2007-01-21 13:23:59 · 10 answers · asked by DJ 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
So they don't poke your eyes out...........
2007-01-21 13:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by crazymofo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a fascinating question! I had never asked that question myself, so I did a little research to find the answer. But here it is. As you might know, all hair grows in hair follicles. Follicles are like tiny holes beneath surface of the skin. They have an opening at the surface of the skin. (“Blackheads” and “whiteheads” are follicles whose openings are plugged up.) Hair follicles exist all over our bodies. The shape of the hair follicle and the “bulb” at the bottom of the follicle determine the shape of the hair growing out of the follicle. Hair follicles are generally round and straight, so that the hair that grows out of them is straight. Even before puberty there are short, straight, thin hairs in the pubic area. Sex hormones (called androgens) that are made during and after puberty circulate throughout the body. The hair follicles in the pubic region, underarms and beard are especially sensitive to androgens. Androgens apparently make hair follicles in these areas twist and also make their bulbs kink. The result is curly, kinky pubic hair. As you know, these hairs are also thicker and coarser than other body hair.
You might wonder why girls don’t grow beards, if both boys and girls have these sex hormones. The answer is that boys’ bodies make more of the male sex hormones, and it takes more of these hormones to stimulate the change from straight to kinky in the facial area.
Also, you may be curious about why pubic hair and other body hairs do not grow as long as the hairs on our heads, or why eyelashes and eyebrows are so short. This is because there are many other differences in the hair follicles that determine the length and other characteristics of these hairs.
2007-01-21 13:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by ROOR 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hair type is determined by the shape of the follicle - the flatter the follicle, the curlier the hair. During adolescence, the androgens (sex hormones) floating around your body turn all the follicles in your pubic area to flat, curly-hair follicles. (The follicles on your head aren’t sensitive to androgens. So there’s no easy way to relax the curl: your pubes were born to be wild.
2007-01-21 13:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by Nostradamus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not true. There are certain ethnic groups that do in fact have straight pubic hair. Asians. Native Americans-[ if present at all- ]Scandinavians.
2007-01-21 15:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well imagine how unnatural it will look if it came out straight. It would look shaved already sort of. Im not saying thats a bad thing, but it certainly doesn't look natural right?
2007-01-21 13:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To cut down on the friction that will one day occur there. No fooling!
2007-01-21 13:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sugar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all the tension building up in there. It eventually causes your toes to curl also.
2007-01-21 13:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Dumb Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep the hair close to the body to protect it from bacteria
2007-01-21 13:29:00 · answer #8 · answered by tamah 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
haha thats funny!!!
2007-01-21 13:28:52 · answer #9 · answered by U Think U Know Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it just is
2007-01-21 13:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by Lord Zed 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋