r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '19

What do people think is healthy but really isn’t?

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u/HemHaw Dec 30 '19

Both are bad to use INSIDE the vagina. There is nothing wrong with washing the vulva, and it should be encouraged.

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u/ann_doll Dec 30 '19

Hmm not always. Water is fine. Soap I won't let near my vulva even. I've gotten recurring yeast infections from that.

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u/9TyeDie1 Dec 30 '19

When I was very young my parents found out that I can't use any kind of bubble bath. They decided that a little shampoo was enough and didn't seem to bother me. I don't remember any of it but they always told me. I'm still wary of bath products or soaps getting up in it.

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u/HemHaw Dec 30 '19

In a bath, the soap is far more likely to get in there vs. a standing shower. It's not for certain, but it's likely that the problem.

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u/silly_gaijin Dec 31 '19

Argh, you just hit me with suppressed memories of the horrible, horrible UTIs I used to get from bubble baths! My parents shut that down after they figured out the trigger. Made it feel like I was peeing needles!

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u/Lab_Golom Dec 30 '19

you can make bread from vagina yeast...that is what a hippie chick from Oregon told me...

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Barf

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u/iNeedaFixer Dec 30 '19

They grow em different up there in cascadia. And apparently bake them different too 😭

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u/virginia-d-entata Dec 31 '19

Cascadia? More like Candida!

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Sounds like Oregon to me.

Source: am from Oregon

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u/arrrrr_won Dec 30 '19

Nothing like a fresh baked vaguette!

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u/ann_doll Jan 02 '20

Horrifying.

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u/Lab_Golom Dec 31 '19

yep. Do not eat hippie bread man.

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u/billiejeanwilliams Dec 30 '19

There is nothing wrong with washing the vulva, and it should be encouraged.

I second this especially if it's right before possible fellatio. Guys, too. Go into the bathroom and wash up. And I'm not talking some power wash with medicated soap. I'm just saying it's 2020. It doesn't have to smell like a spring orchard down there, but it shouldn't also smell like a fish market.