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To wonder why I haven't powdered my lady parts before!!

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CableCar · 12/10/2024 21:16

Today I got some powder for my lady parts and it has transformed how I feel.... I actually can't believe it! I have been suffering a sweaty, chaffing, post-baby, peri-menopausal, swollen mess of a down below, and wow... It has just transformed how I feel! Anyone else??!! Why isn't this talked about!!!

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Mamabearsmile · 13/10/2024 00:50

Firstly I don't use Johnson and Johnson, though I have in the past. Corn starch all the way. Corn starch does not cause thrush when used on creases. Does prevent soreness and chub rub and athelets foot. If athletes foot is present the medicated product is better. I would never use J and J on baby girls and children. The dustiness is a pain, best to stand on a towel to use it. Very funny and informative chats here. Happy Sunday.

Lakrads · 13/10/2024 00:29

Why am I reading this in a David Walliams, Little England voice? "I'm a laydeeeee"

HorsePeopleAreStablePeople · 13/10/2024 00:26

ChiefEverythingOfficer · 13/10/2024 00:12

Hope you get your comfort levels sorted.

Any chance you could refer to vagina, vulva and labia in real terms. Lady parts, intimate areas...it's very 50s housewife.

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I really don't see the problem with lady parts, a lot of people find the terms vulvas vagina and labia off putting.

Mamabearsmile · 13/10/2024 00:20

On offer in boots apparently. The medicated one. If you use corn based ones you can infuse with herbs but you don't need that, just the dryness. Hence SAS use. Wear as much cotton kit as you can (not as easy as you think these days). For very sensitive skins acts as a barrier to allergens and irritants found in detergents and laundry products.

ChiefEverythingOfficer · 13/10/2024 00:12

CableCar · 12/10/2024 21:29

Yes, this!! I was under the illusion that all powders were bad, but my hormones have really been playing me up in my intimate area of late and it's been frustrating... The fem fresh powder has raving reviews for how comfortable it makes you feel!!

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Hope you get your comfort levels sorted.

Any chance you could refer to vagina, vulva and labia in real terms. Lady parts, intimate areas...it's very 50s housewife.

Mamabearsmile · 13/10/2024 00:11

Thrush occurs and thrives in dampness. Keep yer kit dry! Then theres intratrigo...I saw the Sarah milligan item, very funny. No, no paste just comfort 😂

Nat6999 · 13/10/2024 00:07

Try the Cuticura medicated talc, it's a million times better than baby powder.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 13/10/2024 00:07

Tightropewalker67 · 13/10/2024 00:01

I did take the time to read, and everything I’ve seen is decidedly inconclusive for all of the female cancers that have been mentioned on here.

J&J settling is a different matter entirely. It seems to be more related to the fact that they have been shown to have been aware of the presence of asbestos in their talc - and the associated risks - and still did nothing about it.

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If something's safety is inconclusive (I don't know what the fuck 'decidedly inconclusive' means) enough to scare a multinational into shelling out that kind of money, how can you possibly think it's unreasonable for women to be wary of using the product on themselves or their baby girls? Why the insults and scorn from you?

SnowFrogJelly · 13/10/2024 00:05

Not a great idea to put anything like that down there

Demonhunter · 13/10/2024 00:03

Jellybean85 · 12/10/2024 21:21

Is that still true! Surely they've swapped ingredients since the 90s!

But I still doubt it's a good idea to dust it down there (thinking of thrush) Grin

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Recently published in The Lancet

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00384-X/fulltext

TheRomanticOutlaw · 13/10/2024 00:03

EffortlesslyInelegant · 12/10/2024 22:03

What happens when the cornstarch gets damp? Does it form an appealing paste that leads to your 'lady parts' becoming superglued together? Sounds like a bloody dreadful idea to me.

Sarah Millican did a thing about this. Audience member shouted out about using powder when you 'get claggy' and she asked them if it forms a paste 😂

HorsePeopleAreStablePeople · 13/10/2024 00:02

rainfallpurevividcat · 12/10/2024 23:29

I suggest you don't read Mumsnet then or you are going to.be perpetually offended.

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Well I don't see vulvas and labia discussed here often and many posters refer to them as lady parts or intimate area or whatever for the same reason so it's not really an issue.

Tightropewalker67 · 13/10/2024 00:01

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 12/10/2024 23:45

And the bullshit some of you are coming out with; talc particles travelling up one’s chuff to cause cervical cancer 😂 have a fucking word with yourself.

Ovarian cancer.

In the time it took you to post that uninformed bollocks you could've looked the issue up and seen that Johnson & Johnson paid out $6.5 billion to settle lawsuits about this very thing.

I did take the time to read, and everything I’ve seen is decidedly inconclusive for all of the female cancers that have been mentioned on here.

J&J settling is a different matter entirely. It seems to be more related to the fact that they have been shown to have been aware of the presence of asbestos in their talc - and the associated risks - and still did nothing about it.

oakleaffy · 13/10/2024 00:01

Mamabearsmile · 12/10/2024 23:39

Not so and not proven. Creases are not lady parts...

''The company is facing over 40 000 lawsuits in the US alleging that baby powder contaminated with asbestos caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma. But Johnson & Johnson did not attribute the switch to that controversy, calling it a “commercial decision” that “will help simplify our product offerings, deliver sustainable innovation, and meet the needs of our consumers, customers, and evolving global trends.”

They went to all the trouble of changing to corn starch. M'kay.

Mamabearsmile · 12/10/2024 23:59

Not proven currently I've just read, we are talking about corn based powder.

Mamabearsmile · 12/10/2024 23:48

The last paper I read said results were in conclusive and bigger studies were required which may take time to complete since most folk refer to labia and vulva as vaginas and will therefore be flawing the study from day one by applying to the wrong area. I don't believe anyone puts talc into their vagina.I mean the logistics alone.....

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 12/10/2024 23:45

And the bullshit some of you are coming out with; talc particles travelling up one’s chuff to cause cervical cancer 😂 have a fucking word with yourself.

Ovarian cancer.

In the time it took you to post that uninformed bollocks you could've looked the issue up and seen that Johnson & Johnson paid out $6.5 billion to settle lawsuits about this very thing.

Mamabearsmile · 12/10/2024 23:40

Define? Sounds horrid ...

Mamabearsmile · 12/10/2024 23:39

Not so and not proven. Creases are not lady parts...

Tightropewalker67 · 12/10/2024 23:34

Calliopespa · 12/10/2024 23:25

I don’t think the talc thing is nonsense.

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Ok, that’s fine that you don’t think that. I’ll wait to see actual evidence though.

WooleyMunky · 12/10/2024 23:29

HorsePeopleAreStablePeople · 12/10/2024 23:10

Well I find it vulgar for women to go round talking about their vulvas, vaginas and labia and much prefer a euphemism.

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But that is what they are called???

rainfallpurevividcat · 12/10/2024 23:29

HorsePeopleAreStablePeople · 12/10/2024 23:10

Well I find it vulgar for women to go round talking about their vulvas, vaginas and labia and much prefer a euphemism.

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I suggest you don't read Mumsnet then or you are going to.be perpetually offended.

Calliopespa · 12/10/2024 23:25

Tightropewalker67 · 12/10/2024 23:21

Oh, the irony of a thread about unwanted vaginal moistness being littered with snide remarks from slimy cunts!

And the bullshit some of you are coming out with; talc particles travelling up one’s chuff to cause cervical cancer 😂 have a fucking word with yourself.

OP, I’m really pleased that you’ve found a way of easing your discomfort. Like another poster, I also use it for the underboob dampness and shan’t be altering that approach as a result of any of the tripe that’s been bandied around on here. Thank you for sharing, your tip may well help reduce another’s lady-part discomfort.

I don’t think the talc thing is nonsense.

SharpLily · 12/10/2024 23:25

ScrollingLeaves · 12/10/2024 23:03

I was going to say this too. Really, don’t use it.

Could you find the source for whatever is wrong instead?

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The source? Take your pick - menopause, overweight and in my case, for example, living in a hot country. If you think there's an easier way to solve these problems than intimate powder then please share because knowing the source isn't the issue.

The talc/cancer thing doesn't apply here, we're talking about talc free powder.