Vagina Tip Why you should stop using baby powder down there

All powders can affect the pH level of the vagina, moving it from an acidic to an alkaline state, and making women prone life- threatening health conditions.

A lot of women, due to the fact that they hate sweating down there, apply baby powder to keep things dry.

Experts have, however, advised against this. Obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Charles Rockhead, has said that all powders can affect the pH level of the vagina, moving it from an acidic to an alkaline state, and making women prone to infections such as yeast and bacterial vaginosis.

“Good bacteria — lactobacillus — live in the vagina and keep it healthy by maintaining an acidic environment. However, anything you do to reduce the lactobacillus in the vagina can result in a vaginal infection — things like antibiotic usage, which reduces bacteria, and scented tampons which can have chemicals that sometimes affect the vagina or the flora in the vagina. Also, scented panty shields, washing the vagina with soap, and using certain condoms or spermicidal jellies are things that will cause an infection,” Dr Rockhead said.

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He added: “There are added complications with talcum, a chemical used in some powders, which can lead to ovarian cancer. So women must be mindful of whatever powders they put down there. Apart from infections, anything with talc has the potential to cause ovarian cancer.”

Evidently, this claims appear to be true. in 2013, a woman in her 50's, Deane Berg filed and won a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (a major talcum powder manufacturer) after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006

She reported more than 30 years of talcum powder use, including the Johnson & Johnson product Shower-to-Shower body powder, as part of her personal hygiene routine. A South Dakota, US jury found that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn consumers of the link between the use of their talc powders for feminine hygiene and an increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Dr Rockhead pointed out that research shows that the link between ovarian cancer and talcum powder was originally discovered in 1971 in a study that revealed talc particles in the ovarian tissue of cancer patients.