Washing your vulva, good gestures, good products, good routine
How well wash her vulva ? Should we use a specific product or should we limit ourselves to water only? How to conduct well personal hygiene ? What rhythm to adopt? What are the dangers of overly aggressive grooming?
Intimate toilet? Huge question! Between myths, grandmother's remedies and advice from your friends, it's hard to find your way around. Yet theintimate hygiene is an important and sensitive issue. You have to do it well, have a regular routine, use good products to protect your the vagina and take care of its pH balance.
Are you lost? Don't panic, Louloucup is sharing with you today all the tips to help you wash her vulva without attacking him and in complete safety.
🛀🏽 Vulva, intimate hygiene and vaginal flora
First, a quick reminder of terms and definitions is in order.
The vulva
When we talk about vulva, we are talking about the external intimate area, everything that is visible, and not the vagina (which is not visible). Washing your vulva, the vulva washing thus means cleaning in particular of lips and pubis.
Intimate hygiene
La personal hygiene ou intimate hygiene includes washing the vulva, but also the inter-gluteal groove where the anus is located. It is never recommended to conduct vaginal douches. You risk developing an infection or even mycoses. We are therefore talking here about a washing that is always external, of everything that is apparent.
Vaginal flora
La the vagina The vaginal microbiota, like the gut, is a collection of microorganisms naturally present in the vagina. This flora is constantly in balance between good and bad bacteria. With overly aggressive cleansing, the pH balance is jeopardized and can have many consequences.
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🛀🏽 Washing your vulva: the pH of the vagina
Gentle, regular and suitable cleaning preserves thepH balance of your vagina. Like the pH of your swimming pool water, it must not be unbalanced or else bad organisms will develop in excessive quantities.
The correct pH of your vagina is between 4 and 4,5. It is therefore an acidic ecosystem. The vaginal mucosa is slightly acidic. It is because of the good bacteria produced, the lactobacilli.
The acidity of lactobacilli helps to counteract fungi and other microbes that would like to find refuge in your vagina. These good bacteria, lactobacilli, are so acidic that they are also responsible for the discoloration of your underwear.
Good to know. The vagina pH evolves slightly during the period depending on the various events and phases it goes through. So during the period, the blood which has a pH of 7,2 makes the vagina less acidic and is found around 6. During ovulation, so that the sperm can find themselves in a welcoming area, the vagina is even less acidic and becomes neutral (around 7,5). In the luteal phase, the vagina becomes more acidic again and returns to its pH of 4.
Excessive cleaning, inadequate intimate hygiene or the use of the wrong product can lead to a disturbance of the vagina pH. The good bacteria are therefore no longer numerous enough to fight off potential external attacks and infections.
🛀🏽 What are the risks of poor washing?
Are you not washing your vulva or not washing it properly? You risk experiencing some unpleasant problems.
Irritations, burning sensations, itching, but also bad odors, colored, thick and smelly discharge (white, brown or other), the symptoms are different, but all unpleasant. Your sex can also be painful. The lubrication is no longer effective, the report is irritating and unpleasant.
The development of a vaginal thrush or an bacterial vaginosis is quite common, but should be taken seriously.
The cystitis or urinary tract infections can also be due to poor washing of the vulva.
🛀🏽 What are the right actions to take?
As you will have understood, it is therefore essential to take care of your the vagina and good clean her vulva. But how to do it ?
We advise you to adopt a routine at the same time soft, respectful, without aggressive gestures, simple (no need to accumulate products) and regular.
Regular doesn't necessarily mean several times a day! Cleaning your vulva too frequently can actually lead to the opposite of what you're looking for. Cleaning your vulva too often makes it more vulnerable and fragile. Once a day is enough, at the time of your daily shower. If you have to shower twice a day, simply rinse with water.
To wash her vulva, use a small dose of a gel or intimate cleanser au neutral pH and with a gentle composition, if possible without perfume or alcohol. Ask for referrals from your gynecologist or midwife. Go to a pharmacy or parapharmacy. Avoid soaps (Marseille soap and other processed soaps), shampoos or even common and basic shower gels that are not suitable for your privacy. Also avoid intimate wipes and other lotions or perfumes.
Always get into the habit of cleaning from front to back, just like in the toilet. It is important to wash your vulva then your anus and not the other way around.
To dry, do not rub, gently dab with a towel.
🤔 Other actions to take
To respect your privacy, avoid clothes that are too tight.
Put on cotton, not synthetic, underwear. Our teen period panties Loulou are all made with organic cotton certified Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and GOTS labeled.
If you are particularly sensitive, if you have already experienced mycoses to urinary tract infections, takes great care to stay dry, especially in summer. Think of spare panties, renew your teen period panties when you have your period, change quickly after swimming so as not to keep the humidity of the swimsuit at the level of your intimacy.
Turn to food supplements, probiotic type to rebalance your vaginal flora.
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