Re: Question - Plese help me out here!
From: Robin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 18 May 2002 08:58:44 -0500 (CDT)
You asked this question on the women's health forum and the Drs. answer
is there. The forum rules ask that you not post your question to all of
the forums.
At Fri, 17 May 2002, m33 wrote:
>
>Hi all , I have a very personal question kind of . Is it acceptable to
>show up at the Gynecologist office without shaving your public area.?? I
>just started my visits to the Gyno recently and I don’t know what the
>“standard” is and I don’t have the guts to ask my friends. In any case
>the thing is that if I do shave it , then the entire area looks red and
>irritated. The doctor says: well, I see this irritation which is
>probably from shaving. So, she is not able to see the true picture. I
>know that there is irritation there that has nothing to do with shaving
>and indeed needs to be taken care of , but since she can’t tell at that
>point what’s from shaving , and what’s not, she just attributes
>everything to shaving. Also any bumps or what not that I have in the
>area and want to ask about just to make sure they are not warts or any
>infection, she just says: well, these are just shaving bumps , which I
>know they are not ‘cause they were there before I shaved. However, I
>feel silly arguing with her that they are not shaving bumps because they
>do look just like shaving bumps which I have in the other places after I
>shave. I’ve been to several different Gynecologists now and every time
>it’s same story. I’m starting to lose sleep over this. Please take me
>out of my misery and tell me what you think:)
>Thanks a lot in advance.
--
Robin
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