A man who attempted to tame his pubic hairs with hair removal cream has been left with chemical burns following an allergic reaction.
Nate Hill, 39, followed his partner’s suggestion on attempting to tackle his downstairs in an attempt to spice up their sex life - but things took an instant downwards turn when the veteran began to feel burning less than one minute after applying the cream. The veteran says the pain he felt in that moment was worse than the hydraulic fuel burn he suffered at his RAF base years back.
Hill said he and his partner had watched porn together before his partner commented that he would like it if Hill had less body hair - so he thought, “why not?”. But the decision resulted in a painful allergic reaction, despite the fact that he washed the cream off immediately.
The neuroscience masters student, from Kirkby, Liverpool, was left with a blistered, sore groin for weeks after. Ironically, in a far cry from improving their sex life, the chemical burns left Nate and his then-partner on a total sex ban until he had healed.
The dad-of-two said: "I had my leg amputated in October 2022, and things had stagnated between us in the bedroom after that. My then-partner suggested we spice things up, and I was game so we watched porn together. He commented he'd like it if I had less body hair - I thought 'hair grows back, why not?'.
"I followed all the instructions but when I applied the cream I felt this horrible burning sensation. I washed it straight off but I was in pain for days after - Sudocrem, ice packs and frozen peas were my best friends."
Nate said, despite using a cream specifically for 'sensitive' skin, the reaction resulted in blisters that made his skin peel for over a week after - and he was constantly reapplying Sudocrem. The incident has left him with permanent discolouration in his groin area.
He also said the hair grew back with missing patches "as if some of the follicles had been burnt away" - and to this day the hair hasn't grown the same as before. He added: "It was really bad - I pretty much slapped him on a sex ban after that."