Worried about your Smelling Vagina? Then read this...

SMELLING VAGINA

If nature had intended the vagina to smell like roses or lavender, it would have made the vagina smell like roses or lavender. My dear sisters, you people should relax biko. All those perfumes in that area are unnecessary joor.

WASHING The Vagina:
It's a good idea to AVOID perfumed soaps, gels and antiseptics as these can affect the healthy balance of bacteria and pH levels in the vagina and cause irritation.

Use ordinary, plain, unperfumed soaps to wash the area with clean water around the vagina (the vulva) gently every day. The vagina will clean itself inside your body with natural vaginal secretions (discharge).

During your period, washing more than once a day may be helpful, keeping the perineal area (between the vagina and anus) clean is important, too. Good perineal hygiene is necessary by washing that area at least once a day using your normal bathing routines.

All women are different. Some may wash with perfumed soap and not notice any problems. But if a woman has vulval irritation or symptoms, one of the first things you can do is use non-allergenic, plain soaps to see if that helps.

Other than your period as part of your natural menstrual cycle, it's normal to produce clear or white secretions (discharge) from your vagina. This mucus is produced naturally from the neck of the womb, known as the cervix.

Vaginal discharge is not 'always a bad sign'. There is a myth that copious clear or white discharge is associated with sexually transmitted infections. Changes in the amount of discharge can be 100% hormonal – in other words, linked to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy or menopause.

The character and amount of vaginal discharge varies throughout your menstrual cycle in women of reproductive age. Around the time your ovary releases an egg (ovulation), your discharge usually becomes thicker and stretchy, like raw egg white.

Healthy discharge does not have a strong smell or colour. You may feel an uncomfortable wetness, but you shouldn't have any itching or soreness around your vagina.
If there are any changes to your discharge that aren't normal for you, such as a change in colour or if it starts to smell or itch, see your doctor as you might have an infection.

DOUCHING The Vagina:

Its important to also mention VAGINAL DOUCHES. The above topic cannot be contrived without dealing with vaginal douche.

A douche is a way of flushing water up into the vagina, clearing out vaginal secretions. Some women use a douche to "clean" the vagina, but using a douche can disrupt the normal vaginal bacteria, so it is NOT recommended that you use one.

I CANNOT think of any circumstances where douches are helpful, because all they do is wash out everything that's in the vagina, including all the healthy bacteria. explains

There is no evidence douching protects against STIs or vaginal infections, and it may even increase the risk.

So stop inserting those fingers into your vagina in the name of "cleaning up".