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baby powder or no?
I have been told that putting baby powder on your underwear is good, but I've also been told that you may get cancer from it. Is it safe to use baby powder or not? I tried researching it and got a bunch of different results, some saying that it's good and some saying that it's bad. I need the real truth on it.
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I have never heard anything about putting baby powder in underwear or that it gives cancer. Are your friends just saying this. A friend of a friend of a friend info passed down is usually not very reliable. Baby or talcum powder is applied to babies bottoms and there have been no weird reactions from that.
However for a teen or adult, I wounder why there would be a need to put powder down there. I can not imagine a man wanting to smell like baby powder unless perhaps he is gay and that's his favorite scent...it smells too feminine to make a great scent for men. So I will assume you are a female.
In which case, that opens up a whole different topic of conversation. Perhaps you are concerned about bad odor from the vagina? The more you fuss over cleaning it the worse your problems will be. There is a good bacteria inside of you. It has its own odor which is not unpleasant and can barely be detected by even you if you sniffed your underwear. This good bacteria is part of a fragile ecosystem which is easily upset by using douches and cleaning with soaps inside and outside your genitals. Your body on its own will clean itself out...this little bit of fluid is what leaves the vagina betweens periods and ends up on your pantyliner. You've seen it, clear to slightly yellow with no detectable bad odor. You might want to explore more to get used to what is a normal odor from your body and what is not. A normal body odor is kind of musky for both men and women, each having their own musk smell. The vaginitis and yeast infections are all caused by your destroying the good bacteria. All that is needed is using plain water to wash between the labia. If for some reason you dont smell as fresh as you usually do, in the shower, use two fingers to reach inside and swish around all sides of the cervix. When you withdraw, if there is any milky looking substance, sniff and see if it smells sweet or off. Rinse the fingers and try one more time. Sometimes, when you're under stress or something else is troubling you, that can affect the effeciency of your natural cleaning just as it affects the timing of your period. I have noticed as I got into my fifties that my natural cleaning slows down a little, not much but is easier affected by stress. Another thing that cleanses the vaginal area out very well, is having sex and basically being rinsed out by the partners fluid. Strange as that may seem. If I go too long between acts of intercourse during stress times, I can start to smell. Regular sex life is very healthy for you for more than just one reason.
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Cancer? No.
Baby powder is used on babies, I do not know where you heard that one from but its a crock of shit.
If you are looking for something for hygeine, they sell womabs body deordrant near the pads/tampon isle. This can be found at Walmart fir about $2.00
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