Do you regularly take half showers between tampons or you’re fine with just drying for the most intense days?

  • Devi
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    2111 months ago

    I’m wondering if there’s a medical condition here. What is happening to need showers between tampons?

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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    2011 months ago

    Sorry for not providing a helpful answer, but TIL a bidet can be used for this 😳 sounds like a very useful lifehack too

  • @[email protected]
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    1011 months ago

    DIY wet wipes (reaching over to the sink and dampening some tp while at home, or dampening a paper towel before entering the toilet stall in public)

  • @[email protected]
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    1011 months ago

    Well, firstly, you don’t need a lot of time between tampons, technically – so long as the absorption size isn’t too crazy and you’re changing them frequently enough. Secondly, fuck tampons, get a menstrual cup. For the uninitiated, it’s a silicone doohickey essentially shaped like a bell that fits around the cervix. Learning curve? Yes. Squick factor? Probably. tons of sizes. Safer than tampons (see Toxic Shock Syndrome).

    Pays for itself in a few months if you have heavy flow.

    Bidet would be a little less necessary but still, if heated, v nice.

    If I’ve had a rough second day I’ll half-shower rinse, sure, but the merula xl is just about big enough to handle it otherwise.

    • Ataraxia
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      211 months ago

      I tried the cup. I have several sizes. They just got stuck in there and never popped open and almost ended up going to the ER to have it removed.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        My condolences.

        My super jenny isn’t firm at all and I don’t have trouble maneuvering it but the merula xl is very firm and that fucker hurts if it pops too soon ☠️

    • Ataraxia
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      -311 months ago

      Italian here. We always had a bidet and used it as a second toilet as kids. Never used it. As an adult I soak in the tub

  • @[email protected]
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    611 months ago

    I don’t have to worry about it now, but when I had my period (and I strictly used pads) I would use a peri-bottle full of warm water. My period having teen uses refresher wipes.

  • @[email protected]
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    611 months ago

    Portable bidets are a thing. Basically a squeeze bottle with a special nozzle to direct the stream. Periods aren’t something I have to deal with, so I really don’t know what kind of cleanup is required, but it seems like it would be better than nothing.

  • @berlincruising
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    311 months ago

    Just have a penis! Duh!

    But really, I live in savage no-bidet land, but thankfully I have a handheld shower head that I can just use sitting on the corner of the tub. When I didn’t have a tub, I just squatted, but it’s not nearly as easy

  • cum
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    111 months ago

    I just grew a dick instead

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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    111 months ago

    I installed it last month. I want to help mother nature so reducing paper waste and also its much cleaner than wiping