Not Everything Should Smell like Roses
Women's Health
BY: DR. STOEHR WWW.SWINGINGSAFE.COM
I want my vagina to smell amazing for the house party this weekend. What should I do? This is a question I’ve heard many times, and can guarantee the answer will vary by whom you ask. If you ask a GYN, you’ll always get one answer. DO NOT DOUCHE. Honestly, douches, feminine vaginal washes, sprays, and perfumes should be outlawed, in my opinion. They are only harmful and will NOT make your vajayjay smell good. In fact, they’ll do exactly the opposite, encouraging you to keep using them. Their tricky advertisers lure you into a repeating cycle of use, so you make them money. It’s deplorable. Soap shouldn’t be put in the vagina, either. Keep that stuff to the hairbearing areas only, don’t spread the lips to wash.
Why are these products so harmful? The easiest answer is that your vagina is like a self-cleaning oven. If you put the wrong stuff in there, it prevents your body from doing its own thing. The vaginal pH is really picky, and likes to be in a narrow range. Even the “pH balanced" douches are lying and will offset your natural pH, damaging your healthy flora. When the naturally good flora gets disturbed, it lets other bugs thrive. Those other bugs are what is typically causing the odor in the first place! The douche only makes harmful bugs happier, and they will continue causing discharge and odor over time. The only nonplay things that should go into a vagina are water, prescribed medications, and something called boric acid- more on that in a minute.
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