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[–]aellope 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've actually heard the opposite, that more surface area from the hair allows the moisture to dissipate faster so that bacteria has less time to grow.

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Wouldn't that help men smell less disgusting, since they have longer body hair and Fry Guys living in their pits?

Eh, this study didn't use women but do they ever? Laser hair removal seems to go either way on the topic. I guess it's a try it if one wants and make a hypothesis on what's found since all bodies are unique. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793925/