The key to a happy vagina is leaving it alone. It’s a self-cleansing organ that doesn’t need any help in that department. For all you know, meddling with it can backfire and give you the bacterial/fungal infection of your nightmares. What Ms Vajayjay needs is a spic and span neighbourhood instead.
The areas surrounding the vagina—vulva, groin, and your rear—need to be cleaned regularly. This is because the germs in your intimate area can irritate your sensitive genital skin and get passed on to the vagina. The result? Pressing health concerns like infection, infertility, pelvic inflammation, and cervical cancer.
Remember this—if you’re good to your vagina, your vagina will be good to you. You can keep your end of the bargain by cultivating some healthy habits and ensuring that your vagina is in the pink of health. Here are five of them:
Ditch The Lacey Undies
Surely, wearing those lacey, satin panties can make you feel sexy. But they can also trap moisture and lead to bacterial and fungal growth. We recommend that you ditch them for comfortable, cotton undies and lowers. They allow your skin to breathe and prevent dampness and infections in the intimate area. Additionally, you can also go commando while sleeping or lounging away in your cotton PJs.
Practice Safe Sex
The cardinal rule of preventing sexually transmitted infections like HIV is to never let your guard down. This applies especially when you are hooking up with a new partner. For starters, condoms are non-negotiable. That said, you can always beef up the safety by adding a good lubricant to the mix. A safe, water-based product like Sirona’s Moisturizing Lube Tube should do the trick. It will make penetration smoother by reducing friction and will ensure that there is no broken condom and cuts or abrasions.
Steer Clear Of Douching
Douching refers to spraying a mixture of water and vinegar/iodine/baking soda into the vagina to wash it up. It is done with the intent of eliminating odour and feeling “cleaner”. But in reality, it’s a weapon of self-destruction. It can disturb the natural pH balance of the vagina and cause serious health complications and infections. Instead, you can cleanse your intimate area with Sirona’s Natural Intimate Wash. It’s gentle on the skin and can clean your genitals without wreaking havoc on your vagina.
Keep Your Privates Clean
It may not always be possible to wash the intimate area especially if you’re travelling. So, keep the alcohol-free Sirona Intimate Wipes handy. They can clean your intimate area gently without disturbing the natural flora down there. Go from front to back while cleaning to avoid infecting your vagina with anal bacteria.
Be Careful While Using Public Washrooms
When it comes to using public washrooms, you can never be too careful. From toilet seats to doorknobs to taps, every surface of a shared facility can be a transmission site for germs and infections. To beat this, we suggest you keep the PeeBuddy Before And After Toilet Spray handy while on the move. It claims to kill 99.9% of germs on any surface and conceal the unbearable stench in public washrooms too. One spritz on the surface and you’ll be sorted.
With a safety net so strong, you won’t ever have to worry about your Vajayjay and its neighbours getting into trouble. Here’s to a happy and healthy intimate area.
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