Is bikini waxing a health hazard? Might leave you prone to infections and STD`s!

• Hair removal creates 'open wounds that are vulnerable to serious infection' warns medical expert
• 'Some clinicians are finding that freshly-shaved pubic areas and genitals are also more vulnerable to herpes'

By KRISTIE LAU
DAILYMAIL
August 16, 2012

Zap, pluck, wax, shave - the possibilities seem to be endless when it comes to keeping one's hair down there neat and tidy.

But one medical expert has spoken out about the various health risks that come with pubic hair removal.

Family physician Emily Gibson, who also serves as a medical director at Western Washington University in Bellingham, said that removing the hair is like creating 'open wounds' that are prone to infection and even sexually-transmitted disease, such as herpes, if in contact with another person.


Health risks: A medical expert has declared war on pubic hair removal. The family physician claims that it creates 'open wounds' that are vulnerable to infection

She added that men are at risk of infection just as much as women.

In an article she wrote for KevinMD.com, she explained 'that irritation is combined with the warm moist environment of the genitals' and therefore becomes a breeding ground for infection.

The physician pinpointed A streptococcus, which, in extreme cases, can lead to organ failure, and staphylococcus aureus, which can cause pimples and boils as well as far more serious side effects, in particular.

She added that 'freshly-shaved pubic areas and genitals are also more vulnerable to herpes infections due to the microscopic wounds being exposed to virus carried by mouth or genitals'.
'Pubic hair does have a purpose, providing cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury,' she said.

'[Its] removal naturally irritates and inflames the hair follicles left behind, leaving microscopic open wounds.'

The expert said that she has seen cellulitis, a soft tissue bacterial infection, in areas including a man's scrotum and penis.

She compared newly-bare skin to a 'scorched battlefield'.

'No matter what expensive and complex weapons are used - razor blades, electric shavers, tweezers, waxing, depilatories, electrolysis - hair, like crab grass, always grows back and eventually wins,' she wrote in the report.

'In the mean time, the skin suffers the effects of the scorched battlefield,' she continued.

The Independent reported that hair removal cost Americans $2.1billion in 2011 - and the figure was similar in the UK.

Despite the health risks, the physician noted the practice's popularity: 'The amount of time, energy, money and emotion both genders spend on abolishing hair from their genitals is astronomical.

'The genital hair removal industry, including medical professionals who advertise their specialty services to those seeking the 'clean and bare' look, is exponentially growing.'

'Vaginal tightener and whitener' products in India a perverse campaign to discriminate and degrade woman not "empowerment!"

As modern as India may be from its fantasy Bollywood movies, the woman in the conservative society have voiced their opinion and displeasure concerning an Indian company`s new product called '18 Again'  - a vaginal tightening and rejuvenation cream designed to be make you 'feel like a virgin again' or to 'feel like the first time." Now this product comes on the heels of another vaginal product introduced in India - a vaginal whitener! This whitener is called the Clean & Dry feminine wash.

Media reports on the '18-Again' product say it is for "a tighter vagina is empowering because 'it's not just about sexual pleasure, but also about preventing infection, discharge, urinary incontinence, and making older women feel good'." But this statement has been called 'hilarious and maddening' by academics.

Both products have garnered condemnation by general people in society as well as the academics. But everyone knows that these products will be sold to woman as a 'health issue' that every woman "should" do. This is how this modern society is, so gullible and quick to conform to the whims of a false illusion of reality and of this world. This society is becoming more and more perverse and will not stop unfortunately as we march towards the end days.
Our desire driven society has succumbed to a sex driven society, a sexed mad society, a society that promotes sex to be only a physical carnal pleasure of the flesh.

India it seems, as become the beacon of insult and discrimination against darker skin tones. These products are a "sad indictment of discrimination against darker skin within the social caste system."

Columnist Laskhmi Chaudry lambasted the product in her blog, writing: 'The campaign to eliminate the scourge of darkness has extended to every nook and cranny of a woman’s body.'

Read the articles (sources):

• Want to feel like a virgin again? Cream for 'vaginal tightening' sparks controversy...(DailyMail)
• After fairness cream, vaginal tightening cream is here to empower the Indian woman (Tehelka)
• Vagina 'Brightener': Indian Feminine Hygiene Product Promises To Make Genitals 'Many Shades Fairer' (Huffington Post)

View the '18-Again' ad: http://youtu.be/vPayFrCOiZM
Indian Vagina Fairness Cream Ad: http://youtu.be/8TquSyCnna0

Indian company introduces '18-Again,' a vaginal tightening and rejuvenating cream promising to make a woman "feel like a virgin" or "like the first time."

Want to feel like a virgin again? Cream for 'vaginal tightening' sparks controversy...and its excruciating advert will make you cringe

• Indian cream promises 'vaginal rejuvenation'
• Twitter users appalled
• Cream follows India's controversial 'vagina lightening' cream

By MARTHA DE LACEY
DAILYMAIL
PUBLISHED: 15 August 2012

18 Again promises to make a woman 'feel like a virgin' 

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The company claims their product 'empowers women', but plenty of women disagree.

The launch of a new 'vaginal tightening and rejuvenating cream' by an Indian pharmaceutical company  has sparked fury among the fairer sex.

Not only have women voiced the opinion on Twitter that 18 Again was created by Ultratech purely to cash in on female insecurities, but many are have criticised the accompanying TV advert.

The advert for 18 Again involves a woman dancing seductively around her husband, repeatedly singing the line 'Ooh, I feel like a virgin'

The awkward commercial, set in an extended family household, involves a woman dancing around the internal courtyard with her husband.

She repeatedly sings lines borrowed and from Madonna's Like A Virgin (but given a Bollywood makeover), including 'ooh, I feel like a virgin' and 'it feels like the first time'.

Her husband grabs her waist and warbles 'oh, yes it's true' while an elderly couple of parents look on, seemingly aghast.

The film ends with a shot of the product, then a clip of the intrigued elderly couple apparently using the internet to order some of the cream for themselves.

Rishi Bhatia, chairman and managing director of Ultratech India, said: '18 Again is a first-of-its-kind product for women in India.

'18 Again has the power and the potential to break the shackles and redefine the meaning of women empowerment altogether.'
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Priti Nair, director of Curry-Nation, the creative agency behind the advert, said: 'This is a one-of-a-kind women-centric product, and the idea is to create a demand for such a product in the Indian market.
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According to online Indian news magazine Tehelka.com, Curry-Nation's account manager Nagessh Pannaswami has said that a tighter vagina is empowering because 'it's not just about sexual pleasure, but also about preventing infection, discharge, urinary incontinence, and making older women feel good'.

But Professor Nivedita Menon of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, condemns the product, saying he finds the idea both 'hilarious and maddening'.

He says: 'The perversity of it all lies in the fact that the gel will be sold as a health issue, as something women "should" do to take better care of their bodies.'

The vaginal tightening cream furore follows an earlier one in April, which came about after the A feminine hygiene product launched in India which promises to 'brighten' skin around the vagina is causing widespread controversy.

A 25-second TV advert for Clean & Dry Intimate Wash, advertised on prime time television, showed a woman using the product to lighten her vagina to please her man.

The product also attracted condemnation on Twitter and blogging sites, with one (male) user branding it 'the ultimate insult', and others bemoaning the extent of discrimination against darker skin tones.

The advertising strapline for the product was: 'Life for women will now be fresher, cleaner and more importantly fairer and more intimate.'

The product was seen by many in India as a sad indictment of discrimination against darker skin within the social caste system.

Columnist Laskhmi Chaudry lambasted the product in her blog, writing: 'The campaign to eliminate the scourge of darkness has extended to every nook and cranny of a woman’s body.'





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For the Muslimah: Learn about Ruling on Hayd (Menstruation) & Nifaas (post-partum bleeding) and Istihaadah

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Ruling on Hayd (Menstruation) & Nifaas (post-partum bleeding) and Istihaadah
Posted on July 28, 2012


Hady Linguistically means; menstruation, in arabic it means flowing.

And according to the Scholars; Natural blood that is not caused due to illness or injury, which flows from the furthermost part of the woman’s womb, whilst she is in a state of good health, at a specific time.

The Characteristics of the blood of Hayd are:

1-Thick
2-Black in colour
3-Unpleasant smell

As comes in the hadeeth: “If it is the blood of hayd then it is black and known.” (Saheeh al Jaami’-765)

Istahaadah; is chronic bleeding that is red in color (the same characteristics as normal blood) which is caused by a vein due to illness. The Prophet (pbuh) said to fatimah bint abu hubaysh: “This (i.eistihadah) is from a blood vein, not (usual) menstruation. so, when your real menstual period begins, give up performing prayer.” (Bukhari & Muslim)

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Nifaas (post-partum bleeding):

It is the name for the blood that flows from the uterus after childbirth, regardless of whether the child survived or not (taken from Fiqh as-Sunnah, v.1, p.70). It was given this name because it is likened to the “breathing” of the womb or because a “nafs” has exited from it...

The Ruling of Hayd:

It was mentioned by Islam Q&A Fatwa no: 70438, What a menstruating woman is not allowed to do whist she is in the period of menses;...

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Everyone loves a bigger cup-size(larger breasts) but now it may be harming women`s health

The downside of a DD-cup: Cancer risk on the rise as average woman's breasts are larger than ever before
By CHRIS MURPHY
DAILY MAIL
June 7, 2012

Breasts are getting bigger, and sadly that is a bad thing.

According to a new book, an author said the trend is damaging women’s health.

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence William, found breasts are developing in girls earlier than at any time in recorded history, revealing that the biology of breasts is changing - and not for the better.


Growth spurt: Florence William's book Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, reveals that the biology of breasts is changing - and not for the better. Image credit: Alamy

The author details a number of alarming trends that may be contributing to the high rate of breast cancer in the U.S. - today and in years to come.

Women’s breasts are expanding with their waistlines, Ms William told USA Today.

The average U.S. bra size has grown from a 34B to a 36C in just a generation. That’s troubling, given that weight gain has been associated with an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

Girls also are hitting puberty earlier than ever before - another trend that increases their long-term breast cancer risk.

About 15per cent of all American girls begin developing breasts at age seven, according to an influential 2010 study in pediatrics.

Breasts today are also under assault from pollutants, Ms William says.

Because chemicals such as PCBs and mercury are stored in fatty tissue, they tend to end up in breasts - and breast milk.

'Breast-feeding, it turns out, is a very efficient way to transfer our society’s industrial flotsam to the next generation,' she writes.

'Our breasts soak up pollution... Breasts carry the burden of the mistakes we have made.'

While nursing her second child, Ms Williams had a sample of her own milk analysed.
It contained perchlorate, an ingredient in jet fuel, as well as chemical flame retardants, at levels 10 to 100 times higher than in European women.

Ms William says she believes in breast-feeding, and spends considerable time in her book noting its benefits for a baby’s brain, body and immune system.

But she notes that many industrial toxins will persist in our bodies - and our children’s bodies - for years, long enough for today’s baby girls to pass them on to their own children.
'What happens in our environment is reflected in our breasts,' she says.

'If we really care about human health, we need to care about our planet.'

Though a science expert herself, the author can't say with confidence whether such contaminants are directly to blame for breast cancer or health issues relating to breasts, she told ABC that her personal experience was a 'great way to tell the story first-person'.

Cancer rates have doubled since the 1940s with one in eight women likely to have breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the author.

The fact that breasts develop and change right up to the last trimester of a pregnancy helps explain their constant vulnerability.

'Our bodies are intimately connected to the world around us,' she writes. 'If we live in an environment filled with pollution, these things will and do affect our health.'