The skin around the pubic area is more sensitive than on the rest of the body. It gets irritated fast by the minor things like a blunt razor, a shaving cream and other methods used to get rid of hair.

To get a clean shave, consider using a manual razor. But if you’d like to remove some—not all—of your pubic hair, a dedicated trimmer can be helpful. We researched dozens of “body hair ...

Rowen said shaving is the riskiest method ... More than half of all women in the study had never denuded their pubic area, or had only removed all of their hair less than five times.