woman thing to want to stay in the shower for-like-ever? Not for this woman, I don’t really like showers so for me it’s in and out as efficiently as possible. If I want to stay awhile I’ll opt for a bath because I don’t have to exert to effort to stand. I have heard that some women use those hand-held shower heads to masturbate but it’s just not my thing so I have no idea if that would account for some long showers or not. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/44 "2014-05-07T19:07:22Z")
My own? No. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/45 "2014-05-07T19:37:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > My own? No. I’ll be sure to keep my 4:30 appointment. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/46 "2014-05-07T20:09:44Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I’ll be sure to keep my 4:30 appointment. The usual vitamin-enriched honeysuckle shampoo followed by the avocado rinse and a dab of leave-in conditioner as usual, sir? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/47 "2014-05-08T18:23:23Z")
Did you just call him “honeysuckle”? [sub]Them’s either fighting words or loving ones, depending…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![StayseaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/48 "2014-05-08T19:13:47Z")
I laughed when I read this and thought, what pubic hair?! But I only use feminine wash in that area. I usually shower for 15 minutes, but I also have hair that reaches just below my boobs and like to shave regularly. My husband takes longer showers than I do. I usually go in and talk to him while he stands there and wastes water. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/49 "2014-05-08T19:45:25Z")
I like to use my best shampoo on my pubes just in case. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/50 "2014-05-08T20:40:48Z")
I don’t even use soap. I lather up my hair with shampoo, and there’s enough excess lather to suds up the armpits, crotch, ass and pubes. Occasionally I might wash my face or scrub some other part of my body (feet, elbows, etc.). But yeah, since shampoo is the only thing I use in most showers, that’s what my pubes get clean with. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/51 "2014-05-08T21:18:34Z")
Try [this](http://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/category/PEPPERMINT.html) - Dr. Bronner’s - you won’t regret it… ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/52 "2014-05-08T22:47:32Z")
That might possibly be the most awkward time to use the old advertising slogan/brand name “[Gee, your hair smells terrific](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee,_Your_Hair_Smells_Terrific)”. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/53 "2014-05-08T22:51:04Z")
I prefer carb cleaner and a wire brush myself. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/54 "2014-05-09T02:35:40Z")
What pubic hair? I rarely have any. I shave. All of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/55 "2014-05-09T08:37:12Z")
I do not wash my pubic hair with conditioner. That’s a job I delegated to the upstairs chamber maid. ---
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/56 "2014-05-09T09:48:51Z")
I actually do, before I trim my bush. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/57 "2014-05-09T11:38:25Z")
Per some of the earlier comments. I’m curious as to why it’s a no-no for masturbation and why it also seems to cause UTI’s. And to answer the question, no, since every hair on my body below the neck is regularly trimmed to 1/4 inch, so no point. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/58 "2014-05-09T13:02:07Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Per some of the earlier comments. I’m curious as to why it’s a no-no for masturbation I hear it stings if it goes down the hole. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/59 "2014-05-09T14:01:09Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Try [this](http://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/category/PEPPERMINT.html) - Dr. Bronner’s - you won’t regret it… Actually, you will regret it terribly… the first time. It is a bit “tingly”. After that you get use to it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803/60 "2014-05-09T14:28:13Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I hear it stings if it goes down the hole. First, is this for men, women or both? Second, how is it different from soap? Third, why the UTI’s? Since the shower isn’t my preferred setting, I’m horribly under-educated in this area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-pubic-hair-with-shampoo-and-conditioner/430803.md?page=4)