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Essential tips to maintain feminine hygiene in your 30s
1 / 9Between career, relationship, and even motherhood for some, women forget to take care of themselves. But your 30s are also an important phase of your life for inculcating healthy and hygienic habits. Here are some essential points to remember to maintain feminine hygiene in your 30s, courtesy Sarthak Taneja, co-founder, Skin Elements. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
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2 / 9Changing sanitary napkins or tampons after 4-6 hours is one cardinal rule for a happy and healthy vaginal hygiene. Discharged feminine blood attracts many living organisms, which duplicate in the presence of the blood, and cause infections, rashes or urinary tract diseases. Changing your napkin or tampon routinely controls the development of these life forms and forestalls any chances of infections. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
3 / 9Ditch the soap to wash intimate area: While cleaning the intimate region consistently is a smart thought, utilising soap instead of designated products during can make things worse. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
4 / 9Vaginas have their own cleaning system which becomes possibly the most important factor during menstruation, and regular body soaps can hamper the normal interaction prompting infections or worse, development of microscopic organisms. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
5 / 9Never douche: A douche is a gadget used to flush water into the vagina to clean vaginal discharge. Douching includes the utilisation of specific synthetic substances which can meddle with the pH down there. This can, thus, disturb the ordinary vaginal microbes. Also, there is no proof that douching can secure you against explicitly communicated diseases or vaginal contaminations. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
6 / 9Quit shaving: Pubic hair has a reason, giving a pad against rubbing that can cause skin irritation or even injury, distance from microbes and other undesirable microorganisms, and nothing to be embarrassed about or humiliated about. Pubic hair removal normally disturbs and aggravates the hair follicles broken, leaving minute open pores. Bacterial microbes, specifically Group A Streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus which turns into methicillin-safe Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can become problematic. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
7 / 9Avoid scented intimate hygiene products.Anything you use on the vulva can undoubtedly enter the super-sensitive region. It is imperative to limit products with fragrances that can cause dryness and disturb the pH of the intimate region, prompting infection. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
8 / 9Warm water is all you need to satisfactorily clean your vulva. Nonetheless, there are items you can utilise to purify, saturate, or spruce up between showers down there. Furthermore, remember, cleaning the vulva ought to be a part of your everyday cleanliness schedule. (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
9 / 9Stay away from vaginal issues with these tips. Are you doing it right? (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
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