I’m seeing men lauding a woman for telling women to steam their vaginas after menstrual periods. Please, if you won’t take my word for it, take my mother’s word for it, as she has been a practicing gynaecologist for over 20 years: Do not steam your vagina. It’s unhealthy.
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If you feel your vagina smells off, see a gynaecologist. It could be bacterial vaginosis which is easily treated. If your vagina is itchy, it could be yeast infection, which is also easily treated. Stop using intimate washes. Wash your vulva with mild soap and that’s it.
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I hate how patriarchy and perceptions of how women’s bodies should be (which aren’t even supported by medicine and scientific research) makes women do things that will harm their bodies instead; from douching and vaginal steaming to body modifications. It’s so wrong.
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@AbhulimenEunice
You are not supposed to wash your vagina (the vaginal cavity) with anything. It’s self cleansing. What you are to do is washing your vulva (the external parts like the labia) with mild soap and water like you normally do when you bath and pee.
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@MsNwangwa
Pls what actually do you mean by steaming vagina, like is vagina ordinary meat you put in the pot n steam
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