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foxy
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Joined: 29 May 2006
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Location: Nassau, Bahamas
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Soap And Water?
Posted: 12-16-06 10:33am
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Hi guys, I having been reading alot about
female issues and one of the main things
that stand out to me is the fact that some
people only cleanse their female bits with
water  some of these
articles say that you shouldn't cleanse
with soap and water  It
just seems odd to me.
For as long as I can remember I have
always washed down there with soap and
water.....Not even a special soap,
whatever soap or body wash I was using to
cleanse my whole body. The only place I
use a special soap for is my face.
So do you wash with soap and water or just
plain water? And if you do wash with just
water, do you feel clean or do you use
other methods for cleansing like douching
etc.?
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 7892
Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
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Posted: 12-16-06 10:45am
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There's a new feminine wash called
"re'.P.H'resh" it supposedly balances your
ph levels down there.
I couldn't imagine just using water. How
gross. You still stink if you use water.
You need to cleanse, thoroughly, that
area!
Sarah
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Nataliachick7
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Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: 12-16-06 10:51am
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My gyno said dont use any of the feminine
washes as they tend to be too overly
scented and have ingredients that can
throw your vagina out of wack. She also
said most soaps will do that and you can
get yeast infections.
She recommened a very gentle soap like
ivory, and I love it.
Do not ever douche! That is the worst
thing you can do.
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Becky
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Posted: 12-16-06 11:59am
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I use johnsons softwash. It's liquid soap
(meant for the babies but who cares) and
it's really mild and gentle
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foxy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 487
Location: Nassau, Bahamas
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Posted: 12-16-06 13:12pm
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O.K. So i'm not alone...Soap and water
seems to be the norm.
Lol .Sarah...That's what I was
thinking....How in heaven's name can using
only water be sanitary.
Nataliachick.....I know about the douche,
actually I learned the hard way, in
college I was an avid doucher (long
story...My mother never discussed the
workings of the female body with me and I
actually thought that anytype of discharge
was not good, so I used to douche to get
rid of the discharge, and back then there
was no sex ed in school so I didn't really
know) and never had any problems with it.
But about 6 years ago when I changed
ob/gyn, when she did a pap smear she said
"i can see that you either douche alot
now, or at one time in your life you did"
and I was like, "yes, when I was in
college, how can you tell that" and she
said that douching leaves "some kind of
yellow bumps" (can't remember her exact
words) in your vaginal cavity so I asked her how
in hell do you get rid of them and she
said that they were permanent after hearing that,
I never douched ever again.
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004
Posts: 6594
Location: Planet Tampaxia,
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Posted: 12-16-06 14:36pm
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Yes, douching is bad. It removes the good
bacteria as well as the bad.
Many women have a reaction to soaps in
their girlie bits, most soaps are too
harsh and can also lead to recurrent
uti's.
Personally, I just use my shower
gel/bodywash all over, and i've always
been fine, although I only use it on the
outer genitalia and then rinse it off then
spread (gosh talk about graphic) the uter
labia and rinse the inside with clean
water.
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michelle1981
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Posted: 12-16-06 14:54pm
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Just water???????? .N.E.V.E.R!!!!!!!!!!
That's just disgusting!!!!
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sandyallen
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Posts: 4580
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Posted: 12-16-06 17:10pm
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It reminds me of some of the articles they
used to have about all of the
anti-bacterial soaps and how bad they are
for you because they take away the good
bacteria that is needed too. I too am an
ivory user, I used to use the ivory snow
laundry detergent but it got to be so
expensive!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 7892
Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
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Posted: 12-16-06 19:30pm
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Has anyone heard of alluminum free
deodorant?
Alluminum supposedly has links to
altzimers and cancer.
But this alluminum free deodorant makes
you *stink* like horrible body odor!! I
was *never* one to be musty! And I
started using it, being on this natural
kick when I first got preggy, and ohhh my
.God.
lets just say i'll take my risks with
that.
As far as douching, I never have. My mom
always told me not to, but she had on a
couple occasions. I didn't ask questions,
squirting water *up* my cooch, didn't
interest me at all.
Sarah
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Nataliachick7
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Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 1535
Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: 12-16-06 22:46pm
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Yea aluminum is bad for you but the
natural deodorants dont work for me
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Sail Away
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Joined: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 1170
Location: Missouri
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Posted: 12-16-06 23:57pm
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Just water? Eeewwwieee...
I wash my cooch with soap I use
everywhere, it leaves that sh*t smellin
like fresh flowers.
Hahaha. 
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BabyGirlsMami
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Aug 2006
Posts: 455
Location: Danbury, CT.
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Posted: 12-17-06 01:31am
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I have a question about the aluminum thing
now that you guys bring it up. In high
school I had a teacher I was really close
with she got sick and told me she had to
stop using deodorant because of the
aluminum and I always suspected she had
gotten cancer or something serious is that
a common thing they tell you to do with
cancer?
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tigresacanela24
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Location: Treat your children well, eventually they'll choose your nursing home.
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Posted: 12-17-06 01:42am
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That's just nasty. When I went to
university a gyno there told me never to
use soap and I laughed at her. I asked
her if she used soap and she said no, then
I asked if she had a bf and she said no.
I told her if she used soap she might get
one.
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Sail Away
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Joined: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 1170
Location: Missouri
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Posted: 12-17-06 01:44am
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| tigresacanela24
wrote: | | that's just nasty. When I
went to university a gyno there told me
never to use soap and I laughed at her.
I asked her if she used soap and she said
no, then I asked if she had a bf and she
said no. I told her if she used soap
she might get
one. |
lmao.
That was goood.
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