Sunburned teen tubbler12/17/2023 ![]() Sherry Ross, “Sitting in a wet bathing suit can upset the pH balance of the vagina and irritate all areas of the vagina. The following information apparently also comes from Dr. The vagina maintains moisture because it is constantly producing discharge.Ī wet bathing suit cannot change your vaginal pH The vagina maintains a steady temperature because it is inside your body and human body temperature only rises with the outside temperature when someone is suffering from heat stroke. And for the love of everything that is holy don’t do that! The only way you could temporarily dry out your vagina from heat would be aiming a hair dryer inside. Sherry Ross who just wrote a book on “intimate health.” This tidbit about a dry vag came from OB/GYN Dr. However, the ambient temperature and a wet bathing suit have zero impact on the vaginal ecosystem. Vaginal dryness or the sensation of vaginal dryness (because those are two different things) can be the result of low estrogen, be a medication side effect, and even be from a yeast infection. Add to that a moist bathing suit and your vag just might have a vaginal panic attack.”Ī vagina cannot dry out because of the heat. Teen Vogue says, “The heat of the summer can make your vagina drier, causing it to be sensitive and temperamental. My understanding is that is a pretty warm part of the world. If summer vagina were a thing that only modern wipes and salves could cure I don’t know how we survived the cradle of civilization. This can lead to ingrown hairs, injuries, and an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The only possible issue that women might have during the summer months is with their vulva if they start a new hair removal technique or do more hair removal. I run a clinic for vulvovaginal disorders and we are no busier when it is hot. Vaginas function quite well in all seasons. Women, especially teens, don’t need the idea planted that vaginas are temperamental or funky and that during the summer things can go horribly wrong. While you might think there’s little difference in the TLC she gets during the other seasons, OB-GYNs note that in the summer it’s especially important to pay attention to any symptoms, changes, and funkiness you notice south of the border. This introductory paragraph is quite irksome: Here’s why I think Teen Vogue’s “Summer Vagina” don’t mean a thing. ![]() It also highlights why magazines need fact checkers. If you are not an expert how would you know? If some of an article sounds reasonable I suspect many readers are more likely to give everything the benefit fo the doubt. This highlights the issue of having good information mixed in with the bad. I could see how someone might think that, but actually most of the article is spectacularly wrong. They thought it had good information and just the title was wrong. The title alone is an issue because it suggests that A) everything in the genital tract is the vagina and B) that “summer vagina” is a thing.Ī lot of people on Twitter nagged at me about my early dismissal of the article. Teen Vogue wants women to have their “Best Summer Vagina Ever,” and no that is not a recommendation for a Yankee Candle to take to the beach.
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