ladies ladies i need ur help!!! - tampons or sanetery towels?

Question

r tampons better or sanetary towels - i dnt have a clue cud u help me?

Answer 1

its a personal thing really, some women prefer tampons some like sanetery towels, depends really on u and how u feel about them, girls i know dont tend to use tampons untill after having sex but hey everyones different, prehaps u should try tampons and if u dont like them or feel uncomfortable just use towels. but remember to change reguraly as u dont want to get toxic shock syndrome, its rare but can be dangerous. just experiment with both and see how u feel.

Answer 2

how old are you.. All women (or all most all) prefer tampons because everything is "contained." And the pads are messy and uncomfortable. but most young girls who are just starting out use pads because they are a little afraid of the insertion process. I would buy tampons, try to get it in, and have a pad handy incase you are very uncomfortable with it. DEf. get a tampon with an applicatior though. I dont even like the other ones and i've been using tampons for a long time. go for the lightest flow ones cause theyre skinnier. even if your flow is heavey, just change it more ofter. The heavy flow ones might hurt or be hard to get in.

Good luck.. and talk to your mom about it. I think she will be disappointed that youre asking for motherly advice from a bunch of strangers on the net.

Answer 3

I use both - I use the sanitary pad all the time, even with a tampon to protect my clothes.

But when I know I am taking a long trip or won't be going to the bathroom too often then I use a tampon as well to avoid getting blood on my pants. (I'm a heavy bleeder in the first few days)

Of course I do use a tampon when I go swimming, but be sure to lay the string backwards so it doesn't hang out the sides of your swim suit.

The minute I get home I remove the tampon, as they need to be changed often or else it can become painful.

Answer 4

There are some hype re tampons in some extreme cases it can cause Toxic Shock Syndrome. This is quite rare, but nevertheless people have died with this. Sanitary towels, although much safer a lot of women don't like them. I suppose, at the end of the day it is personal choice.

Answer 5

I used to use pads (sanitary napkins) until i was a senior in high school. I now use tampons and they are SO MUCH EASIER! at first I had worse cramps, but soon my body adjusted to them. Tampons catch the menstration fluid before it leaves your body so you dont really have to worry about a certain you sit or lay. and you cant see them through shorts or pants, etc.
And you can only get toxic shock sendrome if you leave a tampon in for a very long time. if you do bacteria will begin to grow and you will get a very serious infection. so change a tampon as instructed, and if you sleep longer than 8 hours a night, use a pad.

Answer 6

Tampons are better as far as keeping the smell to a minimum and not having to feel wet. Especially if you move around a lot or sit down for long periods of time and then have to get up and walk around. However, I always wear a tampon, and a PANTYLINER for those oh so unexpected leaks. Always change your tampon every 4-6 hours! And change your pantyliner when you change your tampon!! Hope this helps!

Answer 7

Yes tampons are bad for you for several reasons and the risks are increased or decreased depending on what type of tampon you are talking about; commercial tampons, organic tampons, sponge tampons, soft tampons, homemade tampons. Commercial tampons are the most harmful of over twenty different menstrual options; they also have the worst history due to unethical manufacturing processes. The only safe internal menstrual options are softcups or menstrual cups.

Some pads also carry risks, commercial pads for example are more harmful than organic pads or cloth pads because they are made from synthetic materials and contain chemicals. Both of these things can contribute to infections because they prevent aeration producing a warm moist area for bacteria and yeast to multiply, and introduce chemicals into the vulva that effect pH that in turn effects balance of bacteria and yeast in the vulva.

Your vagina is self-cleaning, it produces discharge that washes out excess bacteria and dirt from your vagina to protect itself from infections, tampons prevent this cleaning function keeping bacteria as well as blood, discharge and dirt within the vagina. Tampons are pores, within the vagina they provide bacteria with a warm and moist environment where they can collect upon, menstrual blood is also nutritious so accelerates the bacterial growth. Tampons can leave fibres behind in the vagina where bacteria can continue to multiply when a tampon is removed. Excelled bacterial growth can cause vaginal infections such as toxic shock syndrome or contribute to toxic shock syndrome.

Discharge is also there to keep the mucus membrane that make up the walls of the vagina moist, tampons don't just absorb menstrual flow they also absorb discharge that means the walls of the vagina can become dry and split. Splits, like cuts in the skin, can get bacteria within them that can cause infections; these splits also make it easier for chemicals from commercial tampons and toxins that may be produced by the bacteria if toxic shock syndrome occurs to enter into the blood stream.

Commercial tampons are more harmful because the synthetic materials they are made from further encourage bacterial growth, commercial tampon manufacturers also bleach there tampons – the only reason for doing this is to make tampons whiter, this is to play on menstrual taboos, such as the idea that menstruation is dirty so you should want to use whiter products to deal with it. The bleaching leaves chemicals in the tampons, because there are laws protecting the manufacturers they do not have to tell customers what chemicals they use but these chemicals may be harmful to general health. Previously they used chlorine gas bleaching, this resulted in the by-product dioxin, which is very toxic, and although they no longer use this there is real concern about what they are now using. The chemicals within tampons can interfere with the natural pH of the vagina, this throws off the balance of bacteria and can cause infections.

Tampons can also contribute to menstrual flow and menstrual cramps, when the vagina is unhealthy then this can cause menstrual problems, tampons can also expand into the cervix that will contribute to menstrual cramping.

It also does not matter how long you leave a tampon in for, there is a risk as soon as one enters the vagina, it is however true the risks are significantly increased the longer you leave a tampon within the vagina for.

Answer 8

Tampons. They are much cleaner and more discrete. Having said that I haven't used sanitary towels, I don't like the idea of them.

Answer 9

Tampons! all the way.

I could never go back to using pads. They feel so messy compared to tampons!

On heavy days just use a tampon with a panty liner!

Answer 10

I think it depends really on how heavy you are, etc....I'd like to hear this from others too, cos I'm not sure which to pick. If you've just started then its best to start with sanitary towels for a few months.

PS:Why is this in the HAIR section??