Harmful Pads and Tampons

I am a woman and truthfully spending much for my hygiene. A typical routine happens every expected day of the month and which is running through a nearest store for the most advertized pads of the season. At first, my period is agonizing - so true for the ladies in general, until companies started to produce tampons in copious variations. Each introduced their product as a competitive kind naming an example as a comforting pad with a breathable embossing design with more holes to guide the flow and unique for its elastic wings which confirms maximum security for one's every active movement. I was once attracted with those that come in colors and fragrance. Liking my choices means finding enough time for my personal hygiene most importantly my femininity. Just recently, I became cognizant to recognize the goodness and badness of this material to my body and my future health.

Now that I am 22, I may consider myself aware about pads and tampons, but what a lot of girls don't know about them is that these products were made by companies run by mostly men. What do they know about the consequences of their comforting creation? Well, it comes into view that not too much since the most common pads contains synthetic fibers and bleach. In an event of seeing bleach inside a container, one wouldn't want to drink on it for it is basically a poison. It is made up of very harsh chemicals that could be very fatal when taken in, and we are putting it up inside of ourselves. That is the first sense of danger with pads. Women under 21 years of age should have a little warning about Toxic Shock Syndrome. Yes, you are the most prone of getting this.

We we're not literally shoving the entire pads up inside ourselves, the synthetic fibers and bleach it's made up of are rubbing up against us in a long period of time and which is extremely bad for our skin. Think of the sensitiveness of the skin "down there" that makes up the beginning of our entire reproductive area. Imagine when could be the sterilization of the tampon happens? Synthetic fiber and bleach is there all the time and we're putting these dirty elements in ourselves unsuspectingly.

A specific number of women in the world declare the total number of people menstruating and preferably using the kind of tampons stated above. And most of it suffer certain kinds of illness particularly cancer after later years. Meanwhile, as for the young who have been using my kind of pads before should eagerly make a difference. Be curious to avoid the unlikely conditions your body could suffer in the future. The point here is to avoid any probabilities the soonest possible.

It appears to me once more the thought of the traditional tampon used by our oldest elders. Self-made tampon made of fabric which can be washed and reused. Health consciousness might be a reason to consider trying the real thing sewn by our grannies or otherwise seriously invest an amount for Lunapads or a Diva cup. Lunapads is an innovative pads made from the softest, most absorbent cotton, with a protective nylon lining. Organic cotton is a far superior alternative to chemical-laden conventional cotton. I would like to think that this would be the greatest alternative to the common disposable pads.

The unavailability of these alternatives can cause an unreadily complete change for a woman, but at least make a little difference on your buying routine. Awareness is the prime step to the right direction.

-dp