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Cathy Sloan Gallagher's avatar

People can be just plain non-sensible. Thanks for the info, and the chuckles.

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Frederick A. Haddad's avatar

Outstanding. I’m saving this and will send to my granddaughters when they are of age. I enjoy your writing in Prevention. Keep up your great work.

Best

Fred

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Bob Mizek-Menopause for men's avatar

I never cease to be amazed how people/corporations operate without a conscience and take advantage of all of us who are just striving to live our best lives. 😡

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Lorraine Devon Wilke's avatar

Now THAT'S a headline... HAH! "And do you really want your vagina to smell like a tropical breeze?" continues the grin-inducing delight of this article. 😁

I'll be honest; I'm not one to experiment with foreign objects and my private parts (well... there was that one Brit in the 80s...), so reading this list of "dont's" was both eye-opening and very funny. I've always found Paltrow's Goop fascinations to be eye-rolling, and certainly the panoply of products available on Amazon, and touted via Tik Tok and Insta, are biblical in number, so your piece becomes a pubic-- I mean, public -- service message to those imbibing. As always, helpful and hilarious!

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Jason Brett's avatar

As entertaining as it was informative! You’re a terrific writer!

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Pamela Miles's avatar

Great synopsis. It’s horrific that intimate care companies contribute to the cause and also make the cure. https://www.vagisil.com/. https://www.prestigebrands.com/products

Prestige makes microbiome disruptive products like Summers Eve washes and New Freshness Douche. They also make Monistat. And don’t be fooled by pH compatible the companies are just pHucking with you. In unpublished data, we tested products with a variety of pH . The most cytotoxic to lactobacilli were the Summers Eve pH balanced washes.

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Lauren Streicher MD's avatar

Agree! It's insane what they get away with,

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Laurie Soehnlein's avatar

Wow! The things people market and sell to unsuspecting women! Tragic!

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Christine Morrison's avatar

What a headline! Your humor mixed with myth dispelling is brilliant as always.

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