Dr. Jen Gunter

You should see a healthcare provider.

So you should say, I have a vaginal odor, it's concerning.

They'll ask you some questions.

The first question would be, make sure that you're not using any douches or wipes, things like that.

Those can actually paradoxically increase odor.

And then do an exam to make sure you don't have bacterial vaginosis or trichomonas.

Yeast can sometimes, some people can say that they get an odor from it.

It might not be something that is considered

you know, like a pathological odor, like we see with bacterial vaginosis or trichomonas, but certainly might be noticeable to that person.

But also it could be from sweat on the skin.

People don't realize that, you know, obviously your sweat is made up with your bacteria and all that kind of stuff.

And sometimes overcleaning can, again, kind of lead to those problems with people having a lot of sweat.

Like you're outside, it's like 95 degrees and it's like the devil's breath out there, right?

You know, you may have more odor and you have,

you know, apocrine sweat glands in your groins.

And so you might notice there.

So, you know, there's might be topical products to use.

And then and so, you know, there's an appropriate workup for it.

Yeah, I mean, if it's for your vagina, it's like cigarettes for your vagina.

It's about like, it's useful.