Do tampons have a best before date??

[Millie1]

Found quite a few boxes, maybe 2-3 years old, whilst spring cleaning - are they safe to use or should I dump them? I know it's a strange question but have a mental vision of them disintegrating!! TIA

[iota]

dunno bran, but some babies have to put up with it

[happymerryberries]

The vagina has an optimum pH which encourages the grown for 'freindly' bacteria (awful phrase) and this growth discourages more harmful organisms, as does the pH. The 'good' bacteria help to maintain the correct pH When you get pH imbalances in the vagina it can encourage the growth of things like thrush. there is a natural 'flora and fauna' in the vagina that helps to keep it healthy. One reason that antibiotics can help to cause thrush is that the antibiotics kill off the good bacteria. Amazing isb't it?

Not 100% efficient of course

[Millie1]

LOL!!

[LGJ]

I am pmsl at the thought of asking DH to use surgical spirit.

[Bozza]

Milton not a good way forward - have licked a milton'd spoon - was not unlike swallowing a mouthful of swimming pool water. Think it would put me off.....