From vaginal steaming to labiaplasty, some women are willing to go to extremes to attain the “perfect” vagina.
And just when you think you’ve heard it all, another bizarre DIY method emerges.
Some women now are apparently using toothpaste in an attempt to try and tighten their vaginas.
Unsurprisingly, doctors are warning them it’s a really bad idea and could do some nasty damage.
Vanessa Mackay, consultant gynecologist and spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said: “It is a myth that toothpaste will tighten the vagina.
“Putting toothpaste into the vagina, or on the vulva, would not only be uncomfortable but it could also cause serious damage and disrupt the natural flora of the vagina leading to the potential for infections like bacterial vaginosis and thrush.”
Some kinds of toothpaste contain small particles that could also cause painful microabrasions to the vaginal walls.
Oluwole Yusuf, a medical doctor in Nigeria, said he had seen a “recent obsession” in women resorting to using toothpaste to tighten up down below.
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