Question 1

in hostels can i get bedbugs or lice in my pubic hairs?

Accepted Answer

Sure.: The former is a bigger risk than the latter; most hostels make you provide your own sheets, but bedbugs live on mattresses, not sheets or blankets. Most hostels are pretty careful about keeping mattresses clean, but the possibility exists. Pubic lice are usually transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, so in hostels (as anywhere else), be careful whom you sleep with.

Question 2

can you  get pubic lice if you have no pubic hair?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no.: The habitat of pubic lice is hair-bearing areas; they like to set up housekeeping next to a hair shaft and rarely venture very far from it. But shaving your pubic hair does not guarantee that you won't get pubic lice. They can infest other hairy areas on the abdomen, back, legs, or even eyebrows. And unless you shave meticulously, there are always a few hairs (or stubble) for lice to find.

Question 3

can you get lice (body lice, head lice, pubic lice) by trying on clothes, hats.... or by using a public toilet room?

Accepted Answer

Germophobia: This is the same question as your others, this time about lice. Like warts, only by intimate contact with another person, not through clothing or contamined environment. Abnormal fear of contagion (germophobia) can be an early sign of serious mental health disability (see &quot;The Aviator&quot;, the biopic of Howard Hughes, for a good example). You might benefit from professional counseling about this.

Question 4

hi, i think i have pubic lice. i slept with someone during december and ever since it started itching very badly. it seems as if there are very tiny white lice in my pubic hair with nits in my pubic hair. how can this be treated?

Accepted Answer

Confirm/prescribed : This is something you can have confirmed by exam and treated with prescribed meds. The meds used are potentially toxic if misused so there are limits placed on access.

Question 5

my girlfriend and i have head lice and recently ive noticed one in my pubic hair wich surprised me how do i proceed? it didn't look like a crab

Accepted Answer

Treat For Head Lice: There are 3 types of lice: head, body, &amp; pubic. Pubic (crab) have distinctive appearance from other two. Head &amp; body lice appear similar but head are smaller. Head lice are best suited for survival in scalp environment; can be found elsewhere on body but they do not thrive in these areas. Suggest treating scalp w/ over-the-counter head lice medication. See doctor if more lice appear in pubic area.

Question 6

i have little black bugs on my hair. i have tried for medication for lice and it did not work. now i am trying green bug for fleas, bed bugs, mites an?

Accepted Answer

Little bugs.: This can be very frustration, and I certainly feel for your distress. Have you tried prescription medication and have you seen your physician?  If you manage to find one or many of these insects, please capture them put them in a bag and deliver them to your physician. 
Identifying the organism can offer more targeted treatment options. I hope this helps and good luck.

Question 7

recently had lice on scalp. treated and scare for pubic lice so i shaved my pubic hair. after shaving, it's starts to itch down there. pubic lice?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: Head lice and pubic lice are different "animals", so to speak. The itching in your pubic area is most likely a response to the grooming of the area and hair growth.

Question 8

my genital area, specifically my pubic hair, has had an on-and-off itching sensation in the past 3 months or so,and nothing i find online matches my issue. i am not sexually active, and i dont have lice. (its also not a result of shaving?

Accepted Answer

: Jock itch is a common lay term for simple fungal infections that occasionally infect the skin near or of the genitals. These are acquired at random from casual contact with dirt/animals or people. Anti-fungals like clotrimazole can help applied 2X daily for a week or two. This could be verified by exam/testing.

Question 9

tiny black specs (about the size of a grain of sand) fall of my pubic hair. i dont think its lice or some variant because there is no itching and i dont see anything moving down there. what can it be? (i never had any sexual intercourse?

Accepted Answer

"black specs" ?'s: " Black specs" in your underwear, may still be scabies (lice), so see your physician for an exam and treatment.  Contact with the genital region of another individual may convey lice infections without actual "intercourse".

Question 10

is grooming pubic hair a risk or not? i read it can prevent lice and crabs yet i also read that doing this can increase the risk of infectionsor stds

Accepted Answer

It's fine: Manscaping is fine and in no way will cause or increase STI's  Groom away.

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In hostels can I get bedbugs or lice in my pubic hairs

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In hostels can i get bedbugs or lice in my pubic hairs?

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Can you get pubic lice if you have no pubic hair?

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Can you get lice (body lice, head lice, pubic lice) by trying on clothes, hats.... or by using a public toilet room?

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Hi, i think i have pubic lice. i slept with someone during december and ever since it started itching very badly. it seems as if there are very tiny white lice in my pubic hair with nits in my pubic hair. how can this be treated?

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My girlfriend and i have head lice and recently ive noticed one in my pubic hair wich surprised me how do i proceed? it didn't look like a crab

A member asked:

I have little black bugs on my hair. i have tried for medication for lice and it did not work. now i am trying green bug for fleas, bed bugs, mites an?

A member asked:

Recently had lice on scalp. treated and scare for pubic lice so i shaved my pubic hair. after shaving, it's starts to itch down there. pubic lice?

A member asked:

My genital area, specifically my pubic hair, has had an on-and-off itching sensation in the past 3 months or so,and nothing i find online matches my issue. i am not sexually active, and i dont have lice. (its also not a result of shaving?

A member asked:

Tiny black specs (about the size of a grain of sand) fall of my pubic hair. i dont think its lice or some variant because there is no itching and i dont see anything moving down there. what can it be? (i never had any sexual intercourse?

A member asked:

Is grooming pubic hair a risk or not? i read it can prevent lice and crabs yet i also read that doing this can increase the risk of infectionsor stds

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