PERSONAL grooming has frequently been identified as one of the casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, with sales of showergels and deodorants reportedly slumping as people started living like hermits.
However, as the world slowly edges closer to normality, patients with diabetes are being warned to pay particular attention to their blood sugar levels before attempting any manscaping.
US-based urologist, Ashley Winter, highlighted the dangers of whipping out a razor to tidy up "downstairs" while having an elevated A1c, on Twitter this morning.
"Wait until your glycemic control is in the range recommended by your doctor," she said.
"To clarify, when a guy with an A1c of 14 shaves his nuts it's like the Fournier's gangrene origin story.
"If you have a healthy immune system, please feel free to shave your balls."
Responding to the post one nurse from Texas said "we received an admit with Fournier's and we were wondering how someone could get gangrene down there - hospital paperwork didn't say and he wasn't too keen to talk about it."
For those unfamiliar with Fournier's, it is an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, and we would advise against investigating the condition - we did and frankly, the images cannot be unseen.
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