Yup! Poor hygiene, or sweating a lot without being able to clean up will cause it. There are pretty good antibiotic creams made today that can cure the problem without surgery. Not always, but often. Creams and soaking in a tub or sitz bath can help them drain so that the cream can be effective. Riding lawn mowers are a big cause!
DOC, DOC
Is it true that Marines are so tough that rather than use ‘Blue Ointment’ they shave off half the area, set fire to the other half then use the Kbar to stab the little critters escaping the fire?
I had r inguinal hernia surgery at USNH 3923 in 1959 and took several ‘souvenirs’. The problem was ‘compounded’ as I figured the ‘discomfort’ to be from the hair growing back in.
The aforementioned cure really does work...<: <: