Guys' bizarre grooming habits; are you ready for the newest male maintenance craze? They're prettifying their hair ... down there! Cosmo got to the bottom of this shear lunacy. (The Cosmo Scoop).(Brief Article)

* It seems the easy-upkeep guy--brush teeth, wet down rogue cowlick with saliva, and go--may be an endangered species. A few guys have already started stealing our moisturizers and fancy shampoos. Now, some of them have begun to ape our pube pruning and are sprucing up their own private parts. Will guys jump on the Brazilian bandwagon? God, we hope not. Here's what they're up to down there.

uh-huh, they really groom their groins

There's no denying that the buzz on male pube maintenance is getting louder. On Cosmopolitan.com's message boards, men have been posting notes revealing explicit details of where and how they perform the task, and readers have been asking us how to persuade their guys to prune their bushes. Experts also agree that guy crotch care is au courant: Philippe Dumont, owner of Nickel Spa, a men-only salon in New York City, says, "We have definitely seen more men grooming their pubic area, a service we don't offer."

where they get bare

How much they take off--and where--varies from guy to guy. Some cue balls take it all off (we're talking totally bald). But most guys keep their pubic triangle intact --just a bit more downsized and polished with some trimming and subtle shaving. (These more conservative guys don't even enter the ballpark.)

how they clear the crops

Men tend to perform their own shearing rituals in the privacy of home. There are few men-only salons, and not only do unisex salons rarely offer bikini waxing for guys, but frankly, how many guys do you know who'd risk being seen at a beauty parlor? The fellas we spoke to agreed that manicure scissors or an electric beard trimmer works best for basic coiffing. But the guys who go the distance ...