As we age, some pubic hair thinning, or loss, is normal. However, certain conditions like alopecia or an adrenal issue can also cause hair loss. If you have any concerns, it's best to contact your Axia Women's Health provider.
Pubic hair loss may be due to excessive hair removal or underlying conditions like alopecia, hormonal changes, and cancer treatments. Pubic hair loss is not harmful to a person's physical health, but it may cause psychological distress. Some people may also feel concerned about the underlying cause of pubic hair loss.
While decreased testosterone function is the primary cause of pubic hair thinning, another possible hormonal cause of pubic hair thinning is decreased thyroid function. Decreased thyroid function has also been implicated in thinning of scalp hair.
While infections such as HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and herpes have treatments that often cause temporary hair loss due to STDs, syphilis is capable of causing hair loss as a direct symptom. This normally occurs during the secondary stage of syphilis and can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin.
More than half of women deal with noticeable pubic hair loss as they age, says Dr. DePree. “All of the hair on your body goes through a cycle where it grows for a certain amount of time, then falls out,” she explains.
As we age, some pubic hair thinning, or loss, is normal. However, certain conditions like alopecia or an adrenal issue can also cause hair loss. If you have any concerns, it's best to contact your Axia Women's Health provider.
In addition to scalp hair loss, individuals with thyroid disorders may experience hair thinning or loss on other body parts, including eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic hair and armpit hair. Hair texture changing. Thyroid-related hair loss can also lead to changes in the texture of your hair.
In addition, emerging outbreaks of new infections that can be acquired by sexual contact such as mpox, Shigella sonnei, Neisseria meningitidis, Ebola and Zika, as well as re-emergence of neglected STIs such as lymphogranuloma venereum.
It is noticeable 3 to 5 months after the infection begins. The hair loss presents as small nonscarring alopecia patches (“moth-eaten appearance”), diffuse nonscarring alopecia, or both.
Alopecia areata usually begins as one to several (1 cm to 4 cm) patches of hair loss. Hair loss is most often seen on the scalp. It may also occur in the beard, eyebrows, pubic hair, and arms or legs in some people. Nail pitting may also occur.
Severe and prolonged hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can cause loss of hair. The loss is diffuse and involves the entire scalp rather than discrete areas. The hair appears uniformly sparse.
Temporary methods include shaving, hair removal cream, trimming, and waxing. Electrolysis and laser hair removal can remove pubic hair long-term, however, there is a higher cost and discomfort to consider.
Removing your pubic hair can also increase your risk of catching herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases. This is because the sensitive pubis is left with small cuts where viruses and bacteria can get into your skin.
The hair follicles contain melanin. As people age, these follicles begin to die off, and there is less melanin in the hair. As the follicles die and melanin decreases, the color of the hair fades to silver, gray, or white. This process happens with hair all over the body, including pubic hair.
Syphilis is such an STI. Left untreated, syphilis can cause patchy hair loss on the scalp, eyebrows, beard, and elsewhere.
These syphilis symptoms may come and go for up to 2 years. They include body rashes that last 2 – 6 weeks — often on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. There are lots of other symptoms, including mild fever, fatigue, sore throat, hair loss, weight loss, swollen glands, headache, and muscle pains.
Hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter, but in some cases, hair loss is more extensive. Most people with the disease are healthy and have no other symptoms.
Herpes is easy to catch. All it takes is skin-to-skin contact, including areas that a condom doesn't cover. You're most contagious when you have blisters, but you don't need them to pass the virus along.
A: Donovanosis is a very rare disease due to successful bacteria eradication programs. Most cases are reported by people living in tropical or subtropical regions, or by people that have traveled there.
The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped gland in the neck, just in front of the windpipe (trachea).
The afternoon crash means your blood sugar has dropped too low for your brain and body to function normally, causing you to become drowsy, mentally foggy, tired, and unmotivated. Unstable blood sugar is notorious for making it difficult to manage an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.
If you have changes in heart rate, energy level, skin and hair texture, bowel movements, and mood, there is a chance you have a thyroid condition. More than one out of ten people in the U.S. experiences thyroid issues, and women are more likely to have a thyroid condition than men.