I shaved very closely but safely around my pubic area right upto where the hairs end before the vulva/labia almost 12 days ago now. After two days I have been through severe itching where stumble is, the vulva itself and following this once the hair grew back it appeared to be piercing and slicing the delicate skin, the skin became hard like leather and puckered almost, walking has been difficult without needing to find a lavatory to free the area of the hair and apply aqueous cream. It has felt better in the last two days but now burns like a friction burn when I walk (and can feel the hair there, rubbing). Ive since had a look with a mirror and although the dryness has gone im left with red skin within the folds and it looks as if patches if skin have peeled off. I've been worried that it could be herpes the longer it's gone on as my partner suffers from cold sores.