Styles
Pubic hair may be styled into several basic styles which may have differing names. Different salons use different names for common types of waxing, for example referring to a Brazilian with a "landing strip" as a "Mohican".
- Natural, Au naturel, Bush does not involve any trimming or styling.
- Trimmed or cut involves the shortening of pubic hair but not its removal or shaping, inner thighs may be shaved.
- Triangle involves hair removal (generally waxed) from the sides to form a triangle so that pubic hair cannot be seen while wearing a swimwear.
- American waxing is the removal of only the pubic hair that is exposed by a swimsuit, depending on the style of the swimsuit. For a bikini, it would be hair at the top of the thighs and under the navel. It is also known as a basic bikini wax, or a bikini line wax.
- French waxing leaves a vertical strip in front (sometimes called a landing strip), two to three finger-widths long just above the vulva, and 4 cm (1½ inches) wide. It is also known as a partial Brazilian wax. Hair of the peri-anal area and labia may be removed. Removal of hair from these areas is also known as the Playboy wax or G-waxing. The landing strip wax has become popular with models who must wear garments of an extreme narrowness in the crotch region.
- Brazilian waxing is the removal of all hair in the pelvic area, front and back, while sometimes leaving a thin strip of hair on the pubis. It can be used by those who wear thong bikinis. It is a form of bikini waxing, and involves the complete removal of hair from the buttocks and adjacent to the anus, perineum and vulva (labia majora and mons pubis). If a thin vertical strip of hair is left, it may be called a landing strip. Brazilian waxing is also known as a full Brazilian wax, full Bikini wax, Hollywood wax or the Sphinx. The Sphinx variety involves the complete removal of all hair in the pelvic region. The name is derived from that of a naked breed of cat from Canada. The smooth-skinned, hairless Sphynx cat was a genetic oddity discovered in Toronto in 1966. Some salons refer to the Sphynx as the Hollywood.
- Some women trim, but keep hair on their labia, while removing the pubic hair on the mons pubis.
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Natural and untrimmed pubic hair. Extends onto thighs.
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American wax—hair limited to the bikini area. Also trimmed shorter.
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French wax—waxing with a "landing strip". Labia are cleared.
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Full Brazilian or the Sphinx—a full waxing. No hair at all.
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Pubic hair trimmed and restricted to labia.
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