Jessica Wynn

And if you do, you could die.

Way to get around the marketing restrictions on labels and things like, OK, we'll try this till they outlaw it.

And what actually maintains vaginal health is balanced flora, hydration, diet, and just overall health.

If your genitals require a goop subscription, maybe capitalism's the real infection.

Well, studies show there are more bacteria in your mouth than in your vagina.

So relax and just don't believe the marketing hype.

Not even a little bit.

Go ahead and douche your penis hole and get back to me, whatever.

Discharge is part of how the vaginal microbiome maintains itself.

It changes throughout a woman's cycle.

It's not dirty.

It's information.

And so if something smells sharply fishy or you have itching or burning, that's when you see a doctor, not a steam spa.

The vaginal microbiome is one of the most finely tuned ecosystems on Earth.

What's happening there is the role of lactobacillus.

So it does get affected by antibiotics, by what you eat, sex and hormones, which is why overcleansing can backfire.

If you use mouthwash 50 times a day, it just nukes everything and then bad stuff moves in.

Yeah.

I mean, it's the same thing when you're douching your vagina.

You're you're cleaning out all the good stuff and the bad stuff moves in.