Comments on: Are Sweetspot Intimate Cleansers Better Than Soap?… http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/09/13/are-sweetspot-intimate-cleansers-better-than-soap/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zuz http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/09/13/are-sweetspot-intimate-cleansers-better-than-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-51838 Zuz Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:33:22 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=27#comment-51838 Oh goodness. In Sweden where I grew up we were taught since we were little - and it was reinforced all throughout puberty by school nurses and pamphlets at pharmacies - that you should NOT use ANY products on your vulva, just rinse with warm water once a day, and never rinse up into the vagina because that's self cleaning. I guess times changed and the (state run, of course!) pharmacies finally formulated a very very mild intimate cleanser, with mildly lower pH (around 4.5) and completely free of fragrance and color, and an oil cleanser for those extra sensitive. There were a million studies done to assure that they were non-irritating to most women. Then I get to the U.S., and the drugstores are stocked with harshly perfumed vaginal soaps, powders, sprays, wipes, there are even pads and tampons with perfume... To not even mention douches which thankfully seem to be going away. Now, for the occasional extra cleansing power besides water, I have my friends bring me "c*nt wash" from Sweden... Because nothing stinks like a yeast infection. Oh goodness. In Sweden where I grew up we were taught since we were little – and it was reinforced all throughout puberty by school nurses and pamphlets at pharmacies – that you should NOT use ANY products on your vulva, just rinse with warm water once a day, and never rinse up into the vagina because that’s self cleaning.
I guess times changed and the (state run, of course!) pharmacies finally formulated a very very mild intimate cleanser, with mildly lower pH (around 4.5) and completely free of fragrance and color, and an oil cleanser for those extra sensitive. There were a million studies done to assure that they were non-irritating to most women.

Then I get to the U.S., and the drugstores are stocked with harshly perfumed vaginal soaps, powders, sprays, wipes, there are even pads and tampons with perfume… To not even mention douches which thankfully seem to be going away.

Now, for the occasional extra cleansing power besides water, I have my friends bring me “c*nt wash” from Sweden… Because nothing stinks like a yeast infection.

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