


All sorts of feminine products are advertised to women — but are they really safe?
A gynecologist named Dr. Staci Tanouye posted a video on TikTok talking about the products women should avoid using if they want to keep their vagina healthy, the Sun reported.
Since being posted in October the video has been viewed more than 510,000 times.
Tanouye’s top tip is to avoid scented products.
“I would never use any scented or fragranced pads or tampons,” the doc declared. “And yes, this includes essential oils.”
“Essential oils are just like any other scent — it’s a contact irritant,” she further explained, adding that scented products can irritate the sensitive skin of the vagina.
She also warned her followers to make sure they check product labels.
“I have seen some products labeled as sensitive that still have essential oils in them,“ she said.
Her next no-no is using wet wipes.
“You would never find wet wipes in my bathroom,” she said. “Because just like you don’t use them on your face, because it strips away the natural protectant oils that protect your skin and your face, it does the same thing to the vulva.”
She also said that constantly wiping the labia area or “outside in the hair-baring area you’re just stripping away the natural oils that protect that skin and keep that skin being healthy.”
“Don’t do it. Toss ‘em,” she suggested.
Lastly, she said to avoid boric acid suppositories.
“We use boric acid suppositories in very specific situations of recurrent and resistant bacterial vaginosis or yeast infections,” she explained.
But people using the suppositories when they don’t need to be are potentially ridding their body of healthy bacteria.
“Just using boric acid suppositories here and there because you think you need to is not doing what you think it’s doing,” she explained.
She said unfortunately there are “so many more” products that aren’t healthy to use.

Her followers thanked her for educating them on vaginal health and some of them shared their own negative experiences.
“Ya girl accidentally bought apple-scented pads, and they BURNED — and weren’t very absorbent,” one woman revealed.
“I accidentally picked up these menthol pads (didnt even know these weree a thing) and had to leave work because it was SPICY,” another shared.
The Post reached out to Tanouye for comment.