Look for a flexible, soft fabric that moves with the curves of your body.
When you have to go to the doctor to get a prescription for an antibiotic while fighting frequent and burning urination, you likely find yourself wishing you’d just peed after sex or taken your probiotics more. Your lady parts deserve some love. Here are tips for keeping your vagina healthy.
Between synthetic fabric, pads and tampons, sexual intercourse, and more, our vaginas can go through a lot. We keep products on hand to fortify our gut, skin, and much more, so why not our lady parts?
Your gynecologist may have canceled your pap smear or Well Woman’s Exam this year, but you still need to take care of yourself down there. In fact, it’s especially important to do so since seeing a doctor or getting a prescription, should something go wrong with your lady parts, can be harder than ever.
This was the issue for me: the pill, especially if taken for a long time (in my case, 13 years!) can make you dry up. It messes with your hormones, and as soon as you alter those, you can experience several sexual side effects, one of which is vaginal dryness. My doctor has suggested I switch to an IUD or the shot, as these don’t tend to have as many side effects as the pill. I’m still looking into the IUD to see if it’s for me.
Be sure to use hypoallergenic detergent so you don’t find a nasty rash down there, or struggle with itching and burning. It’s a good idea to use hypoallergenic detergent on all your laundry, really.
What’s a man to do when his partner’s vagina smells and she doesn’t seem to notice it? It can be very uncomfortable for a man to tell his partner that she’s developed a little stench down there. Men know that telling their partner this, can make her so insecure that she takes sex off of […]
Your va-jay-jay gets out a bit more in the summer. No—not in that way. Although, your sex life is your prerogative and if the summer heat gets you hot, just be safe out there! But for now, I’m talking about the fact that you start wearing skirts, dresses, shorts and bathing suits. You don’t have […]
The doctor also shut down some controversial opinions about vaginal smells.
