I must question your reasoning with the whole breathability thing. I didn’t want to get all technical here but you raised the issue so here we go. Breathability implies that there is air flow. The OPs problem does not seem to fit an air flow / lack of air flow scenario. Moreover, if in fact there was an air flow problem the presence of hair would only act to exacerbate the situation. I’m making an assumption here that Lieu’s body hair growth is such that hair entanglement in the nether regions is a constant source of discomfort. Hence we can assume that removal of the offending hair will eliminate the problem. We can also rule out your surface area concerns based on the fact that the hair in question, and I’m assuming there’s alot of it, has a quantifiable surface area and by removing it we would reduce overall surface area in the region and increase air flow.
Not necessarily is, but could be, if hair removal is undertaken as a solution. The idea is that the removal of the short and curlies provide a break in the otherwise fairly smooth surface, and if any moisture is present, a kind of seal is formed, binding ball and leg together. As an illustration of this principle, moisten your palms a bit and press them together. The (small) suction that you feel when pulling them apart is the phenomenon I am referring to.
I don’t think so. I think the hair would act as a porous barrier between scrotum and leg to allow air to flow through. Although, I am interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Yes, but it would only eliminate the problem of VBS. As I see it, the problem of SBS (as you mentioned in an earlier post) may be worsened by removing the hair, causing more skin-to-skin contact and removing any venting action that the hair provides.
The surface area that I was referring to was area of the scrotal skin that was directly in contact with leg skin. My apologies if this point was unclear.
I am now confused about the nature of the problem, though, since lieu has said that ‘braiding’ (as I interpret it, that means the ‘velcro’ action which you describe) is not responsible for his troubles, and he has also said that moisture is not the problem, thanks to his keeping a fan under his desk. I am at a loss to formulate a solution in this case. Could this be some hitherto univestigated cause of ball-leg adhesion?
Okay, I actually did laugh out loud at that {snort - a teeny little ball snood - hee}
I think the answer to your problem is the handyman’s secret weapon - DUCT TAPE!!!
And finally, I don’t get what the flying squirrel has to do with the discussion in hand (I can’t believe how many times I typed “nad” instead of “hand” in this post - Freudian, much?)
A sure fire solution is a jock strap. I’ve even noticed that some guys are now wearing underwear that look like jockstraps, completely encasing the genitals.
grienspace has hit on a good point. The type of underwear that you have will greatly affect the chances of SBS, VBS or any other kind of BS. Maybe you should find some specialty underpants designed to lift, hold and seperate?
lieu- I know you’ve heard this a buncha times, but yout posts never fail to make me laugh. If I didn’t have so much trouble spelling your username, I woulda said so long ago.
Well featherlou, it’s like the flying squirrel is in a little skin mumu (sp?) that can only be stretched so far and he’s got it tweaked all the way out.
In like fashion, my little genital mumu is being pulled to it’s maximum between my two legs to the point where I’m tempted to look down and in Bullwinkle voice say “Hullo Rocky”.
It’s not an unpleasant sensation, mind you. Just one that likely includes an appreciable aerodynamic element.
And FCM, I didn’t even have to know what a snood was to know it was a good thing since it came from you.
