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Uyazi ukuthi iyiphi i-shampoo ekunika ivolumu ye-Victoria's Secret futhi yisiphi i-mascara esenza imivimbo yakho ibukeke njengamanga, kodwa uyazi ukuthi yimiphi imikhiqizo yenhlanzeko yabesifazane ekugcina uhlanzekile nokuthi yimiphi okungenzeka ukuthi empeleni ilimaza i-hoo-ha yakho?

Ocwaningweni lwaseNyuvesi yase-Alabama, owesifazane oyedwa kwabayisishiyagalombili wabika njalo ukuthi udouching; Ingxenye yesine yalezi zintokazi nayo ivuselelwe ngezifutho zabesifazane, futhi cishe ingxenye yesithathu enezesuli zesifazane. Kepha ngokusho kukaMichele G. Curtis, MD, udokotela wezifo zabesifazane ozimele, le mikhuba yokuhlanzeka engezansi kwebhande (okuyinto abesifazane abayibonile ibalulekile) kungenzeka ukuthi yeqe ngokweqile. “Isitho sangasese sowesifazane senzelwe ukuthi sibe isitho esizihlanzayo,” usho kanje. "Kunesizathu sokuthi ikhiqize ukuthambisa-iyindlela yokuzihlanza."

Ngakho-ke yini inkinga ngokuba nenhlanzeko eyengeziwe? Nokho, ngesinye, imikhiqizo ingase ibe nomphumela ophambene ohlosiwe: "Ingaphazamisa ibhalansi yamagciwane avamile, anempilo kanye nemvubelo esithweni sangasese," kusho u-Alyssa Dweck, MD, uprofesa osizayo wezifo zabesifazane eMt. Sinai School of Medicine. no coauthor we- I-V ingeyesitho sangasese sowesifazane. Lokho kusho ukuthi ungahle uthambekele ekuthelelekeni, ushiye izingxenye zezintokazi zakho ngephunga elingaphansi kokumnandi.

Akudingeki uvumele phansi lakho lizenzele lona, ​​noma kunjalo. Landela le mihlahlandlela eyisithupha ukuzigcina uhlanzekile futhi ulungele ukuthatha isinyathelo.

Hlanza iVulva yakho

Uma kwenzeka uhlukanise phakathi kwekilasi le-anatomy, isitho sakho sangasese sowesifazane siwumgodi wangaphakathi wesitho sakho sangasese, kuyilapho i-vulva yakho iyinto ongayibona: i-labia yakho, i-clitoris, nezimbobo zesitho sakho sangasese kanye ne-urethra. “Isitho sakho sangasese sangasese siyisitho sangaphakathi,” kusho uCurtis. "Iyangena kakhulu." Lokho kunikeza amakhemikhali emikhiqizweni yokuhlanza (kufaka phakathi amakha aphazamisa ama-hormone nama-parabens, uhlobo lokuvikela ukubamba) ukufinyelela kalula kuwo wonke umzimba wakho. "Ukusula uketshezi olungeziwe mhlawumbe akuyona into enkulu kangako," kusho u-Elizabeth Boskey, Ph.D., ongumbhali Umhlahlandlela Wombono Wezempilo Zocansi. "Kodwa akumele ngabe ufaka amakhemikhali nezinye izinto ngaphakathi esithweni sangasese."

Ayikho i-Douching!

Ocwaningweni lwaseNyuvesi yase-Alabama, amaphesenti angama-70 abesifazane abebecabanga ukuthi ukwenza kanjalo kuphephile, ngoba imikhiqizo isemakethe. Uma kuphele. "I-Douching ayinawo amandla kuphela okuphazamisa amabhaktheriya emvelo esithweni sangasese, kepha uma kukhona ukutheleleka esithweni sangasese noma komlomo wesibeletho, inamandla okuphoqa ukuthi ukutheleleka kuye emseleni wesibeletho kanye nesibeletho," kusho uBoskey. "Ngokuvamile, akufanele ube udouch ngaphandle uma udokotela wakho ethi uzokhipha ngomkhiqizo ngalo mkhiqizo, ngalesi sikhathi, ukusingatha lesi simo."

Yamukela Iphunga Lakho

I-Newsflash: Isitho sakho sangasese sizoba nephunga-kufanele nje ufunde ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwephunga elijwayelekile kanye nophawu lwento enenhlanzi. "Iphunga lawo wonke umuntu esithweni sangasese lihluke kancane," kusho uBoskey. "Okufanele abesifazane bakubhekisise ukushintsha kwephunga labo lesitho sangasese sowesifazane. Uma linuka kabi, nephunga lishintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, khuluma nodokotela wakho." Ngamanye amagama, ungamane ufihle inkinga ngomkhiqizo wenhlanzeko yabesifazane. Uma isitho sakho sangasese sinuka kamnandi, ungase ube nesifo, okudinga ukwelashwa.

Awuqinisekile ukuthi iphunga lakho "livamile"? Nakuba kuzwakala kubi, ungase ufune ukubuza umbono womlingani wakho. "Uma umfana wakho ecabanga ukuthi isitho sakho sangasese sinuka kamnandi futhi njengesitho sangasese esinempilo kufanele, khona-ke iphunga cishe aliyona inkinga," kusho uBoskey. "Abafana abaningi bathola ukuthi leli phunga liyavusa." [Thwitha leli thiphu!]

Funa Ibhalansi

Kukhona okuhlukile emthethweni othi "ayikho imikhiqizo ngaphakathi kwesitho sangasese sowesifazane": izinto zokuthambisa ezilinganisa i-pH. "Uma unezitshalo ezinempilo, ezijwayelekile zesitho sangasese sowesifazane, une-pH elinganiselayo ngokwemvelo," kusho uCurtis. Lokho kusho ukuthi, "abanye besifazane abaze bazizwe sengathi izinto zingamaphesenti ayi-100 ngqo esithweni sabo sangasese," noma amazinga abo ama-hormone elungile futhi engenalo igciwane, kusho uDweck. Kulezi zimo, uncoma i-RepHresh noma i-Luvena, izithambisa zesitho sangasese sowesifazane eziklanyelwe ukugcina i-pH yakho ihlola.

Namathela kumaWipees

Siyazi: Noma i-woo-hoo yakho iphilile ngokuphelele, iphunga elincane kunawo wonke lingabulala ukuzethemba kwakho ngokocansi, kungakhathalekile ukuthi uthini umfana wakho. Ngakho-ke qhubeka, beka izesuli ezimbalwa zesifazane esikhwameni sakho uma ufuna ukuvuseleleka ngaphambi komlomo, kusho uBoskey. Vele uqiniseke ukuthi ukhetha inketho emnene kakhulu lapho: ukusula ngaphandle kotshwala (okungakomisa), iphunga (isizathu sokucasuka), kanye ne-glycerin (enye imbangela yokomisa nokucasuka), njenge-Emerita Feminine Cleansing and Moisturizing Cloths. . Enye indlela elula: Manisa kalula ucezu lwephepha lasendlini yangasese ngamanzi, bese uzesule.

Kugcine Kulula

Awudingi insipho ekhethekile yezitho zakho zabesifazane. Eqinisweni, ungahle ungadingi insipho, isikhathi. "Amanzi angahlanza noma yiziphi izinsalela zangaphandle, njengezithukuthuku noma amafinyila isitho sangasese sowesifazane esikhiqize, ngaphandle kokuguqula i-pH yesitho sakho sangasese," kusho uCurtis. Vele ugxile ekuhlanzeni kancane i-labia yakho namafolda azungezile. "Akudingeki ukuthi uhlasele isitho sakho sangasese njengesitha sokuqala somphakathi," kusho uC Curtis. Ukukhuhla kanzima kungadala izinyembezi ezincane ezicutshini, zikubeke ethubeni lokucasuka noma ukutheleleka, uxwayisa.

Uma umbono wokweqa insipho kukuphambanisa, khetha ukuhluka okuncane, njengeJuba noma iNdlovu. (Ukusikisela: Vivinya insipho ezandleni zakho-uma ibashiya beshwabene, ungayisebenzisi ukuqongelela phezulu.) "Awudingi ukusebenzisa i-loofah noma indwangu yokugeza. Isandla sakho silungile," kusho uDweck. Ngemuva kokuphuma eshaweni, cabanga ukomisa izinkantini zakho usebenzisa amasethingi "apholile" nalawo "aphansi" kusomisi sakho segalelo. Ngaleyo ndlela, imomozi yakho ayina manzi uma ugqoka iphenti lakho. "Uma ubamba umswakama, kungase kwandise ingozi yokutheleleka kwemvubelo," kusho uCurtis.

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