Wondering if I'm the only person to have this issue so mainly posting for traffic!
I have endometriosis and therefore very long and heavy periods. I can't use anything internal as it's too painful, far too messy and heavy, and I worry about the possibility of retrograde menstruation since they're so heavy.
The problem is that within a couple of days of my period starting, it feels like all the skin has been removed from my undercarriage. Because it's so heavy, no sanitary product absorbs quickly enough and I end up with serious chafing.
I bought some of those Always foam filled ones which were better (and less rough surface so less nasty rubbing) but even those now are causing bad chafing - only four days in and feels like I've had acid poured all over me.
Is this normal? What do other people do? Have tried fabric ones but they were even worse as the surface stays wet and that causes more chafing.
Off to raid my stash of nappy rash cream I reckon, but would love any suggestions. I'm wondering if it's like joggers nipples, where they become super sensitive to chafing.
Am I alone and weird or is this just another joyous thing we are expected to put up with?