Intimate wear sits right on your skin, while your panties hug your lady bits down south throughout the time you wear them. They are the accumulation point of your vaginal secretions and sweat. No wonder, you need to be particular about your panties since they are integral to your vaginal health and hygiene.
Here are 6 tips you have to keep in mind for maintaining a healthy vagina.
1. Go For Cotton Over Synthetic
There is no alternative for natural fabrics like cotton for your underwear. These fabrics are breathable and comfortable for your lady parts. What’s more, they also absorb vaginal discharges, preventing you from feeling wet throughout the day and night!). There is another flip side to these secretions accumulating on your underwear. It creates the perfect breeding ground for bacteria, which is known for causing vaginal infections.
2. Change Your Underwear Daily
Don’t think twice about changing it more than once, if you’re experiencing an unusually heavy vaginal discharge.
Huh! Do we even need to mention that? There’s a reason why you were taught to change your underwear every day since your childhood. They are the ideal assembling place for your bodily fluids, internal and external. And again it goes without saying, that you have to wash it every time you use it. It’s recommended that you hand wash it with a mild soap or detergent rather than putting it into the washing machine with all your other clothes. Don’t think twice about changing it more than once, if you’re experiencing an unusually heavy vaginal discharge.
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3. Don’t Wear Wet Or Moist Underwear
… the only way to not end up wearing entirely wet or semi-wet underwear is not to wash all of them together.
Okay, so you’ve just washed all your underwear together and now don’t have a clean, dry one to wear. Now what? You have to wait till one of them dries completely, before you can slip into it. Or maybe you can try ironing it dry, although this is not something you can do every day, so you don’t ruin its elasticity. The heat of the iron tends to loosen up the elastic of your underwear, making them unwearable soon. So, the only way to not end up wearing entirely wet or semi-wet underwear is not to wash all of them together. Because doing so will only raise the chances of vaginal infection, as we’ve already mentioned before.
4. The Right Fit
Make sure that your underwear fits you perfectly. Change them in case you’ve lost or put on weight. Because tight underwear usually always causes chafing and irritation. Of course, you wouldn’t want it to lead to unnecessary problems that you have to deal with separately. Urrrgh! So, the next time you feel your new panties causing chaffing, you would know why it’s happening.
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5. Go Underwear-Free At Night
This enables your vagina to breathe-free completely at least during the night, eliminating the scope of moisture build-up that creates the perfect environment for the growth of harmful bacteria and fungus.
This is especially essential for those who have been diagnosed with a yeast infection. This enables your vagina to breathe-free completely at least during the night, eliminating the scope of moisture build-up that creates the perfect environment for the growth of harmful bacteria and fungus. Not just those with a yeast infection, you can choose to go pantie-free even otherwise. Not comfortable with the idea? Go to bed wearing a loose pair of pyjamas, but ensure that you wash it after every use.
6. Change Your Underwear Every Year
Bacteria and fungus may stay on your underwear, even after you wash them thoroughly every day.
Dispose of your entire collection of panties every year – the ones that you use as daily wear. Bacteria and fungus may stay on your underwear, even after you wash them thoroughly every day. So, it’s often recommended that you replace all your underwear once every year.
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