Vaginal Discharge - Pads or What?

[Anonymous]

Should be obvi from title that this is kind of graphic…

I remember at her age feeling wet and uncomfortable. Discharge is copious and normal at her age. It didn’t bother me enough to do anything about it.

But it really bother DD. Prob is that she’s been using liner pads daily and it’s irritating her vulval skin. It’s in 24/7, so that makes sense.

So stupid question, if she hates the wetness and can’t tolerate pads always, what should she do?

[Anonymous]

I wear a liner daily now but I take it off for overnight. The liners should be changed frequently during the day. Perhaps she’s not changing it often enough?

[Anonymous]

make sure they're unscented liners and try different brands? and yes, don't use the same one all day long

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:make sure they're unscented liners and try different brands? and yes, don't use the same one all day long

+1 and make sure they’re small enough

[Anonymous]

panty liners changed frequently should help a lot.

[Anonymous]

Are panty liners really the preferred option? Aren’t they full of chemicals and bad for the environment?

[Anonymous]

Unscented or fabric ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are panty liners really the preferred option? Aren’t they full of chemicals and bad for the environment?

Yes, they are.

[Anonymous]

I do not remember that much discharge at that age. Are you sure it’s not an infection?

[Anonymous]

Maybe period underwear is an option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe period underwear is an option?

No way 100% cotton breaths.

[Anonymous]

Yes try different brands, maybe unbleached. Different ones are softer than others. I went thru a season where mine were causing irritation and changing to a more eco friendly one helped.

[Anonymous]

Make sure her undies and pants aren't compressing the area and causing chafing. Try some looser pants.

[Anonymous]

It might be a sensitivity to adhesive. I can’t wear a band-aid more than 36 hrs, steri-strips post-surgery lead to angry red welts, etc. Panty liners became an issue. I was recently in the UK and got the version of Carefree sold there, which do not have edge to edge adhesive. I typically wear Always liners which are edge to edge adhesive and irritating/leading to itchiness. First time I could wear pantiliners all day with no issues.

[Anonymous]

Wetness is just something she’s going to need to get used to but there are many things she can learn to do to minimize irritation.

Is she drying herself off well after showers before putting on underwear? Doing a good job wiping every time? Does she take showers or baths? Baths can be irritating if soap is used. What type of soap does she use down there? Make sure it’s free of dyes and chemicals and make sure she knows to rinse, rinse, rinse. Is she using clean washcloth and knows how to clean herself very well? Keeping things trimmed up if necessary can help decrease sweating that she may perceive as discharge or discomfort. Agree with different pads and frequent changes. Maybe different underwear as well, make sure they aren’t too tight. Teach her to sleep commando at night.