Hi, About 9-10 weeks ago, I trimmed my pubic hair, but obviously too short and too close to the labia (the smooth lining where hair still grows. It was very uncomfortable, and it looked like the follicles of my hair around the labia were a bit inflammed. (I do also ride a bike every day to work). Sometimes it felt like there were abrasions. I can't really see anything. I felt no blisters or bumps. But it is as if the growing hair was scratching away the mucous lining a bit. At least, that is what I surmised. If I was relatively still, or at night, I didn't feel anything - no pain, no itching. Also, no burning when urinating. It is very much better now, but still I have to be very careful when I wash down there to not pull any hair. I also just noticed that indeed some of the skin is gone around around certain hair follicles. It is not particularly itchy. It is nowhere as bad as a yeast infection... but I wonder, because about 2 weeks before this all started I broke up with a lover who I found out was sleeping with other women. Could I be describing an STD?