Beauty
does not only come from your outer countenance or dressing up in the trendy
ensembles. Real beauty lies in maintaining personal hygiene and being healthy.
Maintaining feminine personal hygiene not only helps you battle infections and
detrimental diseases like cancer, it creates an aura of freshness around when
you get busy with your household or office chores.
While a
few women do not pay heed to this fact, there are many who tend to overdo it,
oblivious of the fact that it might be harmful. Therefore, if you are a woman
just spare a few moments to glimpse through the following 7 tips to intimate
cleansing and maintaining personal hygiene.
Bathing- Taking a shower regularly is essential in
order to expel the dead cells that accumulate on your skin. Go for a shower gel
or a soap, which will not be harsh on your skin and maintain the PH balance.
Vaginal
Care- While you must be douching or cleansing your vagina everyday
thoroughly with douches and cleaners, the fact remains that the natural
discharge is a self-cleanser and protects your vagina from bacteria and
infections. Excessive use of soaps and cleansers can bereave the genitals of
the protective barrier, thus making it vulnerable to infections and irritation.
Therefore, it is advisable only to cleanse the external part with mild soap and
warm water and not attempting to clean the internal genitals at all.
Care
during Menstruation- In order to feel fresh and stay
healthy and odourless, changing your sanitary pads and tampons frequently
throughout the day at the time of your menstrual period is important. Use of
douches or perfumed products during this time of your cycle is again a strict
no-no, as your reproductive tract is built in a way to cleanse itself on its
own.
Use of
Tampons- Proper usage of tampons according to the specific instructions and
washing hands before as well as after using it is essential. It is advisable to
change your tampons as frequently as possible paying attention to the fact that
you do not wear one for more than eight hours. This is to avoid being afflicted
with bacteria that causes illness called Toxic Shock syndrome, which is fatal
in nature.
Clothing- Your
vagina is naturally moist and therefore wearing cotton panties or underpants which
allow air flow will prevent your vaginal area from developing yeast and
bacterial infections. Also avoiding wet clothes as well as refraining from
wearing panties at night can help ward of developing bacteria.
Post
Sexual Activity- Gentle
washing of your vaginal area with water and mild soap post sexual activity and
using protection during the activity is essential to prevent Sexually
Transmitted Diseases.
Oral
Hygiene- Finally, of course you cannot afford to
have bad breath and for this brushing regularly, twice a day will ensure a good
dental health.
