I have Pubic Lice, I dont know where I got them, as I have been sexually inactive for a long time, the last time I even went near a girl was december 28th, and sure we were naked in the same bed but we didn’t have sex. I’m a 23 year old male.
I did have sex with a different girl back at the start of december, but I reckon thats too long ago to be of any importance to my current problen.
I first noticed an itch in the pubic hair area around new years day, and discovered the little bastards a few days later, they had just set up camp on my body.
I have good personal hygiene, but can’t seem to shake them.
How do I get rid of them, I’m just way too embarrassed to go see a doc. i have considered shaving, but thought it was a bit drastic, someone please help me, as I am close to getting intimate with a girl I really like, and I dont want the first thing I give her to be a dose of the crabs.
Are you joking? Ok, assuming for the cause that you’re not joking let’s run through your post.
First of all, not having sex for three weeks does not equal being sexually inactive for “a long time.” It’s not unusual for a married couple to go three weeks without sex, but I wouldn’t call them sexually inactive.
Secondly, you were naked in a bed with a girl and realized you had crabs 3 days later. You do realize that you don’t have to have intercourse to get these things, don’t you? There’s very little doubt, assuming you’ve provided the whole truth here, that this girl is where you picked up your little buddies.
Thirdly, there’s no excuse to harbor these things for so long, see a doc. There’s absolutely nothing to be embarassed of, do you think you’re the only one that have ever gotten body lice?
Lastly, if you think you’re going to ignore this problem and pass them on to your new girlfriend then that’s probably the last thing you’ll ever give her. Don’t be stupid. If you have any respect for this girl then take care of these before you ever let her sit on your bedspread.
Go to the drugstore and look for somthing like Nix. It’ll be in the same section as the stuff for head lice. You spread it on, let it sit for a while, and then comb the bugs out. Meanwhile, wash all of your sheets & towels in hot hot water.
don’t ask me why I know this
I’d rather not go to a doc, but if it gets any worse I will have to.
Yeah, Cisco I suppose now looking back that I am not “inactive” as I said. I didn’t have sex with the girl, and haven’t called her either since my discovery…surprise!
I’ll try to go to a pharmacy and get something, would normal head live stuff work, or do I need specific pubic lice medication.
I won’t be doing anything with the new girl til i get it sorted
But NOT Nix itself. Nix is extremely caustic, and the package has warnings not to use it near the genitals, because of the risk of burns. (I know this because a child my grandmother babysits caught head lice.) If you can’t find the proper stuff, bite the bullett and ask the pharmacist. Don’t be surprised if the lice treatment doesn’t work the first time. Lice are becomming resistant to over the counter remedies. You may have to go to the doctor.
Like NinetyWt said, do wash all of your clothes, towels and bedding in hot water, and anything else you have sat on. (Spray couches and the like with bug spray. . . . there actually is a brand specifically for lice.) Even if there isn’t any “bugs” on them, the eggs could be lurking in the cloth.
Blue Ointment. I believe it’s specifically designed for crabs.
Of course, you can always do what my brother did years ago. Shave and wash your pubic area with a mixture of every cleaning product in your home. Of course, the entire neighborhood thought someone was being murdered in my house when he doused his newly shaven pubic area with that stuff, but it did work.
It’s not the crabs that are so difficult to get rid of, it’s the eggs, which, of course, hatch into new lice. You definitely need to shave the infected area and apply a product that kills lice eggs.
See a doctor. They can prescribe the RIGHT kind of bug killer for your specific “guests” (yes there are different types)
Wash all of your clothes and bed sheets in HOT water, this will kill the buggers in your clothes and bed.
The medicine you get from the doc, will be called Quell or something like that. It’s basically shampoo and bug killer combined. Very strong stuff. Follow the directions!!! When I had mine, it was apply to ALL body hair, let sit for 10 mins and repeat.
After a week, (maybe 2, ask your doc) you will have to repeat the medicine and washing bedsheets & clothes to get any newly hatched buggers that you missed.
Nothing to be ashamed of…actually they are quite easy to get. And don’t think that your doc hasn’t seen 1,000 cases before.
You can get these from the movies (headrests) or even just close contact with another host (i got them from holding a toddler, her head was next to mine and the bugs latched on, then migrated south :eek:
Also, they may not stay in your nether regions only. I found eggs stuck onto my leg hairs, and crabe entrenched in my scalp, eyebrows and eyelids/eyelashes.
Just see a doc, follow directions and give yourself a good once over.
Hope this helps,
Macka
PS I would not put Drano on my privates no matter what was living there :eek:
I’ve never had them. I’d also opine as someone who has been married for more than 17 inTERMINABLE years, that going without sex for 3 weeks doesn’t make you inactive, it makes you not married. Try months upon end, cupcake.
Now, as for the advice given above. My daughter had head lice. We were told that it’s not the hot WATER, it’s the HEAT. You can avoid some heartache and still achieve the same ends as far as clothing, bedding, by using a very hot dryer.
Me, I took it all down to the local Laundromat in huge garbage bags. I used all the big dryers, full on hot setting. I used OTHER new fresh garbage bags to get them back home.
My poor daughter. Oooh, she was miserable and she had a fairly minor infestation on her head.
Docs see this sort of thing relatively often. They wouldn’t be embarassed by you coming to see them. Better to have a little embarassment and solve the problem – the visit won’t be as bad a you think.
The US Marine Corps Field Expedient method- Requires a razor, a match, and an icepick.
Shave off half of the hair.
Light the other half with the match.
When the little buggers come running out, stab 'em with the icepick.
But seriously, please do see your doctor. And be aware that sex IS NOT REQUIRED to get crotch crickets, you can get 'em sitting on an unlucky piece of furniture.
I’ve contracted a case or two in the past, and I’ve tried the over the counter stuff to no avail. What worked for me was shaving everything, and then washing my clothes and bedding in hot water. Tried, true, and cheap.
Dude, I can’t believe I’m even reading this. You have little nasties crawling around on your pubes and YOU DON’T WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR? Are you mad? I’d have been waiting outside his office the next morning. For your own sake go see a professional and get it done right, you don’t really want to take chances down there do you?
I’m not affiliated with them, but I do buy my condoms there. It’s great 'cause they sell everything that you’d be embarassed to go into a drugstore and buy. I noticed they have stuff for your condition there.
I started using them because apparently there is some curse on me that causes the cash register to break everytime I try to buy condoms. This has happened more than once. Quite embarassing.
