I honestly think most women don't know the difference. I didn't until I was in my late 20's/early 30's. Products like Vagisil tend to keep us in the dark.
@@axesandrabbits7226 I think you might have responded to the wrong person lol. Also really hoping bri zand meant to refer to misandrists and not genuine feminists
That's what I don't get. Many people... landscape. So, what needs a dry shampoo? For those who leave things au natural, why would they buy it? If they're good with full bush, I would say there's a good chance they're either up on how they want their style maintained without causing problems, or quite possibly don't want to modify and have learned to deal with life without needing DRY VULVA SHAMPOO
I am honestly baffled by this. I think I would be in the targeted demographic, and I have never, not even once, thought it needed a dry shampoo. Like you wash it with the rest of your body and it doesn't get greasy like head hair so wtf?
I especially love her rage as a mother to an almost teen girl myself. My daughter is definitely part of the target demographic here and I am angry that Vagisil wants to sell her problems wrapped in an insecurity tax. Fortunately, because our Mama loves us, I was able to send the link to this video with my daughter and help circulate real information in her generation.
As a childfree woman, I just want to say THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POINTING OUT THAT NOT EVERYONE WHO HAS A PERIOD WANTS TO HAVE A KID. I just want to shout it from the freaking rooftops!!!!
Well.. Each generation 75% of women DO need to breed to keep a viable population. But that leaves 25% who are free to do as they please. Still I was like you two myself when I wS younger so the desire to have kids fan change. My guy and I are trying... I think at some point in your life you can just switch sides. Particularly my mother says middle age women are most prone to it as something clicks in your mud 30s to say 'times running out'. In addition sine women don't want to be alone in old age. I honestly don't know why I switched, but the thing is tge women who do breed do push for a sex driven future with wome who are more likely to have kids. Evolution is guided by who bred last generation. Still, yeah, its okay not to have kids. Thatd what the orgznd gor its why we get harmonic looking a for sex in the first place but... you cannot force people to have kids they don't want. It gives the wrong impression too to girls snd puts them in a bad place, like you must have one. It can lead to have s lid at the wrong point in life.
No woman should feel OBLIGATED to have children, it should be a choice for her and her ALONE. I get frustrated with these men, mostly misogynistic religious fanatics, telling a woman she is OBLIGATED to have children, but find it even MORE aggravating when I see women doing it to each other, again usually indoctrinated misogynistic religious fanatics.
I myself fully and completely agree with his comment I myself cannot have kids because of several health problems and sometimes it sucks cuz I would like to have kids but not going to happen
I legitimately never had a "fishy" smell until I caved to curiosity and tried Vagisil's soap for the first time. I have a very sensitive nose, so when I first noticed the scent of tuna, I was very concerned. It didn't take long to put two and two together, though, and I tossed the soap in the garbage where it belonged, swapping back to just water for down below. I had to see a doc, but eventually the smell was taken care of when my PH balance normalized. Conclusion? Vagisil's products are crap, their marketing has always been predatory, and their management members need a solid boot to the head.
How much you wanna bet the board consists of one or two women and they don't ask them a damn thing about the stuff that they know the most about out of everyone in the room?
I never have had a fishy smell most of the time the "smell" is all in our heads like if it's a strong scent than you should go to the doctor but I'm pretty sure there's some science supporting that your natural scent changes on your period no one else will probably notice it tho
But then they might need to say "Vulva" and god forbid we use that term! That's like, too embarrassing or whatever. Instead, let's use the term "period funk" because that's totally a thing people say!
Someone may not know what proper term is. I've spent a lot of time explaining that the "wall" your trying to slam through in there is the cervix and it must stay intact. Forget trying to explain what and where the clit, vulva and such is. I've tried even had some drawings and even the late teen girls where lost.
@@Steampunkfox143 They weren't talking about professionals I don't think. I think they were saying that since these products are advertised to teens that teens just don't know these terms, and thus, using these terms wouldn't be effective.
Whats even better is that mouthwash totally started as a marketing ploy. Or rather 'halitosis' did. No one wanted to use 'mouthwash' - it solved a problem people already felt was solved by toothpaste, namely, bad breath. So mouthwash companies made up a scary, medical sounding term (halitosis) so they could say "our mouthwash _cures halitosis_ " instead of the weaker "it makes your breath smell nice". Same thing here. Make up an issue 'period itch' or 'period funk' and then claim your product 'fixes' that issue.
Yeah, that's one of my biggest issues with skincare. You can have a dermatologist test a skincare product, say it causes chemical burns and is horrid, but the manufacturer can still say its been dermatologically tested.
Yep! That’s the thing with a lot of body products. They can label it as “specialist tested” but that could also mean they tested it and said “nah fam this is whack (which is probably what happened). It’s all marketing and loopholes
"Your vulva isn't supposed to smell like an orange dreamsicle." - This is probably the greatest thing I've ever heard. I laughed so hard at this I cried. Can we put that on a tee-shirt?
Yes, though there are some period wipes that help with the smell, and I promise you they don't smell like that. You are not supposed to smell like that down there. I use Honey Pot, and it works well for me.
Lots of products marketed for skin problems like dryness and eczema contain things that can make it worse - sodium lauryl sulphate, fragrances, etc. Stuff with mineral oil in it like petroleum jelly doesn't actually put moisture into skin, it draws it out. Once I started researching and checking labels, I was horrified.
@@stein6289 the difference is that when you are given antidepressants you have seen a doctor, discussed the risks, and hopefully are exploring a cause. If your vag itches, there is likely a problem that's not going to be solved with soap... And could well be caused by the soap.
You don’t have to pretend to be a mystical moon fairy in order not be ashamed of your period. Edit: I have been called out for being insensitive. I would like to apologize for trivializing anybody’s culture and traditions. I am sorry and I will do better in the future.
I didn't mind that 😂 What ever (non-harmful thing) makes you feel better about having periods. But I guess it's true someone might be offended about that 🤔
Can someone tell me why teens are allowed to choose their gender and have gender reassignment surgery (which I 100% support, you do you!) but I’m not allowed to have a hysterectomy at age 28, when I have absolutely not desire to have children (they absolutely disgust me) and I have excruciating pain every single month? Someone enlighten me.
This is exactly what happened to me. In high school most of my friends were guys. One day someone had a car freshener and my boyfriend, with no ill intention stated that it “smelled like a heavenly vagina.” They then proceeded to discuss how this pungent, floral air freshener smelled like a vagina sent from the gods. This is when I became acutely aware that my nether regions did not smell like a bed of roses. Thinking that there was something wrong with me, I went out and purchased a “feminine deodorizing spray” the brand I am unsure of. Shortly thereafter I was in the family planning clinic in excruciating pain. I ended up with a nasty yeast infection AND bacterial vaginosis. It was one of the worst things I’ve experienced with that area of my body and I wish that someone would have told me that my vagina is supposed to smell like a vagina and not a perfume kiosk at the mall.
"here use this spray to conceal the smell" BRO YOUR LADY BITS ARENT SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE A BANANA SPLIT ON TOP OF A PANCAKE WITH CHERRIES ON TOP, ITS SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE LADY BITS!
Not to mention all the teen boys seeing the adds thinking that lady bits smelling like lady bits are dirty just because they don't smell like a perfumery...
@@iminthecabinet2155 Yes and there are those ads that include info about how while men cannot smell their bits others can. WTH are you doing in your normal life that many men and women are close enough to your crotch to smell that?! Being serious for a moment though having teens that think that their balls should smell fresh is just going to lead to them putting more chemicals on their already sensitive poorly cared for zones.
I never thought I’d live long enough to hear the phrase “Your vulva is not supposed to smell like an orange dreamsicle!” This campaign is literally “how do you do fellow kids!” 😂
@@katiewillman3814 I know you’re probably joking but I just want to say if your genitals or specifically your urine DOES smell sweet or fruit like it can indicate diabetes!
I heard that men don't want their women's vaginas smelling like perfumes, lotions or fruity smelling sprays. They say they prefer the natural, but clean, smell.
@@anakelly76512 mehh who cares what men think. Straight guys probably think something like, "omg female genitals right in front of me, best day of my life" 🤣
Always drives me nuts when advertisers refer to the vulva as the 'vaginal area' or the 'outer vagina'. Thank you for pushing back. It's really too bad that mothers aren't teaching their kids better about this topic.
Why blaming the moms per se? There are single dads or pairs who share education of their kids too. I really find it more concerning, that, because the kids are not good enough educated at school they grow into another generation of parents that will not teach their kids right, because its still tabu or they are simply not educated enough themselfes to make a decent job. In my oppinion the government should send gyneologists to schools to teach propper sience there. 🤷🏼♀️
I wouldn't blame mothers. They get enough blame and how would they know what to tell their kids if they didn't have someone tell them? I hate we have to vilify someone when their is a wrong. Education and reaching out moves our species forward. They won't know if someone doesn't tell them. Also, Dad's should be able to answer the questions just as much as mom. Believe it or not there are male OB/GYNs.
@@rejacraven5637Yep, let’s get professionals teaching sex ed in school, please! And don’t give parents the option to keep kids home on those days. I was kept home and have suffered for my ignorance all my life. I didn’t know what a vulva was or that I even had external parts until AFTER I had had three kids!! I was taught don’t look, don’t touch, it’s just a hole for babies to come out of (and mine didn’t even come out that way, thanks to obstetric violence).
The whole "external use only" then saying it's for internal health is like a face wash saying "for external use only" but then saying "fights cavities"
Just did some quick research and the Vagisil brand is owned by the same company that makes Clearisil and Odor-Eaters. They’ve been using predatory marketing since the 1970s telling self-conscious teens they need to buy all their products to “fix their flaws”! Thank you, MDJ for calling them out!
"Fix their flaws"?! That will make young, impressionable girls feel ashamed of their bodily functions. Like our periods means there's something wrong with us. They do this with a lot of products targeted towards women. Make up and beauty creams especially.
I’ve always noticed just a slight “period smell.” It’s completely gone since I switched over to using period cups. Kinda interesting, and I’m tempted to say it’s more of a sweaty pad smell than the period that is to blame.
It's definitely is! It's not strange at all that the pads smells sometimes, it's old blood collected into materials that isn't very good at keeping it smelling well (more just trying to neutralize the smell that comes from it). Plus it doesn't breathe, it closes in the air, not very good for the smell. I only use pads because it's the most comfortable thing for me, but it's good to know this.
@@baba-t4q1k love the cup. It's super easy. To clean just need to rinse it out and boil it once in a while (before/after your period). It also may take a little bit of time getting used to putting it in, but once you find a way that works for you it is simple, and there are plenty of videos that help with showing different ways to use them. If you like pads there are reusable pads. I don't have personal experience with the. But I k know plenty of people who do and they say they work great.
@@baba-t4q1k Cups are really great and not that complicated to use. Plus, they can help you judge better whether your period looks normal (because e.g. you can actually measure the amount of blood to see if it's maybe too heavy). There's plenty of RUclips videos that'll show you tricks to insert it. Some leaking can happen especially while you're getting used to a cup / trying out sizes or sometimes at night, so especially for the first few months I'd recommend additionally wearing period undies (like Thinx or Ooia panties) that will cover any mishaps. They're so much more comfortable than the reusable pads which are normally very thick.
@@baba-t4q1k My two cents about cups is that they work well like everyone claims. The only major downside is that the cup can be hard to change in public, but you can plan around it. I think back up cloth pads or period undies pair well with them too.
@@baba-t4q1k I know you didn’t ask me directly but I recently am in the transition to cups from pads. I personally hated tampons so I used pads. I used organicup size A and wasn’t comfortable with it, and I reached out to them and they send me the mini size. It’s a pretty cool thing. It doesn’t always work for me and I don’t force my body to accept it. Personally I’m taking it at my own pace and have also invested in Joyja period panties which don’t seem to have that same smell or uncomfortableness of plastic based pads. Hope this may help? Have a good day.
From my own personal experience, the only "period itch" I experienced when I was younger was because I was waiting too long to change my sanity pad and it ended up giving me a rash. Maybe educate teens on proper usage of things and don't encourage them to mis-use these products just because they can "wash it away". Ugh this makes me so frustrated
The "funk" in my experience is also caused by the same thing. We need to teach teenagers actual period hygiene instead of just trying to sell them more products.
Yes i am a teen yes if you wait to long to change it will smell.and sometimes I think I smell but no one notices teens are so self conscious about their period and smell. This is so bad and I am happy people are making videos about it.
Because of this type of harmful messages that vulvas are supposed to smell like vanilla or some bs , a lot of ignorant men pick up the idea and shame women for it. I used to be in a toxic relationship and I’d wash waaaayy too often and used products that shouldn’t go even near the vagina just because I was terrified of my partner calling me out for the it. 😣☹️ this stuff really is problematic on so many levels, thank you and thanks to all the other specialists speaking up about it!
Yes it is very sad I too have suffered from a relationship in which I was terrified to disappoint..it still affects me in daily life 14 years later.. I wish you wellness and happiness
Yeeeeeeeeees, and so many memes and jokes and stuff about women needing to close their legs, fishy smells, and so on. Like I'm sorry, do your bits smell fantastic? No.
@@bethstie If the smell doesn't change, it's probably 100% fine. If your vagina smells very strongly of canned tuna, it means you have an infection or your PH balance is off. This is something to see a doctor about.
Yes, and those guys never mention that their genital area doesn't smell like cake either. Usually they don't shave (compared to most women), so they smell like urine and sweat among the pubic hair. Way to go guys. And then they want to shame others? Reality check.
did you know that the root meaning of vagina is "sheath " As in this sheath thing whose purpouse is to hold a penis in The word vagina has a horrible root meaning lol
How's about we replace them both. I don't know if I'd feel differently if it had been in everyday use when I was growing up, but both vagina and vulva are just awful sounding words. Like moist. Let's just pick something new and use it all the time.
@@adde9506 tbh the thingy IS moist hahah A euphemism might be handy for more mundane use but I think there should be a more and less explicit version tho vag both sounds horrible and has a bad original meaning Vulva reminds me of sessile sea animals like Anemone and algae like Sea lettuce ( _Ulva lactuca_ ) lol ahh yess Ulva...Vulva...Ulva lol edit: its late im missing words lol
I agree. I am sure most women use the word vagina when they are talking about their vulva. Speaking for myself, I didn't know the difference until pretty late in the game. (How did I not know this until I was in my 30's?) Which makes me think that many, many women don't know the distinction either.
@@lil_weasel219 Vajayjay sounds even worse. When we was really young, we would just call male and female genitals a 'tootie'. And when a man and woman were having sex, it was was called 'playing tooties'. 😂🤣😏 But, being grown, saying that sounds so funny and weird.
A young girl who works with me was embarrassed by being on her period but forgot her pads and felt embarrassed to mention it, I grabbed one of mine gave it to her and told her that her period is a perfectly, normal part of being a healthy young woman and that she has no reason to be embarrassed
How old is she? If she’s working she should know this and make sure she’s got her pad tampon cup disc or period undies. Many adults don’t even realize that!
I'm gonna be a little too honest but here we go..... I often had concerns about the smell that I emitted on my period when I was a teenager. I didn't have anyone tell me what was going on. Someone just shoved some pads at me and told me to go figure it out. What I realized later and my friends and I realized is that 1) we weren't changing our pads enough and the dried blood was emitting an odor. 2) We were constantly told that the vagina is a self cleaning organ so you don't have to clean it but no one told us their was a difference between your vagina and you vulva so we thought you shouldn't touch any part of my privates to clean. These things can't be fixed with a Vagisil wipe, we just need better education.
I was thinking about the smell of the blood as well, but Vagisil didn't mention this at all. How can we educate teens when we aren't saying the real words? You're so right, though. If your period blood is smelly, then change your tampon or pad. If you have dried blood all over your vulva, then wipe it with a water wipe or some toilet paper with a little water on it. Shower daily. We take for granted plain water sometimes. "period funk" does not describe what's really going on! Like you mentioned, if blood on your pad for 6 hours is causing a smell, change it. If it's more of a "fishy" odor, then you could have bacterial vaginosis. You'll need to see your provider for that.
This!! I didn't actually know there was a difference between vulva and vagina. I didn't know till I was in my late 20's and I'm 30 now. I also loved that she kept saying don't put this in your vagina. Because as a teen, that's exactly what I did.
Uhh... What if hypothetically someone showers every other day? Are they ok assuming they don't have any other concerning symptoms (like irritation or odors)?
@@heidilarson5109 yes! I think so! If you don’t have issues showering every other day then I think you’re 100% fine! Sometimes it’s suggested to clean more frequently on your period because a lot of people have different odor that can be stronger or can get infections easier on there period. But if it works for you I’d say it’s totally fine.
I'm a cis gay man, and I've been following you for over a year now thanks to Dr. Mike because I love medical science channels. And I have to say, I find this beyond disgusting. It's bad enough that society pushes this mentality that you can't smell like a human being, but to push this on impressionable teenage girls, this is beyond deplorable. All of these companies have been pushing their irritating and allergic reaction inducing products on both men and women for well over a century, and it's well past time they need to be put in their place. Leave teenagers alone!
@@roxassora2706super random, but I’ve been seeing a bunch of videos lately about how you shouldn’t be on depo for longer than 2 years (unless other birth control methods are inadequate and you’re someone that needs to be on it). If you haven’t already discussed it, I’d be asking your doctor about that and maybe even a secondary doctor.
"Show me your gynecologist; I just want to talk to her" I have a feeling she would be getting some of that foul language Vagsil is so concerned about...
@@missnaomi613 yes! I used to get rashes that would last for-ever and ever. It went away with the switch to cloth, although it also went away with tampons because they weren’t rubbing...but I never felt that great with them.
im so glad as a teenage girl i found your videos, i can learn about embarrassing stuff without asking adults i don't trust while feeling comfortable and normal as if i were talking to someone i trusted, thank you so much for talking about this stuff so we can learn about our bodies within a world that often shames or hides natural aspects of it!
Forget "Live, laugh, love" - "You don't need a glow up for your vulva" is the type of saying I want displayed in curly handwriting on my bathroom wall.
When I was a teen, I was concerned with smelling weird down there, and that other people could tell. So I would use fragrance wipes, wash, anything that told me it would make me smell better. All it did was give me UTIs from constant washing with weird soaps, itching and uncomfortable feelings, and I felt worse. My grandmother, who is a retired nurse, gave me the advice that using fragranted soaps and wipes were actually bad to use on my vulva. She recommended a warm wet washcloth, with a mild unscented bar soap if I use any, because liquid soaps tend to have a lot of harsh chemicals in them that isn't good for your downstairs. Ever since, I found that unscented bar soap made for sensitive skin works really well for me. As someone who fell victim to a company who makes money off of the fear and low confidence of young people and women, I make sure to inform others about vagasil's awful predatory marketing.
Also, I'd like to point out that 3 different *Board Certified Ob-GYN's* used the word *Predatory* when describing Vagisil's Advertisments to Teens!! That's something that should cause concern!! Big companies should never be linked with predators in relation to their consumers!!
In middle school, when I started my period, I was terrified that people around me could smell my period or see that I had a pad. It would send me into a depression whenever I had my period, and I would do anything to avoid going to school for the 9-10 days of my period. I lived the weeks surrounding that in fear of what my period would bring that month. I would read about periods in teen vogue and other magazines, and it is still a huge struggle not to be embarrassed by my pelvic area to this day as a 30 year old. I wish nothing more than for the next generation of girls to understand that their periods might be uncomfortable but they are normal and not something to be ashamed of.
Yeah same here I'm only 24 but it's very uncomfortable and painful, and the paranoia and anxiety is real. Doing research and hearing others' experiences helps a little, along with support from my husband UwU
Thank you for sharing you story, there are so many other people who feel or felt this way too! Me included. There is no room for shame when it comes to our bodies!!! We are all beautiful
It's rather interesting to hear about how the topic of periods is handled in the US (sorry if that guess is wrong). I never experienced that having your period had anyone be blamed for it or made them feel ashamed. Usually I experienced that all the other female classmates were rather supportive and giving someone who just forgot to bring enough hygiene products a pad or a tampon to help out would not cause any shaming let alone bullying. Maby it has to do with our sex ed system that usually starts with basic knowledge and knowledge about menstrual cycles at age 10 (11 years is a common age for a girls first period). Also I never had the feeling that people looked at me for buying period products as probably all people consider it as normal as drinking water.
@@annasstorybox7906 Thank you so much for the outside opinion, I do indeed live in the united states. I live very close to the canadian border. Our sex education began in grade 3. We learned about female anatomy, and that we should not keep secrets about our private parts. That being said, I was extremely shy about my pelvic area and read about "period smell" in teen vogue, seventeen, and other mags. I wish teen publications had taken a female-positive approach, and I have the feeling that tampax and other large companies played a role in the media.
Same!! I remember talking to some of my friends that we wanted to use tampons because we were afraid people could smell our period otherwise. (it also took me until my mid 20s to relax during oral sex.)
Thank you for calling out Vagisil. I used their product years ago and ended up with a rash that was so bad, it hurt to even sit down. I contacted them and they didn't care. Now, for them to target teens is disgusting.
As a cisgender man, I have never seen anything outlandish marketed towards the clenliness of my penis, but never put that into perspective or considdered why that was the case even when walking past a wall of vagisil scents on my way to my comparatively unimpressive choices of family planning. Thank you for putting this into perspective and educating me on how unfair and predetory marketing is on the other end of the gender/sexual spectrum! I truly learn a lot from your videos and appreciate the insight!
Male circumcision is seen as the ultimate way for male cleanliness. It’s sooo much more nuanced than that. And very rare for a male to need that in order to stay healthy. I bet if the corporate world could get away with marketing it to men, they would.
@@_letstartariot There's no real reason that a person with a penis needs to be circumsised. Leaving the foreskin, can actually cause the person with the penis to have more pleasure during sexual play.
This drives me nuts. They make it sound like all soaps are dangerous. Except vagisil, which magically knows each woman’s pH and restores it to its “accurate” level. Super confusing and predatory for teens already going through enough changes and stress.
I went to a sex therapist, and the type of lube I was using k.y Jelly has an ingredient called glycerin. It's known to cause yeast infections in people who are prone to get them. So now I buy a water based lubricant WITHOUT Glycerin so that the PH stays in balance. It's really worked for me. But yes, soap is not needed inside that area.
@@winternightmarecrochet Yup you're right! And that was a typo up there in my comment, I meant to say soap is NOT needed in that area. All I was saying is the pH level is somewhat accurate, for lubes but not for soaps for your body (since you shouldn't be putting soap inside the vagina).
@@faithbaxter7484 thank god, I was worried for your health! And yes indeed, some lubes are pretty badly scented and unbalancing. Water and unscented is the best 🖤
As a transgender male, who's a teenager, your channel is a lifesaver because I hate talking about my body because of dysphoria, but with your channel, I feel safe about learning about my biological body, so thank you 💕💕
I'm seriously so happy teens have these resources now 💗 it makes the otherwise seriously hurtful conversations easier to learn about and I'm glad you've got the info you need in your hands 🙂
There’s so many more options now for pads and such that are much less irritating for the skin, plain cotton topped pads, reusable washable cloth pads, period underwear, menstrual cups and, softcups. My choice is naturacare pads, they are in the natural living area of Lawblaws grocery store and they don’t exacerbate any skin sensitivity I have.
Or wearing the wrong type of underwear/ using irritating detergent to wash your clothes! I've noticed going commando outside of sleeping hours can cause irritation against certain fabrics as well.
It really should. I've never used vagisil, but I've heard about it for a while and I didn't know until this video that it wasn't supposed to be used *in* the vagina
They were originally just a company that supplied vaginal suppositories for yeast infections, that's the only reason it's vagisil. But they need to just go away. Noone needs this crap.
When I developed a “funk” as a teen, I went to the doctor and it turned out I had an infection and needed antibiotics! If your vulva has an unpleasant smell, call or email your GYN!
There are normal scents from body fluids. Normal vulva scents are unpleasant only to misogynists, and this can be a useful filter for relationships. (If he doesn't like the scent of your arousal, get rid of him immediately! You can and should help delte him from the gene pool. There is no excuse. ) Bacterial wastes have unpleasant scents that may persist beyond ordinary external hygiene, are very different from normal body fluid scents, and indicate an infection. Other than your mouth, there are no chemicals or appliances other than soap and washcloths needed to remove bacteria-laden fluids.
I'm going into my teenage years and these videos have been helping me out knowing that what I'm going through is completely normal and being warned about potentially harming myself is great
As a nutritional scientist, this basically is the mood every time I see an influencer/company promoting carb blocking pills, detox teas or slimming shakes to their teenage audience 😂 and damn that happens a lot
@@katethegreat4918 How is that allowed??? People could get low blood sugar and go into a hypoglycemic attack if they use it for weight loss wtf. Marketers make me sick sometimes.
@@dramaticallydreaming3656 Sadly there is actually an eating disorder that involves those with Diabetes (type 1 specifically i think) where they limited their insulin intake to be able to eat less or something, im gonna post a link about it... www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/healthy-living/general-health/eating-disorders-and-type-1-diabetes/ ok here's one that talks about it and how dangerous it is... So going anywhere near insulin is just a big no-no.
@@Alice-si8uz You're correct, its type 1. I think I had/have (I relapse sometimes) the opposite of that where I take too much insulin so I can eat more since I'm underweight. It didn't turn out well obviously and I don't recommend it to anyone. Stay away from insulin because your body makes its own and only take the suggested amount if you are diabetic.
Obviously Vagisil makes and sells hygiene products, so they’re going to want to advertise those products. ...But if anyone there was thinking - the product development team, the marketing team, etc... - this could have been a huge PR and sales win for them. They could have created a line with super cute and fun teen-friendly packaging that contained UNSCENTED, safe-to-use products (like water wipes, very gentle soap, etc...) and done a full campaign on how your periods and vulvas are totally normal, that all girls should be confident just as they are, etc... If they did that, they could have cashed in on the teen market AND gotten all kinds of good press for being ‘progressive’, etc... Marketing fails are always frustrating, but when they’re also potentially harmful to a young audience, it’s completely disgusting.
YES! This is what I was thinking the entire time I was watching the video like they really did not have to go down this route in the year 2021 but yet they chose to. I want to meet their marketing team, I bet it's 90% crusty old men.
@@evcotter08I did notice a recent pad advertisement had red liquid. I was pretty surprised as I'd seen blue liquid for 35 years lol. I think it was an Always pad. But yeah vagisil really blew it.
27-year-old me who grew up in abstinence-only schools that didn't teach about periods who had to learn mostly from books and is ready for Mama Doctor Jones to incinerate companies for trying to cash in on the lack of education/support there is for girls: *clicks*
Yeah. My mom thankfully gave me the information I needed on a basic level but I also have to thank Mama Doctor Jones because she sets things straight and teaches us about our own bodies.
@@madeleinewalker838 Agreed! I didn't have RUclips gynos to help me through puberty, but I am so glad to have them now. I'm still learning about my body, even at 27.
@@MaiCohWolf yeah definitely very helpful. Internet is awesome at filling your needs of learning when schools do a bad job until they convince you that your vagina needs to smell like fruity ice cream popsicles 🤦♀️
I remember as a teen being so embarrassed and ashamed of absolutely normal discharge. So it definitely makes me angry that there’s companies taking advantage of that and not trying to normalize it or alleviate those fears.
I remember panicking about discharge stains in my underwear when I was growing up, because I thought it was gross and no one taught me otherwise. This shit would’ve hooked me
Exactly what i was thinking! When i was a teen(a decade ago) i thought i must smell, there must be something wrong that im having discharge, etc etc. My mom took me to a gyno, and she told me my vagina was healthy, and addressed any and all concerns i had, which helped my confidence so much! Vagisil is doing the OPPOSITE! Ugh this makes me so mad!
I am so glad that I talked to my girls about everything as they grew up. No topic was off limit's. Now that I have grandchildren ( one is a boy) I legit got asked what the "2 balls" were under his penis, and what they were for...... I much prefer explaining girl things. I took it as a compliment that he was comfortable asking me things. He is 7 and I was washing his hair.
I was so ashamed of my period, I hid the fact I was going into shock from pain for six years. When I was finally found out-mid-shock-episode-my reaction was to sob and apologize because I felt so disgusting and wrong. We need to destigmatize periods, not exploit the stigma to create monetary profit.
Well telling people their vagina is fine isn't going to sell any vagina-wash products! 🙄 You can never count on a company to do the right thing, they only care about profits. It's one reason why capitalism is so harmful.
"Hey, I just lost my arm in an industrial accident." "No problem, let me sell you this shirt to cover it up." "But it's bleeding pretty bad." "We also sell wipes!" "I'm losing consciousness." "There's Redbull in the vending machine."
yep, and I was going to say... there definitely is a 'period funk' if you use pads and blood sits there. And, if you can't wash in the middle of the day at work or school, wipes are a good alternative, for some. But shouldn't be the norm 24-7.
I've never found that I smell worse when on my period, unless I use a pad for an extended period of time. Just change your pads regularly and practice basic hygiene!
@@larissabrglum3856 when I was in highschool we had 2 minutes between classes and I allowed bathroom break a day (I had a lot of kidney infections because there's no way a girl could get to the one open bathroom, wait in line, use it, wash your hands, and make it to the next class). So yeah, I had the same pad on for 8 hours, usually wore an overnight pad to school. When I got home and could finally change it before going to work (but didn't have time for a shower because I had about 30 minutes to get home, change, eat, and get to work), I used to use baby wipes. I figured if they could safely clean up baby poop, they could freshen me up lol.
@@SessaV schools suck for this, I had enough when I bleed through my pad and on to the chair. I ask to go to the bathroom and was refused. I just screamed well I hope you like blood everywhere to a male teacher. It worked, I just use to walk out of class after that, they said I'll call your mum I was like do it she'll ask why I can't change my pad in peace.
I just got mad about a “pocket alternative” advertisement that focused on marketing it as “embarrassing” and a an “unfortunate situation” if your tampon falls out of your actual pocket while exercising. Any advertising that places feelings of shame on periods and period products makes me fierce. I’m 39 and long past the age I care about other people seeing I have a tampon, but self-conscious teens and young adults are especially susceptible to that negativity. I want to see a commercial where the girl’s tampon falls out of her pocket and she shrugs like “ovaries gotta do what ovaries gotta do” lol
Yeah, why should a period be embarrassing? I stopped being embarrassed about my period like, a year and a half after it started, and if a tampon falls out of my pocket, i tend to treat it like any other item falling out of my pocket. “Oh, oops. Gotta pick that up cause i’ll need it later.” I think the thing that’s really embarrassing is the very little amount/lack of pockets in feminine clothing. Why do masculine people have pockets that go to their knees? I want those too!
I remember being in elementary school and being on your period being a big thing. You had to figure out how to smuggle your period products to the bathroom. You would try and find a way to bring your bag to the bathroom without being questioned or smuggle it under a shirt or in a boot. Same in high school (which is even worse because by that point EVERYONE should know that people with uteruses need period products). Now as an adult I'll just walk out of a room with a pad fully visible and in my hands and go to the bathroom. Why? Because it's not shameful to experience a normal bodily functions. If that makes anyone in the room uncomfortable, that's their problem and not mine.
Yes! I was always so afraid my pads would fall out of my bag in high school or someone would hear me opening one in a public bathroom. I don't care now and I wish I never felt like that, especially since I started my period at age 10.
Instead of a “hip, cool” ad campaign for teens, what about a period facts campaign. Go heavy into the science of periods. Maybe bring facts to teens that don’t have the luxury of proper sex Ed or health education. Well I guess then it’s just proof that people with periods don’t need their products so that would backfire 🤷🏻♀️
I'm a 17 year old that's always been terrified of going to a gynecologist, and I just want to say your videos make me feel a little less scared to go see one when I get to the point where I need. I really appreciate that you're helping destigmatize reproductive health for afab people ;-;
@@PhDnursepractitionerAGACNP-BC while the nice words are appreciated, I wanted to reply to let you know that not everyone who needs to see a gynaecologist is a woman. I’m not a woman, yet I need to go see one eventually. It’s why the original commenter said “afab people”
”...Vagisil _CEO_ and gynecologist Dr. O’Shaughnessy” if she’s their ’gynecologist-tested’-person...i don’t have any words to express my frustration. SHE’S THE CEO = SHE’S DIRECTLY PROFITING OFF OF THESE PRODUCTS. she should have her licence removed.
As a teen, I did occasionally itch on my period, but that was when I had worn a pad for too long. Trust me, I learned my lesson quickly. Edit: wouldn’t bikini itch just be from the shaved hair growing back???
Yes. Shaving can irritate the skin. When you're dealing with sensitive skin like the labia majora, it's very irritated. Combine that with the material of swimwear AND the material of your pad... your 🐱 ain't gonna be happy.
I have believe that odor and itching in young girls is because they are not changing their pads or tampons often enough. It's a matter of simply educating them on proper care. My mom did a really good job of explaining things to me. I am so grateful for that. Reading some of these comments, I see that not everyone had the same kind of support. That's where this predatory marketing comes in.
its how the beauty industry works - they first need to convince you there's something wrong with you, so they can give you the 'solution'. If they truly supported 'love yourself how you are'; they'd make no money
I took a marketing class many, many years ago, and this is as literally the very first lecture. And even knowing this, I still find myself falling for advertising. It’s insidious, manipulative, and frankly, disgusting.
I think this is very interesting. As a dad to a 1 year old daughter (I have 2 sons ages 9 and 12) I want to make sure I know as much as I can to better understand what my wife and daughter go through and how to be able to assist in any way. I also think that shame is a huge component with this topic and experience. My goal at least in my home is to get rid of shame and let my daughter know that she lives in a safe space, nothing is wrong with her and that there are MANY women out there who go through the same thing. I guess having a dad that's curious about all sorts of things has it's advantages...
I would advise, don't use the phrase "the things they go through." It has a negative connotation. Like women suffer through things. A period isn't something women "go through," it's just something our body does with no negative connotation at all. If you tell your daughter, "I'm sorry for what you're going through," or, "I understand what you're going through," you're going to make her think she's somehow different and by definition less than you and your sons who "don't have to go through" that. Instead, think of it this way. "This is something my wife and daughter's bodies do. This other thing is something my and my sons bodies do." Teach your kids that way. Don't tell them girls have to "go through" periods.
I used to work in a restaurant that was 90% women and tried telling them they don't need to use soap inside the labia and was literally shunned for being 'nasty' and looked at like I had two heads. I begged them to just speak to their doctors but they refused. These products have been marketed to abuse women's insecurities for so long that now it feels impossible to stop them. 😔
I feel smelly if I don't wash there regularly. But I don't use special stuff... normal gentle soap during a shower works fine. (And only on the outside.)
Yeah, I don't even have one and it sounds like it would be very uncomfortable. Kind of like sand in your underwear, but paper, or sharp pieces of plastic. Ouch.
"We want to normalize periods and other things related to the reproductive system by telling young girls to feel ashamed of everything that is natural about them and buy our products to feel more feminine and worthy by smelling like a soap store even tho that's not natural and may lead to rashes or infection!" How is this legal?
when i was younger, i used to be so uncomfortable with even the natural smell of my vulva/genital area, but people like you and others who normalize talking about periods and vaginas really did help me. I was afraid to talk with my mom and doctor at first, but now im a lot more comfortable with talking about stuff. vaginas are not dirty! normalize talking with young women/AFAB people about their health and periods!!
I find it funny that they had a post that says “reminder: you’re allowed to make a big deal about things that are important to you” them shut down the comments when people do just that
My daughter (now 7) has always called her body parts by proper names like vulva. We had an encounter with another family who when my daughter said something about her vulva asked me why we don't say vagina. This MOM acted like I was making up the world vulva the way people say "tete" or whatever. It seems a LOT of people are not aware the outside is called the vulva, its not ALL vagina. We seriously need more proper sex ed everywhere.
This makes me so mad because I spent majority of my teens worried that I wasn’t “normal” because of products like this. Have a positive relationship with your body and an open relationship with your doctor.
In terms of marketing towards teens, I've seen period.shop market a period starter kit. It includes things like a menstrual cup, a sterilising kit, a book on periods, etc etc. All stuff that's actually useful and isn't predatory or aimed at shaming kids for something totally normal.
I remember being a teen and seeing ads like these that always made periods feel cute or fun and I loved learning more about products like these, and then I actually got my first period and thought I was dying and wondered why it wasn’t fun or cute like everyone made it seem. It also made me feel disgusting at a time that I already felt disgusting that I didn’t smell like a cherry sundae and my bleeding didn’t just disappear with a regular tampon and panty liner. I’ve come to resent these kind of campaigns as an adult because it reminds me how bad I felt about my body and how truly uneducated I was about reproductive health. I also did not understand the difference between a vagina and a vulva until I was already in my 20s. This kind of culture is just misleading and sad, and I’m glad to see powerful women like you addressing it because I always felt so isolated growing up with these feelings.
As a 14 year old myself, I feel disgusted that they could do this to us. We are so impressionable as teens and we find this new land of vaginas, periods and other topics quite scary. To say the least, having a brand like this; that is targeting at teens and impressionable girls with no outside knowledge on the topic is horrible! We don't know that fragrances are bad, or the anatomy of our own bodies well enough to understand that these products are bad for us and cause the most irritation to our bodies. This gives girls the impression that is there is a "funk" around that area, it's normal and you should just cover it up with some fragrance! Thank you so much Mama Doctor Jones, you are truly a hero! I hope more young girls like myself find you on the vast internet and that they can find helpful true information on how to deal with these scary topics and how to stay healthy.
It's good to hear a teen's viewpoint of MDJ's content. I shared this video with my 12 year old daughter because it's such an effortless way to bring up the topic while making sure she gets good info. My daughter really appreciated the information and thinks what Vagisil is doing is gross. She told me she watched several other MDJ videos because she found them interesting.
Thank you for this video! When I was a teenager in the 1970s, there was something called FDS for Feminine Deodorant Spray. I used it for years, absolutely convinced that other people could smell my "period funk" or "vaginal funk" even though I couldn't smell anything bad myself. I do have a bone to pick though. You and the other doctors constantly advise "see your doctor" or "talk to your doctor." There are a whole lot of women & girls & humans of all persuasions in the U.S. who don't have their own doctors. It's worse now than ever with government forcing reproductive health care providers like Planned Parenthood out of business. I know you're aware of this but it's never going to get fixed unless we talk about it.
I wouldn't call it misogynistic. It's marketing. Vagisil is trying to spin the criticism of its product and its targeting of a vulnerable population to appear as only uneducated noise, not a valid concern. Like other health and beauty companies, Vagisil (the company) relies on its audience to think that Vagisil (the product line) is a medical product, like over-the-counter medication, such as aspirin or decongestant.
I agree that the word “chatter” has a misogynistic tone in this instance. Women are the targeted consumers and are thus the ones who would be doing the “chattering.” But women don’t just “chatter” or make frivolous conversation when we have legitimate concerns. We have discussions and intelligent debates. Boo Vagisil for downplaying the level of concern women have about their products while simultaneously trying to get women to open their wallets.
This almost 70 yr old Grandma, thanks you and your fellow OB/GYN friends for breaking it down. This is not a new thing. This country really needs to do better in teaching facts to young girls and women.
Side note: the only concerning “period funk” is if you have major mental health changes during your cycle. But again, to fix that issue, you need a doctor, not a dreamsickle snooch spray.
I have super bad depressive episodes when i'm on my period and I always end up in the hospital. I got put on birth control about a month and a half ago and I havent been back to the psych ward yet. GO TO A DOCTOR IF THERES SOME THING WRONG DURRING YOUR PERIOD Thanks for coming to my ted talk :)
The only time anyone should discuss 'period funk' is when listening to 70s music. The term, applied to either mood changes or smell, is very condescending.
I was once at a beaty salon getting some waxing, and i easily overheard a beautician speaking with my beautician, describing how the woman she was waxing "has her period and stinks of period, gross". That conversation has always stuck with me, giving me insecurity about odor etc for most of my life. It is all-pervasive, this negative image. Im glad that this video and the efforts of Mama Dr Jones and her colleagues are working hard to change these damaging ideas.
What they probably smelled was the pad, which yes, those can smell as they also collect sweat and any pee that might leak out, in addition to the blood. It's a shame so many people don't understand that it's not your vulva or vagina smelling bad when you smell that, it's the layers of blood/sweat/pee-soaked material right by them.
"Your vulva is not supposed to smell like a creamsicle." 🤣 This is the best thing I've heard all day. Honestly though, this is 100% predatory on Vagisil's part.
This video should really be played at every school because of how educational it is and how important it is to teach girls at a young age that they don't need to make their vulvas smell like rainbows and sunshine or that they don't need to be insecure about something as natural as their period.
While my state has absolutely abysmal sex education, the little they do offer on maturation at least included not needing to douche or use special products for either the vulva or vagina.
A list of things that should be used to clean that area on AFAB people: -Water -Very gentle soap if you want -Unscented gentle lotion if you have dry skin -A safe shaving product if you want to shave -Maybe some water wipes That's it! None of this creamsicle scented rubbish, if you have a tiny bit of an odour like me just put some bodyspray on your clothes before you put them on. No need for down there to smell like a dessert, just needs to smell like a healthy vagina.
Same it's taken me 10 years to get pregnant. It irritates me so much when things make out that woman are just made for baby making when so many struggle.
As I teen I want to tell you that you are amazing for telling girls like me how terrible products and ads are for us. I want to thank you so much for putting this information out and helping break down all this misinformation out there. I know girls who might fall victim to this without you and people like you. Thanks!
The natural sloughing off of a woman’s uterine lining is a “dirty” thing?!? It really frustrates me that so many things in our society already unfairly shame women...like a woman who is very sexually active is a bad thing, but if I slept around twice as much, it’s no big deal. We need to do better as human beings and stop shaming each other. It’s already traumatic enough of an experience, don’t make girls feel bad about this natural occurrence. PS - One last thing I feel like I just need to say, and people can hate me for it, but it’s just my own personal opinion. I don’t think that females should have to buy their monthly products...period. It’s a part of our species existence, and just because females were burdened with having monthly visits by the red queen for FOUR decades...shouldn’t mean that, on top of that, they also have to buy those products themselves.
i agree with everything you said. why are condoms given out for free but tampons and pads are not, they are literally required products and are cheaper to produce than cups and can be used by the homeless. they should be free, they should be easily accessed be even people with no income whatsoever, instead they're taxed as all hell as luxury products and a box of tampons with cardboard applicators (the cheapest tampon) is like 7 dollars flat without said tax. dude im also a bro (trans) but i was so damn happy when i got a cup because that thing may be 30 fucking dollars but it sure did save me hundreds if not thousands until i stopped getting my periods the fact that i was paying more money in a year than what it costs to feed my dog who has luxury dog food is astounding.
@@asteri8299 Yeah, I think it’s really bizarre that girls and women still have to pay for them. When that gun child witch was going around and asking people if they thought men’s restrooms should have feminine products, I was so proud of that one cis guy who didn’t even skip a beat and said: yes, they should be able to get them when they’re in the bathroom. And it’s not only for trans men and women...it could also be for our intersex brothers and sisters who may have functioning genitalia other than what they present as in society, I felt like we were progressing pretty well up until 2016...and we went so far backwards in 4 years. At least we’re back on track and our trans brothers and sisters can serve in OUR military again. That really needs to be approved by our Supreme Court so that a petulant child who gets into our Oval Office can’t just change it...thank goodness for Biden, but No.45** never should’ve been able to just decree “no trans in the military”...I would’ve loved to see him say that to Logan Ireland’s face! I like to think that the Ls and the Bs also think like us ‘cause I think our community tends to be more empathetic towards others...I know that’s not always the case, especially my fellow Gs, but I like to think it is. Hehe. Just because I’ve never had to use those products, doesn’t mean I can’t understand. 😁 Anyway, I hope u and ur Ohana are staying safe and healthy during this pandemic. Much love and aloha from Honolulu! 😁🤙🏽❤️🌈☀️ (just symbols of Hawai’i)
Scotland just passed a law that makes pads/ tampons free for all. Should be this way everywhere. Also there is a lot of ways here in the USA we can support legislation to make period products more Accessible. For example you can’t use snap in some areas for period products . She should do a video on this .npr had a really Interesting interview on this . It’s called period equity see www.npr.org/2020/11/28/939737476/the-u-s-and-equitable-access-to-menstruation-products
Thanks for the critique on people who "can't bring life into the world." I am often made to feel like a freak of nature or a sub-human because of infertility. It's bad enough I have a medical condition through no fault of my own but let's guilt, disregard, and disgrace me for it, people can be so insensitive. Glad to hear a Doctor reinforce my feelings finally!
Yeah, they consulted kids on the marketing campaign basically! The actual products are just the same stuff they've always sold, but now marketed perfectly towards children 🙄
@@The_other_jenny I think that’s a stretch. Sure the kids and the parents consented and I don’t think discussing your Menstrual cycle is overtly sexual. I do think this is wrong in many ways, but I don’t think it’s that.
As someone growing up in a very rural area and only having had a bathroom installed inside our apartment when I was already age 7 (the building had a separate washhouse in the yard with a boiler that needed to be heated by firing up wood logs) and basically growing up seeing everyone in the family just using a bowl of warm water and washcloths to do their daily hygiene, I'm still a bit weirded out by the american obsession with taking daily showers. You can stay clean and not smelling like a pig, even without having a bathroom in your own house - even though that seems like a totally outlandish notion nowadays
The part where they talk about the vagina not being a "self-cleaning-oven" made me so angry! They have no evidence to support that claim and frankly it's insane to say!
Thankfully, my high school anatomy and physiology teacher (in an all girls school) made a point of telling us that it IS a self-cleaning oven and that douching would only screw it up. I am 45 now and have always remembered that lesson!
@@michellehasty1038 - my health teacher taught us the same. Your vagina is self cleaning, do not put any cleaners in your vagina, washing the vulva with mild soap is okay. And she stressed that even if you *feel * gross when you have your period, it doesn't make YOU gross. Thank you, Mrs Columbo!
@@Luubelaar I'm pretty sure I had a health teacher, a gym teacher, and also (weirdly enough) a French teacher tell me the same. Pretty sure it was when learning vocab 'douche' for shower and she said, "Yeah, showers are good. Don't do that other kind of douche though."
I know I'm a year late... but I'm a very self-conscious tween (12) and I haven't yet started my period. I think they are absolutely amazing and SO COOL to talk about and discuss (one of my two dream jobs is to be an OBGYN)!! I've talked to my friend about the plan that I have when I get my period. Pads for a year and then a period cup if I'm comfortable with it because it's reusable. She's really shy about talking about her period, not comfortable with it, and I've told her that it's completely normal and that she doesn't have to say anything about it if that's what she wants. These campaigns are something else... Also this is my edit: THANK YOU for just saying, "People with a period," instead of, "Women with periods." It's amazing and makes people who question themselves or identify as something else when they have a period feel so much more accepted. Much love and stay safe
If your vagina is now external, please go to the doctor 😂 Like gd Vagisil, pump the brakes and learn the extremely basic medical terminology before posting anything, let alone something so disgustingly predatory directed at young people
Who else is a grown adult and learned from MDJ in the *very* recent past that we were calling our external genital area a vagina incorrectly and have since changed to saying vulva? I have a 2 year old daughter and am teaching her this now as well.
That being said, at least “vagina” (although mislabeled) is better than “hoo-ha,” “putang,” “tee-tee,” “boo-bah” and any other ridiculous name that always makes me wonder if we are discussing someone’s nickname for genitals or their grandparents.
Yes! My 4yo realized a difference between herself and my nephew. Also noticed the similarity between herself and her baby sister. Needless to say we are using the proper terms for her anatomy because I want my kids to be better informed than I was. At 25 I am STILL learning new things about my body and the proper way to take care of it through channels like this one!
I love to hear you are teaching her early. My parents and many others find it more taboo to talk about those areas so I have had to learn a lot of info from mama dr. Jones 😉 kids need to know about their own bodies and it’s gross that people think genitalia is sexual when it’s just existing, especially on children. There is nothing wrong or dirty about teaching your kids about their own body. Then they will grow up to be informed and not ashamed! 💖love to you and your daughter
@@sararogers7338 thank you 🙏🏻 it will be a learning experience for everyone as I’ve already had a couple people around me express they don’t like that she refers to her body parts like that or that she’s too young. If they’re old enough to realize and ask about it they’re old enough to learn IMO ❤️
It's companies like this was the reason I didn't go to the doctor for months to deal with really bad smell only to find out it was an infection that went away after a week of medicine
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Saying "external vagina" when you're talking about vulva is like saying "external esophagus" when you're talking about lips.
or external mouth :D
I honestly think most women don't know the difference. I didn't until I was in my late 20's/early 30's. Products like Vagisil tend to keep us in the dark.
This made me actually lol haha
External trachea
Nose
Periods aren’t about bringing life into the world, they’re literally what happens when you’re NOT bringing life into the world lol
Yep
That was my first thought
Body says
> make baby
You said
> no
Body says
> *gr*
Lol true
Exactly!
Nothing says "woman's health advocate" like "we don't want to hear your feedback."
LMAO
Right?!!!
Mmmm sounds like feminism!!!
@@RedRoseSeptember22 mmmm it's literally not!
@@axesandrabbits7226 I think you might have responded to the wrong person lol. Also really hoping bri zand meant to refer to misandrists and not genuine feminists
"The 1700s called, they want their mysogony back." I instantly love this woman.
Dry shampoo for your vulva sounds like a infection in a can. Holy cow
That's what I don't get. Many people... landscape. So, what needs a dry shampoo? For those who leave things au natural, why would they buy it? If they're good with full bush, I would say there's a good chance they're either up on how they want their style maintained without causing problems, or quite possibly don't want to modify and have learned to deal with life without needing DRY VULVA SHAMPOO
@@TsukiKatana it's just bizzare
Sounds like crotch powder ? Yahhhh....not good.
Yeah sure... make it itchy with that dry shampoo so they can buy their anti-itch creams, then get an infection. Argh!
I am honestly baffled by this. I think I would be in the targeted demographic, and I have never, not even once, thought it needed a dry shampoo. Like you wash it with the rest of your body and it doesn't get greasy like head hair so wtf?
This will sound bad but I love how mad she is about this. Your rage means you love us Mama. Thank you for looking out.
I love that sentence. I totally agree with "Your rage means you love us Mama."
Thanks. I was trying to say that but it kept sounding weird or condescending. Good phrasing. This friend speaks my mind.
It is good to be mad at products that have zero usefulness but are sold as problem solvers for big problems.
I especially love her rage as a mother to an almost teen girl myself. My daughter is definitely part of the target demographic here and I am angry that Vagisil wants to sell her problems wrapped in an insecurity tax.
Fortunately, because our Mama loves us, I was able to send the link to this video with my daughter and help circulate real information in her generation.
Perfectly put, couldn't agree more. I love her! 💖💖💖
As a childfree woman, I just want to say THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POINTING OUT THAT NOT EVERYONE WHO HAS A PERIOD WANTS TO HAVE A KID. I just want to shout it from the freaking rooftops!!!!
YES!!! I am childfree and I agree!!!!
Well..
Each generation 75% of women DO need to breed to keep a viable population. But that leaves 25% who are free to do as they please.
Still I was like you two myself when I wS younger so the desire to have kids fan change. My guy and I are trying... I think at some point in your life you can just switch sides. Particularly my mother says middle age women are most prone to it as something clicks in your mud 30s to say 'times running out'. In addition sine women don't want to be alone in old age.
I honestly don't know why I switched, but the thing is tge women who do breed do push for a sex driven future with wome who are more likely to have kids. Evolution is guided by who bred last generation.
Still, yeah, its okay not to have kids. Thatd what the orgznd gor its why we get harmonic looking a for sex in the first place but... you cannot force people to have kids they don't want.
It gives the wrong impression too to girls snd puts them in a bad place, like you must have one. It can lead to have s lid at the wrong point in life.
Cheers ugh. Never want babies. Haven’t wanted them since I was 14, and 20 years later, never wavered. If anything it’s gotten stronger.
No woman should feel OBLIGATED to have children, it should be a choice for her and her ALONE. I get frustrated with these men, mostly misogynistic religious fanatics, telling a woman she is OBLIGATED to have children, but find it even MORE aggravating when I see women doing it to each other, again usually indoctrinated misogynistic religious fanatics.
I myself fully and completely agree with his comment I myself cannot have kids because of several health problems and sometimes it sucks cuz I would like to have kids but not going to happen
I legitimately never had a "fishy" smell until I caved to curiosity and tried Vagisil's soap for the first time. I have a very sensitive nose, so when I first noticed the scent of tuna, I was very concerned. It didn't take long to put two and two together, though, and I tossed the soap in the garbage where it belonged, swapping back to just water for down below. I had to see a doc, but eventually the smell was taken care of when my PH balance normalized.
Conclusion? Vagisil's products are crap, their marketing has always been predatory, and their management members need a solid boot to the head.
How much you wanna bet the board consists of one or two women and they don't ask them a damn thing about the stuff that they know the most about out of everyone in the room?
Yeah, I haven't used there stuff but I have used something like it against my mom's advice, it burned!
It seems kinda like they’re creating problems, so that they can “solve” them.
Now Im thinking of south park mocking their marketing: EVERY.DAY.
I never have had a fishy smell most of the time the "smell" is all in our heads like if it's a strong scent than you should go to the doctor but I'm pretty sure there's some science supporting that your natural scent changes on your period no one else will probably notice it tho
Vagisil: we work with a gynecologist
Also Vagisil: external vagina
Me: Maybe ask the "gynecologist" the proper terms next time...
But then they might need to say "Vulva" and god forbid we use that term! That's like, too embarrassing or whatever. Instead, let's use the term "period funk" because that's totally a thing people say!
Someone may not know what proper term is. I've spent a lot of time explaining that the "wall" your trying to slam through in there is the cervix and it must stay intact. Forget trying to explain what and where the clit, vulva and such is. I've tried even had some drawings and even the late teen girls where lost.
Even "external genitalia" would've been correct :/
@@cd4701 I mean- that's what a gynecologist goes to university for. To know the terms.
@@Steampunkfox143 They weren't talking about professionals I don't think. I think they were saying that since these products are advertised to teens that teens just don't know these terms, and thus, using these terms wouldn't be effective.
"Use our Mouth Serum to get rid of that mouth funk!"
"ok I'll just put that in my mouth then..."
"NO, it is for your external mouth only"
😂
For some reason "external mouth" made me laugh really hard lmao
this is great.
This is the absolute best comment ever🤣
Whats even better is that mouthwash totally started as a marketing ploy. Or rather 'halitosis' did. No one wanted to use 'mouthwash' - it solved a problem people already felt was solved by toothpaste, namely, bad breath. So mouthwash companies made up a scary, medical sounding term (halitosis) so they could say "our mouthwash _cures halitosis_ " instead of the weaker "it makes your breath smell nice". Same thing here. Make up an issue 'period itch' or 'period funk' and then claim your product 'fixes' that issue.
"Gynecologist tested" not Gynecologist approved. . .
Yeah, that's one of my biggest issues with skincare. You can have a dermatologist test a skincare product, say it causes chemical burns and is horrid, but the manufacturer can still say its been dermatologically tested.
The "gynecologist" who "tested" it was the CEO of Vagisil (if I am understanding the post she shared correctly)
WHOA that is a really good point holy shit
Yep! That’s the thing with a lot of body products. They can label it as “specialist tested” but that could also mean they tested it and said “nah fam this is whack (which is probably what happened). It’s all marketing and loopholes
"Your vulva isn't supposed to smell like an orange dreamsicle." - This is probably the greatest thing I've ever heard. I laughed so hard at this I cried.
Can we put that on a tee-shirt?
YESSSS! Omg, this would be hilarious! I'm cracking up at the thought of wearing that.
YESSS SHE SHOULD OML I WOULD WEAR THAT 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, though there are some period wipes that help with the smell, and I promise you they don't smell like that. You are not supposed to smell like that down there. I use Honey Pot, and it works well for me.
But who wants to smell like that down there 💀✋🏼
PETITION!!
So they sell you a product that can cause itching, and say it's supposed to help with the itch? . _. how is this legal
Right? It's infuriating!
Well they also sell an anti inch product too so....
Lots of products marketed for skin problems like dryness and eczema contain things that can make it worse - sodium lauryl sulphate, fragrances, etc. Stuff with mineral oil in it like petroleum jelly doesn't actually put moisture into skin, it draws it out. Once I started researching and checking labels, I was horrified.
Pills against Depression can cause More Depression, but its Not often the case that it really happens
@@stein6289 the difference is that when you are given antidepressants you have seen a doctor, discussed the risks, and hopefully are exploring a cause.
If your vag itches, there is likely a problem that's not going to be solved with soap... And could well be caused by the soap.
You don’t have to pretend to be a mystical moon fairy in order not be ashamed of your period.
Edit: I have been called out for being insensitive. I would like to apologize for trivializing anybody’s culture and traditions. I am sorry and I will do better in the future.
🧚♀️ ahh man
@@mamesmck5236 you can still be a mystical moon fairy. it doesn’t have to involve your menstrual cycle (it can, your body your choice)
I didn't mind that 😂 What ever (non-harmful thing) makes you feel better about having periods. But I guess it's true someone might be offended about that 🤔
I’m not ashamed of it, it just annoys me haha. Horrific period cramps and diarrhoea every time.
Can someone tell me why teens are allowed to choose their gender and have gender reassignment surgery (which I 100% support, you do you!) but I’m not allowed to have a hysterectomy at age 28, when I have absolutely not desire to have children (they absolutely disgust me) and I have excruciating pain every single month? Someone enlighten me.
I'm gay, married to a man, I don't have sisters and I don't plan on having kids... but this was still very interesting.
Useful information none the less
You probably have females in your life though.
I fully support knowledge of genitals for all, even if they don’t look like your own genitals.
I commend your curiosity!
Hey, actual information even if you don't use it is still valuable
This is exactly what happened to me. In high school most of my friends were guys. One day someone had a car freshener and my boyfriend, with no ill intention stated that it “smelled like a heavenly vagina.” They then proceeded to discuss how this pungent, floral air freshener smelled like a vagina sent from the gods. This is when I became acutely aware that my nether regions did not smell like a bed of roses. Thinking that there was something wrong with me, I went out and purchased a “feminine deodorizing spray” the brand I am unsure of. Shortly thereafter I was in the family planning clinic in excruciating pain. I ended up with a nasty yeast infection AND bacterial vaginosis. It was one of the worst things I’ve experienced with that area of my body and I wish that someone would have told me that my vagina is supposed to smell like a vagina and not a perfume kiosk at the mall.
I wish my friends could understand THE VAGINA DOESNT SMELLS LIKE STRAWBSRRY NATURALLY
"here use this spray to conceal the smell" BRO YOUR LADY BITS ARENT SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE A BANANA SPLIT ON TOP OF A PANCAKE WITH CHERRIES ON TOP, ITS SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE LADY BITS!
Not to mention all the teen boys seeing the adds thinking that lady bits smelling like lady bits are dirty just because they don't smell like a perfumery...
@@sijachwilkes1927 honestly its disgusting that people are taught this way
@@iminthecabinet2155 Yes and there are those ads that include info about how while men cannot smell their bits others can. WTH are you doing in your normal life that many men and women are close enough to your crotch to smell that?! Being serious for a moment though having teens that think that their balls should smell fresh is just going to lead to them putting more chemicals on their already sensitive poorly cared for zones.
@@abrahamweiss5827 honestly
@Margaret Bush truly the society we live in is messed up
I never thought I’d live long enough to hear the phrase “Your vulva is not supposed to smell like an orange dreamsicle!” This campaign is literally “how do you do fellow kids!” 😂
Steve Buscemi has entered the chat
It's literally the pinnacle of r/fellowkids. I'm taking screenshots to post as we speak.
I about DIED when she said that! I am beyond flabbergasted on these. Oh and the scrub brush! UM NO THANKS!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
But I love orange dreamsicle! As a lesbian I would consider using it for my partner or ask her to use it for me😂
“Your vulva isn’t supposed to smell like an orange creamsicle!” I’m dead! This is why I love MDJ. She doesn’t sugar coat ANYTHING!
@@katiewillman3814 I know you’re probably joking but I just want to say if your genitals or specifically your urine DOES smell sweet or fruit like it can indicate diabetes!
Really, the only thing that’s supposed to smell like an orange creamsicle is an orange creamsicle.
My sweat sometimes smells like fermented fruit .___.
I heard that men don't want their women's vaginas smelling like perfumes, lotions or fruity smelling sprays.
They say they prefer the natural, but clean, smell.
@@anakelly76512 mehh who cares what men think. Straight guys probably think something like, "omg female genitals right in front of me, best day of my life" 🤣
Always drives me nuts when advertisers refer to the vulva as the 'vaginal area' or the 'outer vagina'. Thank you for pushing back. It's really too bad that mothers aren't teaching their kids better about this topic.
Why blaming the moms per se? There are single dads or pairs who share education of their kids too.
I really find it more concerning, that, because the kids are not good enough educated at school they grow into another generation of parents that will not teach their kids right, because its still tabu or they are simply not educated enough themselfes to make a decent job.
In my oppinion the government should send gyneologists to schools to teach propper sience there. 🤷🏼♀️
I agree. I really hate how everyone uses "vagina" when they're referring to the vulva. It's so f*cking irritating!
I wouldn't blame mothers. They get enough blame and how would they know what to tell their kids if they didn't have someone tell them? I hate we have to vilify someone when their is a wrong. Education and reaching out moves our species forward. They won't know if someone doesn't tell them. Also, Dad's should be able to answer the questions just as much as mom. Believe it or not there are male OB/GYNs.
This is me, an absolute feminist, just realizing it's referenced wrong....
@@rejacraven5637Yep, let’s get professionals teaching sex ed in school, please! And don’t give parents the option to keep kids home on those days. I was kept home and have suffered for my ignorance all my life. I didn’t know what a vulva was or that I even had external parts until AFTER I had had three kids!! I was taught don’t look, don’t touch, it’s just a hole for babies to come out of (and mine didn’t even come out that way, thanks to obstetric violence).
The whole "external use only" then saying it's for internal health is like a face wash saying "for external use only" but then saying "fights cavities"
💯
Yes, like saying a face wipe is to support oral health!
This.
Exactly what I thought🤣🤣🤣
I’m reminded of warnings not to insert in ear, Yet how many follow that?
Just did some quick research and the Vagisil brand is owned by the same company that makes Clearisil and Odor-Eaters. They’ve been using predatory marketing since the 1970s telling self-conscious teens they need to buy all their products to “fix their flaws”! Thank you, MDJ for calling them out!
That's truly horrifying!
"Fix their flaws"?!
That will make young, impressionable girls feel ashamed of their bodily functions.
Like our periods means there's something wrong with us.
They do this with a lot of products targeted towards women.
Make up and beauty creams especially.
Great info.
She's so funny and right on point. External vagina??!! Yes, the term is vulva.
Really? That’s horrible they need to be called out for the mistakes they’ve made.
I’ve always noticed just a slight “period smell.” It’s completely gone since I switched over to using period cups. Kinda interesting, and I’m tempted to say it’s more of a sweaty pad smell than the period that is to blame.
It's definitely is! It's not strange at all that the pads smells sometimes, it's old blood collected into materials that isn't very good at keeping it smelling well (more just trying to neutralize the smell that comes from it). Plus it doesn't breathe, it closes in the air, not very good for the smell.
I only use pads because it's the most comfortable thing for me, but it's good to know this.
@@baba-t4q1k love the cup. It's super easy. To clean just need to rinse it out and boil it once in a while (before/after your period).
It also may take a little bit of time getting used to putting it in, but once you find a way that works for you it is simple, and there are plenty of videos that help with showing different ways to use them.
If you like pads there are reusable pads. I don't have personal experience with the. But I k know plenty of people who do and they say they work great.
@@baba-t4q1k Cups are really great and not that complicated to use. Plus, they can help you judge better whether your period looks normal (because e.g. you can actually measure the amount of blood to see if it's maybe too heavy). There's plenty of RUclips videos that'll show you tricks to insert it. Some leaking can happen especially while you're getting used to a cup / trying out sizes or sometimes at night, so especially for the first few months I'd recommend additionally wearing period undies (like Thinx or Ooia panties) that will cover any mishaps. They're so much more comfortable than the reusable pads which are normally very thick.
@@baba-t4q1k
My two cents about cups is that they work well like everyone claims. The only major downside is that the cup can be hard to change in public, but you can plan around it. I think back up cloth pads or period undies pair well with them too.
@@baba-t4q1k I know you didn’t ask me directly but I recently am in the transition to cups from pads. I personally hated tampons so I used pads. I used organicup size A and wasn’t comfortable with it, and I reached out to them and they send me the mini size. It’s a pretty cool thing. It doesn’t always work for me and I don’t force my body to accept it. Personally I’m taking it at my own pace and have also invested in Joyja period panties which don’t seem to have that same smell or uncomfortableness of plastic based pads. Hope this may help? Have a good day.
From my own personal experience, the only "period itch" I experienced when I was younger was because I was waiting too long to change my sanity pad and it ended up giving me a rash. Maybe educate teens on proper usage of things and don't encourage them to mis-use these products just because they can "wash it away". Ugh this makes me so frustrated
The "funk" in my experience is also caused by the same thing. We need to teach teenagers actual period hygiene instead of just trying to sell them more products.
‘Sanity pad’ is a very accurate term. I remember my sisters saying that sanitary pads did help their sanity.
never heard of or experienced a "period itch"
@@amoureux6502, Whole-heartedly agree.
Yes i am a teen yes if you wait to long to change it will smell.and sometimes I think I smell but no one notices teens are so self conscious about their period and smell. This is so bad and I am happy people are making videos about it.
Because of this type of harmful messages that vulvas are supposed to smell like vanilla or some bs , a lot of ignorant men pick up the idea and shame women for it. I used to be in a toxic relationship and I’d wash waaaayy too often and used products that shouldn’t go even near the vagina just because I was terrified of my partner calling me out for the it. 😣☹️ this stuff really is problematic on so many levels, thank you and thanks to all the other specialists speaking up about it!
If we don't know enough about our bodies, men certainly won't know. They already have so many unrealistic expectations.
Yes it is very sad I too have suffered from a relationship in which I was terrified to disappoint..it still affects me in daily life 14 years later.. I wish you wellness and happiness
Yeeeeeeeeees, and so many memes and jokes and stuff about women needing to close their legs, fishy smells, and so on. Like I'm sorry, do your bits smell fantastic? No.
@@bethstie If the smell doesn't change, it's probably 100% fine. If your vagina smells very strongly of canned tuna, it means you have an infection or your PH balance is off. This is something to see a doctor about.
Yes, and those guys never mention that their genital area doesn't smell like cake either. Usually they don't shave (compared to most women), so they smell like urine and sweat among the pubic hair.
Way to go guys. And then they want to shame others?
Reality check.
We need to normalize saying vulva when we mean vulva or just say like external genitalia or something bc vagina isn’t it the word ppl usually mean.
did you know that the root meaning of vagina is "sheath "
As in this sheath thing whose purpouse is to hold a penis in
The word vagina has a horrible root meaning lol
How's about we replace them both. I don't know if I'd feel differently if it had been in everyday use when I was growing up, but both vagina and vulva are just awful sounding words. Like moist. Let's just pick something new and use it all the time.
@@adde9506 tbh the thingy IS moist hahah
A euphemism might be handy for more mundane use but I think there should be a more and less explicit version
tho vag both sounds horrible and has a bad original meaning
Vulva reminds me of sessile sea animals like Anemone and algae like Sea lettuce ( _Ulva lactuca_ ) lol
ahh yess Ulva...Vulva...Ulva
lol
edit: its late im missing words lol
I agree. I am sure most women use the word vagina when they are talking about their vulva. Speaking for myself, I didn't know the difference until pretty late in the game. (How did I not know this until I was in my 30's?) Which makes me think that many, many women don't know the distinction either.
@@lil_weasel219
Vajayjay sounds even worse.
When we was really young, we would just call male and female genitals a 'tootie'.
And when a man and woman were having sex, it was was called 'playing tooties'. 😂🤣😏
But, being grown, saying that sounds so funny and weird.
A moment of silence for MDJ’s phone that may have been hurt in the production of this video. 😂😅
F for respect
“no phones were hurt in the making of this video”😂😂
she abuses the heck out of that poor phone lmao
F
Do you think she could sue vagisil for the damage? 😂
A young girl who works with me was embarrassed by being on her period but forgot her pads and felt embarrassed to mention it, I grabbed one of mine gave it to her and told her that her period is a perfectly, normal part of being a healthy young woman and that she has no reason to be embarrassed
How old is she? If she’s working she should know this and make sure she’s got her pad tampon cup disc or period undies. Many adults don’t even realize that!
@@oooh19 14. She left her bag at a friend's house accidentally.
“The 1700s called, they want their misogyny back.” -Dr. Gunter 😂
I'm gonna be a little too honest but here we go.....
I often had concerns about the smell that I emitted on my period when I was a teenager. I didn't have anyone tell me what was going on. Someone just shoved some pads at me and told me to go figure it out. What I realized later and my friends and I realized is that 1) we weren't changing our pads enough and the dried blood was emitting an odor. 2) We were constantly told that the vagina is a self cleaning organ so you don't have to clean it but no one told us their was a difference between your vagina and you vulva so we thought you shouldn't touch any part of my privates to clean. These things can't be fixed with a Vagisil wipe, we just need better education.
I was thinking about the smell of the blood as well, but Vagisil didn't mention this at all. How can we educate teens when we aren't saying the real words? You're so right, though. If your period blood is smelly, then change your tampon or pad. If you have dried blood all over your vulva, then wipe it with a water wipe or some toilet paper with a little water on it. Shower daily. We take for granted plain water sometimes. "period funk" does not describe what's really going on! Like you mentioned, if blood on your pad for 6 hours is causing a smell, change it. If it's more of a "fishy" odor, then you could have bacterial vaginosis. You'll need to see your provider for that.
This!! I didn't actually know there was a difference between vulva and vagina. I didn't know till I was in my late 20's and I'm 30 now. I also loved that she kept saying don't put this in your vagina. Because as a teen, that's exactly what I did.
Uhh... What if hypothetically someone showers every other day? Are they ok assuming they don't have any other concerning symptoms (like irritation or odors)?
@@heidilarson5109 yes! I think so! If you don’t have issues showering every other day then I think you’re 100% fine! Sometimes it’s suggested to clean more frequently on your period because a lot of people have different odor that can be stronger or can get infections easier on there period. But if it works for you I’d say it’s totally fine.
Little tip: period cups make it so there is no old gross pad smell!
I'm a cis gay man, and I've been following you for over a year now thanks to Dr. Mike because I love medical science channels. And I have to say, I find this beyond disgusting. It's bad enough that society pushes this mentality that you can't smell like a human being, but to push this on impressionable teenage girls, this is beyond deplorable. All of these companies have been pushing their irritating and allergic reaction inducing products on both men and women for well over a century, and it's well past time they need to be put in their place. Leave teenagers alone!
Marketing to teens probably shouldn't include how magical and aspirational teen pregnancy is as a rule
I've been on depo for about 6 years.
@@roxassora2706super random, but I’ve been seeing a bunch of videos lately about how you shouldn’t be on depo for longer than 2 years (unless other birth control methods are inadequate and you’re someone that needs to be on it). If you haven’t already discussed it, I’d be asking your doctor about that and maybe even a secondary doctor.
@@LifeAsItIs478752depo? Is this some newfangled term for the pill?
I'm so glad as a teen I found Mama Doctor Jones before these ads. I always listing to mama doctor Jones
Yay! She's the best, isn't she?!
Yes !! I've learned so much from this channel😊
So have I and I totally agree
I’m so glad that teens are watching her channel and getting correct info!
Same
"Show me your gynecologist; I just want to talk to her"
I have a feeling she would be getting some of that foul language Vagsil is so concerned about...
It's probably a man.
"I just want to talk" sounds like a threat "
A moment of silence for any bad gynos her daughters have.
@@RainAngel111 /r whoosh
That gyno gonna be catchin words and possibly hands.
"Your vulva does not need a glow up"
Your vulva probably needs a doctor.
And your vulva may need a switch to cloth pads. (It works for me.)
To quote MDJ, "Do not put garlic in your vagina. If your vagina is sick, take it to a doctor."
@@Luubelaar my thoughts exactly
@@missnaomi613 yes! I used to get rashes that would last for-ever and ever. It went away with the switch to cloth, although it also went away with tampons because they weren’t rubbing...but I never felt that great with them.
im so glad as a teenage girl i found your videos, i can learn about embarrassing stuff without asking adults i don't trust while feeling comfortable and normal as if i were talking to someone i trusted, thank you so much for talking about this stuff so we can learn about our bodies within a world that often shames or hides natural aspects of it!
This is literally me. Nice to meet you!
MDJ bringing a bunch of OBGYN and doctors to expose the predatory lies of this company has “Avengers Assemble” energy and I love her for that
That's what I was thinking too. Sick 'em Mama Doctor Jones and Friends!
She is absolutely the Iron Man of this...
@@MountainPearls MDJ is the "RDJ" of ObGyn area hahaha.
you just know a company is legit when they feel the need to hide from actual medical professionals by shutting off comments lol
They just don't want customers to know about the magical, miraculous, and usually free hygienic solution actual medical professionals recommend: water
So true. Shutting down professional comments doesn't instill a lot of confidence.
Forget "Live, laugh, love" - "You don't need a glow up for your vulva" is the type of saying I want displayed in curly handwriting on my bathroom wall.
Yes!!!!!!
The "steam cleaning" has me cackling.
😂😂😂 yes!
This is a great idea for my next lettering project.
This idea is everything!
When I was a teen, I was concerned with smelling weird down there, and that other people could tell. So I would use fragrance wipes, wash, anything that told me it would make me smell better. All it did was give me UTIs from constant washing with weird soaps, itching and uncomfortable feelings, and I felt worse. My grandmother, who is a retired nurse, gave me the advice that using fragranted soaps and wipes were actually bad to use on my vulva. She recommended a warm wet washcloth, with a mild unscented bar soap if I use any, because liquid soaps tend to have a lot of harsh chemicals in them that isn't good for your downstairs. Ever since, I found that unscented bar soap made for sensitive skin works really well for me. As someone who fell victim to a company who makes money off of the fear and low confidence of young people and women, I make sure to inform others about vagasil's awful predatory marketing.
Also, I'd like to point out that 3 different *Board Certified Ob-GYN's* used the word *Predatory* when describing Vagisil's Advertisments to Teens!! That's something that should cause concern!! Big companies should never be linked with predators in relation to their consumers!!
All big business is predatory they all want more money
And yet, I am certain they will keep selling their products.
I will never ever use their products!
In middle school, when I started my period, I was terrified that people around me could smell my period or see that I had a pad. It would send me into a depression whenever I had my period, and I would do anything to avoid going to school for the 9-10 days of my period. I lived the weeks surrounding that in fear of what my period would bring that month. I would read about periods in teen vogue and other magazines, and it is still a huge struggle not to be embarrassed by my pelvic area to this day as a 30 year old. I wish nothing more than for the next generation of girls to understand that their periods might be uncomfortable but they are normal and not something to be ashamed of.
Yeah same here I'm only 24 but it's very uncomfortable and painful, and the paranoia and anxiety is real. Doing research and hearing others' experiences helps a little, along with support from my husband UwU
Thank you for sharing you story, there are so many other people who feel or felt this way too! Me included. There is no room for shame when it comes to our bodies!!! We are all beautiful
It's rather interesting to hear about how the topic of periods is handled in the US (sorry if that guess is wrong). I never experienced that having your period had anyone be blamed for it or made them feel ashamed. Usually I experienced that all the other female classmates were rather supportive and giving someone who just forgot to bring enough hygiene products a pad or a tampon to help out would not cause any shaming let alone bullying.
Maby it has to do with our sex ed system that usually starts with basic knowledge and knowledge about menstrual cycles at age 10 (11 years is a common age for a girls first period). Also I never had the feeling that people looked at me for buying period products as probably all people consider it as normal as drinking water.
@@annasstorybox7906 Thank you so much for the outside opinion, I do indeed live in the united states. I live very close to the canadian border. Our sex education began in grade 3. We learned about female anatomy, and that we should not keep secrets about our private parts. That being said, I was extremely shy about my pelvic area and read about "period smell" in teen vogue, seventeen, and other mags. I wish teen publications had taken a female-positive approach, and I have the feeling that tampax and other large companies played a role in the media.
Same!! I remember talking to some of my friends that we wanted to use tampons because we were afraid people could smell our period otherwise.
(it also took me until my mid 20s to relax during oral sex.)
Can that be on a t-shirt? “Your vulva doesn’t need a glow up”
OMG! i would so totally buy that :)
Yes absolutely
I'd buy it!
Yes!! I would buy that! Especially if it had some kind of cute cartoon or design.
I'll buy the entire stock if that was on a shirt.
Thank you for calling out Vagisil. I used their product years ago and ended up with a rash that was so bad, it hurt to even sit down. I contacted them and they didn't care. Now, for them to target teens is disgusting.
As a cisgender man, I have never seen anything outlandish marketed towards the clenliness of my penis, but never put that into perspective or considdered why that was the case even when walking past a wall of vagisil scents on my way to my comparatively unimpressive choices of family planning. Thank you for putting this into perspective and educating me on how unfair and predetory marketing is on the other end of the gender/sexual spectrum! I truly learn a lot from your videos and appreciate the insight!
And thank *you* for watching these videos ^_^ You're a good egg.
Male circumcision is seen as the ultimate way for male cleanliness. It’s sooo much more nuanced than that. And very rare for a male to need that in order to stay healthy. I bet if the corporate world could get away with marketing it to men, they would.
It's pretty common knowledge that all you need for the ol' cue-and-balls is normal soap, but... shhh... don't give the money-hungry weirdos any ideas.
@@_letstartariot There's no real reason that a person with a penis needs to be circumsised. Leaving the foreskin, can actually cause the person with the penis to have more pleasure during sexual play.
@@_letstartariot oh they absolutely do
That’s a big reason why infants are still routinely circumcised in the US
Marketing a vulva wash as "for vaginal health" is like selling a lip scrub "for gum health" stop using the wrong words Vagisil
Lume just released an ad that totally tackles the problematic ads from Vagisil and gives a clear anatomy lesson!
The fact they don’t know what a vagina is concerns me.
They should change their name to Vulvasil or just not exist at all.
this is perfect hahahah!
@@rachelhansen2417 yes Lume is hilarious and the best
“Using certain soaps and body washes can cause vaginal pH imbalance.” Oh you mean soaps and washes like Vagisil?
This drives me nuts. They make it sound like all soaps are dangerous. Except vagisil, which magically knows each woman’s pH and restores it to its “accurate” level. Super confusing and predatory for teens already going through enough changes and stress.
I went to a sex therapist, and the type of lube I was using k.y Jelly has an ingredient called glycerin. It's known to cause yeast infections in people who are prone to get them. So now I buy a water based lubricant WITHOUT Glycerin so that the PH stays in balance. It's really worked for me. But yes, soap is not needed inside that area.
@@faithbaxter7484 I have a feeling an obgyn might know a little more about that than a sex therapist.
@@winternightmarecrochet Yup you're right! And that was a typo up there in my comment, I meant to say soap is NOT needed in that area. All I was saying is the pH level is somewhat accurate, for lubes but not for soaps for your body (since you shouldn't be putting soap inside the vagina).
@@faithbaxter7484 thank god, I was worried for your health! And yes indeed, some lubes are pretty badly scented and unbalancing. Water and unscented is the best 🖤
As a transgender male, who's a teenager, your channel is a lifesaver because I hate talking about my body because of dysphoria, but with your channel, I feel safe about learning about my biological body, so thank you 💕💕
took the words right out of my mouth
@@radioyamada957 bro yess
Also you look amazing today smh 🙄💕
I'm seriously so happy teens have these resources now 💗 it makes the otherwise seriously hurtful conversations easier to learn about and I'm glad you've got the info you need in your hands 🙂
Hey good to find another LGBTQ+ in the wild.
👏👏Congrats on your transition my guy!👏👏
"Period itch" is just caused by uncomfortable and irritating pads.
There’s so many more options now for pads and such that are much less irritating for the skin, plain cotton topped pads, reusable washable cloth pads, period underwear, menstrual cups and, softcups. My choice is naturacare pads, they are in the natural living area of Lawblaws grocery store and they don’t exacerbate any skin sensitivity I have.
That and pimples from disposable pads are why I switched to reusables.
Or leaving them too long when it's a low flow. Change those pads if they are being used more than 4, 5 hours.
Yep! For me, it's whatever treatment is used on some of them (not sure if they bleach them or what).
Or wearing the wrong type of underwear/ using irritating detergent to wash your clothes! I've noticed going commando outside of sleeping hours can cause irritation against certain fabrics as well.
Vagisil should rebrand as Vulvisil to be more accurate to what their products are actually used for.
It really should. I've never used vagisil, but I've heard about it for a while and I didn't know until this video that it wasn't supposed to be used *in* the vagina
@@simritagop I remember my mother watching one of those ads on tv and immediatly commenting something along the lines of "What the....@#$"
Or to be even more accurate; infectisil
Sounds like they should hire you for marketing
They were originally just a company that supplied vaginal suppositories for yeast infections, that's the only reason it's vagisil. But they need to just go away. Noone needs this crap.
When I developed a “funk” as a teen, I went to the doctor and it turned out I had an infection and needed antibiotics! If your vulva has an unpleasant smell, call or email your GYN!
yes i had that but for me the smell during an infection made me gag so it was different for me
@@I_AM_HYDRAA Did you get it checked out by a professional? I sure hope so!
There are normal scents from body fluids. Normal vulva scents are unpleasant only to misogynists, and this can be a useful filter for relationships. (If he doesn't like the scent of your arousal, get rid of him immediately! You can and should help delte him from the gene pool. There is no excuse. ) Bacterial wastes have unpleasant scents that may persist beyond ordinary external hygiene, are very different from normal body fluid scents, and indicate an infection. Other than your mouth, there are no chemicals or appliances other than soap and washcloths needed to remove bacteria-laden fluids.
@@idalarsen2540 yeah
"If your vaginas sick, take it to the doctor."
I'm going into my teenage years and these videos have been helping me out knowing that what I'm going through is completely normal and being warned about potentially harming myself is great
As a nutritional scientist, this basically is the mood every time I see an influencer/company promoting carb blocking pills, detox teas or slimming shakes to their teenage audience 😂 and damn that happens a lot
Detox teas?don't you mean laxative tea?
@@katethegreat4918 How is that allowed??? People could get low blood sugar and go into a hypoglycemic attack if they use it for weight loss wtf. Marketers make me sick sometimes.
@@dramaticallydreaming3656 Sadly there is actually an eating disorder that involves those with Diabetes (type 1 specifically i think) where they limited their insulin intake to be able to eat less or something, im gonna post a link about it... www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/healthy-living/general-health/eating-disorders-and-type-1-diabetes/
ok here's one that talks about it and how dangerous it is... So going anywhere near insulin is just a big no-no.
@@Alice-si8uz You're correct, its type 1. I think I had/have (I relapse sometimes) the opposite of that where I take too much insulin so I can eat more since I'm underweight. It didn't turn out well obviously and I don't recommend it to anyone. Stay away from insulin because your body makes its own and only take the suggested amount if you are diabetic.
I'm not a nutritional scientist and I also cringe seeing those things, if it's any consolation.
Obviously Vagisil makes and sells hygiene products, so they’re going to want to advertise those products. ...But if anyone there was thinking - the product development team, the marketing team, etc... - this could have been a huge PR and sales win for them. They could have created a line with super cute and fun teen-friendly packaging that contained UNSCENTED, safe-to-use products (like water wipes, very gentle soap, etc...) and done a full campaign on how your periods and vulvas are totally normal, that all girls should be confident just as they are, etc... If they did that, they could have cashed in on the teen market AND gotten all kinds of good press for being ‘progressive’, etc... Marketing fails are always frustrating, but when they’re also potentially harmful to a young audience, it’s completely disgusting.
YES! This is what I was thinking the entire time I was watching the video like they really did not have to go down this route in the year 2021 but yet they chose to. I want to meet their marketing team, I bet it's 90% crusty old men.
Until period companies start actually talking about blood and not using weird blue liquid and talking around the topic, nothing is going to change.
Absolutely! They're crazy! 🙄
@@evcotter08I did notice a recent pad advertisement had red liquid. I was pretty surprised as I'd seen blue liquid for 35 years lol. I think it was an Always pad. But yeah vagisil really blew it.
@@AlyceMalyce never seen that in my life... U sure?? Lol need to see this now
"show me your gynecologist...I just wanna talk to her." If this person actually exists they are hiding. Because that face said fight me.
She's not mad, she's just DISAPPOINTED.
I fell into the vagisil trap as a teenager and I was so self conscious. When I stopped using soaps on my vulva I stopped having odor. Go figure🤷♀️
27-year-old me who grew up in abstinence-only schools that didn't teach about periods who had to learn mostly from books and is ready for Mama Doctor Jones to incinerate companies for trying to cash in on the lack of education/support there is for girls: *clicks*
Yeah. My mom thankfully gave me the information I needed on a basic level but I also have to thank Mama Doctor Jones because she sets things straight and teaches us about our own bodies.
@@madeleinewalker838 Agreed! I didn't have RUclips gynos to help me through puberty, but I am so glad to have them now. I'm still learning about my body, even at 27.
@@MaiCohWolf yeah definitely very helpful. Internet is awesome at filling your needs of learning when schools do a bad job until they convince you that your vagina needs to smell like fruity ice cream popsicles 🤦♀️
The Dr she referenced at the beginning also has a really good book called “The Vagina Bible”. It’s really informative!
@@MaiCohWolf I'm 37 and I'm still learning 😅 MamaDoctorJones is amazing!
Favorite MDJ reaction: “Show me your gynecologist. I just want to talk to her”
I would LOVE this on a shirt or coffee mug
I would pay to watch this show down.
New MDJ slogan!
Strong Karen energy that I'm here for. 👏
I JUST 🤜💥 WANNA 💥🤛 TALK 🤜💥
I remember as a teen being so embarrassed and ashamed of absolutely normal discharge. So it definitely makes me angry that there’s companies taking advantage of that and not trying to normalize it or alleviate those fears.
I remember panicking about discharge stains in my underwear when I was growing up, because I thought it was gross and no one taught me otherwise. This shit would’ve hooked me
Exactly what i was thinking! When i was a teen(a decade ago) i thought i must smell, there must be something wrong that im having discharge, etc etc. My mom took me to a gyno, and she told me my vagina was healthy, and addressed any and all concerns i had, which helped my confidence so much!
Vagisil is doing the OPPOSITE! Ugh this makes me so mad!
I am so glad that I talked to my girls about everything as they grew up. No topic was off limit's. Now that I have grandchildren ( one is a boy) I legit got asked what the "2 balls" were under his penis, and what they were for...... I much prefer explaining girl things. I took it as a compliment that he was comfortable asking me things. He is 7 and I was washing his hair.
I was so ashamed of my period, I hid the fact I was going into shock from pain for six years. When I was finally found out-mid-shock-episode-my reaction was to sob and apologize because I felt so disgusting and wrong.
We need to destigmatize periods, not exploit the stigma to create monetary profit.
Well telling people their vagina is fine isn't going to sell any vagina-wash products! 🙄 You can never count on a company to do the right thing, they only care about profits. It's one reason why capitalism is so harmful.
"Hey, I just lost my arm in an industrial accident."
"No problem, let me sell you this shirt to cover it up."
"But it's bleeding pretty bad."
"We also sell wipes!"
"I'm losing consciousness."
"There's Redbull in the vending machine."
"period funk" is just blood and probably sweat
yep, and I was going to say... there definitely is a 'period funk' if you use pads and blood sits there. And, if you can't wash in the middle of the day at work or school, wipes are a good alternative, for some. But shouldn't be the norm 24-7.
I've never found that I smell worse when on my period, unless I use a pad for an extended period of time. Just change your pads regularly and practice basic hygiene!
@@larissabrglum3856 yep, if you can't get to the bathroom for a long time you can stink a little but you should be fine!!!
@@larissabrglum3856 when I was in highschool we had 2 minutes between classes and I allowed bathroom break a day (I had a lot of kidney infections because there's no way a girl could get to the one open bathroom, wait in line, use it, wash your hands, and make it to the next class).
So yeah, I had the same pad on for 8 hours, usually wore an overnight pad to school. When I got home and could finally change it before going to work (but didn't have time for a shower because I had about 30 minutes to get home, change, eat, and get to work), I used to use baby wipes. I figured if they could safely clean up baby poop, they could freshen me up lol.
@@SessaV schools suck for this, I had enough when I bleed through my pad and on to the chair. I ask to go to the bathroom and was refused. I just screamed well I hope you like blood everywhere to a male teacher. It worked, I just use to walk out of class after that, they said I'll call your mum I was like do it she'll ask why I can't change my pad in peace.
I just got mad about a “pocket alternative” advertisement that focused on marketing it as “embarrassing” and a an “unfortunate situation” if your tampon falls out of your actual pocket while exercising.
Any advertising that places feelings of shame on periods and period products makes me fierce. I’m 39 and long past the age I care about other people seeing I have a tampon, but self-conscious teens and young adults are especially susceptible to that negativity.
I want to see a commercial where the girl’s tampon falls out of her pocket and she shrugs like “ovaries gotta do what ovaries gotta do” lol
Yeah, why should a period be embarrassing? I stopped being embarrassed about my period like, a year and a half after it started, and if a tampon falls out of my pocket, i tend to treat it like any other item falling out of my pocket. “Oh, oops. Gotta pick that up cause i’ll need it later.” I think the thing that’s really embarrassing is the very little amount/lack of pockets in feminine clothing. Why do masculine people have pockets that go to their knees? I want those too!
I remember being in elementary school and being on your period being a big thing. You had to figure out how to smuggle your period products to the bathroom. You would try and find a way to bring your bag to the bathroom without being questioned or smuggle it under a shirt or in a boot. Same in high school (which is even worse because by that point EVERYONE should know that people with uteruses need period products). Now as an adult I'll just walk out of a room with a pad fully visible and in my hands and go to the bathroom. Why? Because it's not shameful to experience a normal bodily functions. If that makes anyone in the room uncomfortable, that's their problem and not mine.
Yes! I was always so afraid my pads would fall out of my bag in high school or someone would hear me opening one in a public bathroom. I don't care now and I wish I never felt like that, especially since I started my period at age 10.
@kat Denning Exactly.
@@slytherinpride1291 Hence I buy guy's pants.
Instead of a “hip, cool” ad campaign for teens, what about a period facts campaign. Go heavy into the science of periods. Maybe bring facts to teens that don’t have the luxury of proper sex Ed or health education. Well I guess then it’s just proof that people with periods don’t need their products so that would backfire 🤷🏻♀️
Companies like this thrive when their target audience is ignorant sadly..
Ooo a commercial with red colored liquid to represent blood. Instead of pretend it’s light blue detergent
I’d love that so much more than the “hip,cool” ads I see
actually someon did 'debunking' ;) www.youtube.com/watch/Bpy75q2DDow
I'm a 17 year old that's always been terrified of going to a gynecologist, and I just want to say your videos make me feel a little less scared to go see one when I get to the point where I need. I really appreciate that you're helping destigmatize reproductive health for afab people ;-;
@@PhDnursepractitionerAGACNP-BC while the nice words are appreciated, I wanted to reply to let you know that not everyone who needs to see a gynaecologist is a woman. I’m not a woman, yet I need to go see one eventually. It’s why the original commenter said “afab people”
”...Vagisil _CEO_ and gynecologist Dr. O’Shaughnessy”
if she’s their ’gynecologist-tested’-person...i don’t have any words to express my frustration. SHE’S THE CEO = SHE’S DIRECTLY PROFITING OFF OF THESE PRODUCTS. she should have her licence removed.
Yep!
Yes and she still technically didn't even "approve" it 😹
*revoked
But yes, how does she get to keep her license while profiteering like this?
Crap. She has my last name.🙄😒
Yes!
As a teen, I did occasionally itch on my period, but that was when I had worn a pad for too long. Trust me, I learned my lesson quickly.
Edit: wouldn’t bikini itch just be from the shaved hair growing back???
Also sweat/sea water rubbing the skin can cause itch
Also different materials. I find the cotton touch pads irritant towards my skin.
Yes. Shaving can irritate the skin. When you're dealing with sensitive skin like the labia majora, it's very irritated. Combine that with the material of swimwear AND the material of your pad... your 🐱 ain't gonna be happy.
Yes! Low flow period, you forget to change the pad, then skin gets irritated and itchy. Not a matter of hygiene. Just change that pad more often.
I have believe that odor and itching in young girls is because they are not changing their pads or tampons often enough. It's a matter of simply educating them on proper care. My mom did a really good job of explaining things to me. I am so grateful for that. Reading some of these comments, I see that not everyone had the same kind of support. That's where this predatory marketing comes in.
its how the beauty industry works - they first need to convince you there's something wrong with you, so they can give you the 'solution'. If they truly supported 'love yourself how you are'; they'd make no money
This!!! 100% this!!
*YESSSS!!*
Watch that language young lady, that kind of foul chatter is not Vagisil approved! 😜
Exactly. So annoying.
I took a marketing class many, many years ago, and this is as literally the very first lecture. And even knowing this, I still find myself falling for advertising.
It’s insidious, manipulative, and frankly, disgusting.
I think this is very interesting. As a dad to a 1 year old daughter (I have 2 sons ages 9 and 12) I want to make sure I know as much as I can to better understand what my wife and daughter go through and how to be able to assist in any way.
I also think that shame is a huge component with this topic and experience. My goal at least in my home is to get rid of shame and let my daughter know that she lives in a safe space, nothing is wrong with her and that there are MANY women out there who go through the same thing.
I guess having a dad that's curious about all sorts of things has it's advantages...
Definitely! You sound like a great Dad!
I'm really excited for your little girl to grow up with such an amazing dad! Keep being amazing!!
I would advise, don't use the phrase "the things they go through." It has a negative connotation. Like women suffer through things. A period isn't something women "go through," it's just something our body does with no negative connotation at all. If you tell your daughter, "I'm sorry for what you're going through," or, "I understand what you're going through," you're going to make her think she's somehow different and by definition less than you and your sons who "don't have to go through" that.
Instead, think of it this way. "This is something my wife and daughter's bodies do. This other thing is something my and my sons bodies do." Teach your kids that way. Don't tell them girls have to "go through" periods.
You sound a lot like my dad who was very matter of fact about the whole period thing. That matters. A lot. Keep it up!
I used to work in a restaurant that was 90% women and tried telling them they don't need to use soap inside the labia and was literally shunned for being 'nasty' and looked at like I had two heads. I begged them to just speak to their doctors but they refused. These products have been marketed to abuse women's insecurities for so long that now it feels impossible to stop them. 😔
I feel smelly if I don't wash there regularly. But I don't use special stuff... normal gentle soap during a shower works fine. (And only on the outside.)
Why were you talking about it at a restaurant tho
@@yotuba9493 They said nothing about talking about it AT their place of work
If someone doesn't know you're "nasty" until you tell them, you're clearly not nasty 🙄
@@cordeliaface What about men who don’t wash their hands?
Umm...I do not want confetti anywhere near my vulva.
Yeah, I don't even have one and it sounds like it would be very uncomfortable. Kind of like sand in your underwear, but paper, or sharp pieces of plastic. Ouch.
Same
maybe the "confetti" is the papery dry vulvar skin that this product is causing
But... not even at Christmas...?
Especially not the vagina too. That would be torture.
"We want to normalize periods and other things related to the reproductive system by telling young girls to feel ashamed of everything that is natural about them and buy our products to feel more feminine and worthy by smelling like a soap store even tho that's not natural and may lead to rashes or infection!"
How is this legal?
"How is this legal?" - Health and beauty products are not regulated. If it doesn't kill you, it's legal.
@@_Nanigashi I mean kills some of us mentally 👀 just saying lol
when i was younger, i used to be so uncomfortable with even the natural smell of my vulva/genital area, but people like you and others who normalize talking about periods and vaginas really did help me. I was afraid to talk with my mom and doctor at first, but now im a lot more comfortable with talking about stuff.
vaginas are not dirty! normalize talking with young women/AFAB people about their health and periods!!
The image of Sailor Moon gaining a new power on her period is absolutely… something 😐
Time stamp?
@@vocaloidhoe2238 4:43 “Periods come with the power of the moon…”
@@ayoimiideoshikanlu8505 thanks lol
Now I'm imaging her blood bending, thaaaannnkksss
@@G00dTaste imagine how dangerous that would be lol,
She could quite literally physically control every living creature.
I find it funny that they had a post that says “reminder: you’re allowed to make a big deal about things that are important to you” them shut down the comments when people do just that
My daughter (now 7) has always called her body parts by proper names like vulva. We had an encounter with another family who when my daughter said something about her vulva asked me why we don't say vagina. This MOM acted like I was making up the world vulva the way people say "tete" or whatever. It seems a LOT of people are not aware the outside is called the vulva, its not ALL vagina. We seriously need more proper sex ed everywhere.
This makes me so mad because I spent majority of my teens worried that I wasn’t “normal” because of products like this. Have a positive relationship with your body and an open relationship with your doctor.
In terms of marketing towards teens, I've seen period.shop market a period starter kit. It includes things like a menstrual cup, a sterilising kit, a book on periods, etc etc. All stuff that's actually useful and isn't predatory or aimed at shaming kids for something totally normal.
When I was a teen libra had free kits to send teens too ^_^
Now see that’s actually useful stuff!!!
Tampax use to send a sample pack with a great information booklet.
That's good. That's what you should be doing
What’s a sterilizing kit?
I remember being a teen and seeing ads like these that always made periods feel cute or fun and I loved learning more about products like these, and then I actually got my first period and thought I was dying and wondered why it wasn’t fun or cute like everyone made it seem. It also made me feel disgusting at a time that I already felt disgusting that I didn’t smell like a cherry sundae and my bleeding didn’t just disappear with a regular tampon and panty liner. I’ve come to resent these kind of campaigns as an adult because it reminds me how bad I felt about my body and how truly uneducated I was about reproductive health. I also did not understand the difference between a vagina and a vulva until I was already in my 20s. This kind of culture is just misleading and sad, and I’m glad to see powerful women like you addressing it because I always felt so isolated growing up with these feelings.
As a 14 year old myself, I feel disgusted that they could do this to us. We are so impressionable as teens and we find this new land of vaginas, periods and other topics quite scary. To say the least, having a brand like this; that is targeting at teens and impressionable girls with no outside knowledge on the topic is horrible! We don't know that fragrances are bad, or the anatomy of our own bodies well enough to understand that these products are bad for us and cause the most irritation to our bodies. This gives girls the impression that is there is a "funk" around that area, it's normal and you should just cover it up with some fragrance!
Thank you so much Mama Doctor Jones, you are truly a hero! I hope more young girls like myself find you on the vast internet and that they can find helpful true information on how to deal with these scary topics and how to stay healthy.
Thanks for sharing this. Glad you’re here.
There is so much society tells you you need to do to be attractive, and it’s mainly not true.
Aye person near my age. I’m 16. Hello fellow teenager.
It's good to hear a teen's viewpoint of MDJ's content.
I shared this video with my 12 year old daughter because it's such an effortless way to bring up the topic while making sure she gets good info. My daughter really appreciated the information and thinks what Vagisil is doing is gross. She told me she watched several other MDJ videos because she found them interesting.
@@camillefaith2005 Hi! :)
Thank you for this video! When I was a teenager in the 1970s, there was something called FDS for Feminine Deodorant Spray. I used it for years, absolutely convinced that other people could smell my "period funk" or "vaginal funk" even though I couldn't smell anything bad myself. I do have a bone to pick though. You and the other doctors constantly advise "see your doctor" or "talk to your doctor."
There are a whole lot of women & girls & humans of all persuasions in the U.S. who don't have their own doctors. It's worse now than ever with government forcing reproductive health care providers like Planned Parenthood out of business. I know you're aware of this but it's never going to get fixed unless we talk about it.
Saying “chatter” also sounds quite misogynistic to me, like they’re saying it’s a bunch of women sitting around, clucking like hens! 🙄
I wouldn't call it misogynistic. It's marketing. Vagisil is trying to spin the criticism of its product and its targeting of a vulnerable population to appear as only uneducated noise, not a valid concern. Like other health and beauty companies, Vagisil (the company) relies on its audience to think that Vagisil (the product line) is a medical product, like over-the-counter medication, such as aspirin or decongestant.
I agree that the word “chatter” has a misogynistic tone in this instance. Women are the targeted consumers and are thus the ones who would be doing the “chattering.” But women don’t just “chatter” or make frivolous conversation when we have legitimate concerns. We have discussions and intelligent debates. Boo Vagisil for downplaying the level of concern women have about their products while simultaneously trying to get women to open their wallets.
@@_Nanigashi probably crappy marketing too
@@_Nanigashi The marketing is misogynistic
@@_Nanigashi Who do you think is marketing and running the social media campaigns?
This almost 70 yr old Grandma, thanks you and your fellow OB/GYN friends for breaking it down. This is not a new thing. This country really needs to do better in teaching facts to young girls and women.
omg you’re so awesome
Side note: the only concerning “period funk” is if you have major mental health changes during your cycle. But again, to fix that issue, you need a doctor, not a dreamsickle snooch spray.
I have super bad depressive episodes when i'm on my period and I always end up in the hospital. I got put on birth control about a month and a half ago and I havent been back to the psych ward yet. GO TO A DOCTOR IF THERES SOME THING WRONG DURRING YOUR PERIOD
Thanks for coming to my ted talk :)
this is off topic, but I just feel the overwhelming need to thank you for introducing be to the word "snooch"
@@adrih8694 wish I could take credit, but I got it from Iliza Schlesinger’s “War Paint” special.
The only time anyone should discuss 'period funk' is when listening to 70s music. The term, applied to either mood changes or smell, is very condescending.
"Dreamsickle Snooch Spray"
Now THAT is a proper band name.
I was once at a beaty salon getting some waxing, and i easily overheard a beautician speaking with my beautician, describing how the woman she was waxing "has her period and stinks of period, gross". That conversation has always stuck with me, giving me insecurity about odor etc for most of my life. It is all-pervasive, this negative image. Im glad that this video and the efforts of Mama Dr Jones and her colleagues are working hard to change these damaging ideas.
What they probably smelled was the pad, which yes, those can smell as they also collect sweat and any pee that might leak out, in addition to the blood. It's a shame so many people don't understand that it's not your vulva or vagina smelling bad when you smell that, it's the layers of blood/sweat/pee-soaked material right by them.
"Your vulva is not supposed to smell like a creamsicle." 🤣 This is the best thing I've heard all day. Honestly though, this is 100% predatory on Vagisil's part.
and if it does, seek help immediately
I'd be surprised if phrase this wasn't put on a merch item the amount of times it can up
I love creamsicles! As long as it doesn't hurt me, carrying that scent everywhere would make me so happy
Well, creamsicles taste good!
@@thenazirite3828 🤢
This video should really be played at every school because of how educational it is and how important it is to teach girls at a young age that they don't need to make their vulvas smell like rainbows and sunshine or that they don't need to be insecure about something as natural as their period.
Right it might do better then the current curriculum
Definitely! And to teach them the difference between their vulva & vagina. Vagisil staff could also use this lesson.
While my state has absolutely abysmal sex education, the little they do offer on maturation at least included not needing to douche or use special products for either the vulva or vagina.
I want a bumper sticker that says "Your vulva is not supposed to smell like an orange dreamsicle!"
I’d buy one!
I really want a shirt that says “show me your gynecologist” though 🤩🤩
I would buy both of those items. lol!
@@MultiDaisy1995 I'm 100% thinking about getting a bumper sticker custom printed so I can actually have one x'D
Yes we need a whole merch line with qoutes from this video 😂
A list of things that should be used to clean that area on AFAB people:
-Water
-Very gentle soap if you want
-Unscented gentle lotion if you have dry skin
-A safe shaving product if you want to shave
-Maybe some water wipes
That's it! None of this creamsicle scented rubbish, if you have a tiny bit of an odour like me just put some bodyspray on your clothes before you put them on. No need for down there to smell like a dessert, just needs to smell like a healthy vagina.
5:58 yes! As someone who is having fertility issues I find that “power to bring life in the world” line tacky.
Same it's taken me 10 years to get pregnant. It irritates me so much when things make out that woman are just made for baby making when so many struggle.
That line is shitty, it's just like the old 'women are baby machines' crap.
As I teen I want to tell you that you are amazing for telling girls like me how terrible products and ads are for us. I want to thank you so much for putting this information out and helping break down all this misinformation out there. I know girls who might fall victim to this without you and people like you. Thanks!
I agree! If I didn't have good influences like this I would probably ending up buying and then hurting myself becuase of how sensitive my skin it.
The natural sloughing off of a woman’s uterine lining is a “dirty” thing?!? It really frustrates me that so many things in our society already unfairly shame women...like a woman who is very sexually active is a bad thing, but if I slept around twice as much, it’s no big deal. We need to do better as human beings and stop shaming each other. It’s already traumatic enough of an experience, don’t make girls feel bad about this natural occurrence.
PS - One last thing I feel like I just need to say, and people can hate me for it, but it’s just my own personal opinion. I don’t think that females should have to buy their monthly products...period. It’s a part of our species existence, and just because females were burdened with having monthly visits by the red queen for FOUR decades...shouldn’t mean that, on top of that, they also have to buy those products themselves.
agree!
i agree with everything you said. why are condoms given out for free but tampons and pads are not, they are literally required products and are cheaper to produce than cups and can be used by the homeless. they should be free, they should be easily accessed be even people with no income whatsoever, instead they're taxed as all hell as luxury products and a box of tampons with cardboard applicators (the cheapest tampon) is like 7 dollars flat without said tax.
dude im also a bro (trans) but i was so damn happy when i got a cup because that thing may be 30 fucking dollars but it sure did save me hundreds if not thousands until i stopped getting my periods the fact that i was paying more money in a year than what it costs to feed my dog who has luxury dog food is astounding.
@@asteri8299 Yeah, I think it’s really bizarre that girls and women still have to pay for them. When that gun child witch was going around and asking people if they thought men’s restrooms should have feminine products, I was so proud of that one cis guy who didn’t even skip a beat and said: yes, they should be able to get them when they’re in the bathroom. And it’s not only for trans men and women...it could also be for our intersex brothers and sisters who may have functioning genitalia other than what they present as in society, I felt like we were progressing pretty well up until 2016...and we went so far backwards in 4 years. At least we’re back on track and our trans brothers and sisters can serve in OUR military again. That really needs to be approved by our Supreme Court so that a petulant child who gets into our Oval Office can’t just change it...thank goodness for Biden, but No.45** never should’ve been able to just decree “no trans in the military”...I would’ve loved to see him say that to Logan Ireland’s face!
I like to think that the Ls and the Bs also think like us ‘cause I think our community tends to be more empathetic towards others...I know that’s not always the case, especially my fellow Gs, but I like to think it is. Hehe. Just because I’ve never had to use those products, doesn’t mean I can’t understand. 😁
Anyway, I hope u and ur Ohana are staying safe and healthy during this pandemic. Much love and aloha from Honolulu! 😁🤙🏽❤️🌈☀️ (just symbols of Hawai’i)
You're a great dude! As a female I wish society thought this way.
Scotland just passed a law that makes pads/ tampons free for all. Should be this way everywhere. Also there is a lot of ways here in the USA we can support legislation to make period products more
Accessible. For example you can’t use snap in some areas for period products . She should do a video on this .npr had a really Interesting interview on this . It’s called period equity see
www.npr.org/2020/11/28/939737476/the-u-s-and-equitable-access-to-menstruation-products
Thanks for the critique on people who "can't bring life into the world." I am often made to feel like a freak of nature or a sub-human because of infertility. It's bad enough I have a medical condition through no fault of my own but let's guilt, disregard, and disgrace me for it, people can be so insensitive. Glad to hear a Doctor reinforce my feelings finally!
They consulted kids?! Like WHAT! These ads feel patriarchal and antiscience. How can we stop this misinformation and shame-based marketing?
It makes me so angry.
Yeah, they consulted kids on the marketing campaign basically!
The actual products are just the same stuff they've always sold, but now marketed perfectly towards children 🙄
Please share this video on your social media sites. I shared it. I hope my friends online will have a conversation after watching it.
Pretty sure it could be considered sexual assault 🤔
@@The_other_jenny I think that’s a stretch. Sure the kids and the parents consented and I don’t think discussing your Menstrual cycle is overtly sexual. I do think this is wrong in many ways, but I don’t think it’s that.
Me taking sponge baths in Texas during electricity and water shortages this week: Thank God you're a self-cleaning oven
As someone growing up in a very rural area and only having had a bathroom installed inside our apartment when I was already age 7 (the building had a separate washhouse in the yard with a boiler that needed to be heated by firing up wood logs) and basically growing up seeing everyone in the family just using a bowl of warm water and washcloths to do their daily hygiene, I'm still a bit weirded out by the american obsession with taking daily showers. You can stay clean and not smelling like a pig, even without having a bathroom in your own house - even though that seems like a totally outlandish notion nowadays
Lmao I CHOKED haha 😂
The part where they talk about the vagina not being a "self-cleaning-oven" made me so angry! They have no evidence to support that claim and frankly it's insane to say!
Thankfully, my high school anatomy and physiology teacher (in an all girls school) made a point of telling us that it IS a self-cleaning oven and that douching would only screw it up. I am 45 now and have always remembered that lesson!
@@michellehasty1038 - my health teacher taught us the same. Your vagina is self cleaning, do not put any cleaners in your vagina, washing the vulva with mild soap is okay. And she stressed that even if you *feel * gross when you have your period, it doesn't make YOU gross.
Thank you, Mrs Columbo!
Technically it is not a self cleaning oven, because it's not an oven. It is, however, a self cleaning .
organ. The word organ got deleted.
@@Luubelaar I'm pretty sure I had a health teacher, a gym teacher, and also (weirdly enough) a French teacher tell me the same. Pretty sure it was when learning vocab 'douche' for shower and she said, "Yeah, showers are good. Don't do that other kind of douche though."
I know I'm a year late... but I'm a very self-conscious tween (12) and I haven't yet started my period. I think they are absolutely amazing and SO COOL to talk about and discuss (one of my two dream jobs is to be an OBGYN)!! I've talked to my friend about the plan that I have when I get my period. Pads for a year and then a period cup if I'm comfortable with it because it's reusable. She's really shy about talking about her period, not comfortable with it, and I've told her that it's completely normal and that she doesn't have to say anything about it if that's what she wants.
These campaigns are something else...
Also this is my edit: THANK YOU for just saying, "People with a period," instead of, "Women with periods." It's amazing and makes people who question themselves or identify as something else when they have a period feel so much more accepted.
Much love and stay safe
Love your perspective!
Dying of laughter at "WHAT IS AN EXTERNAL VAGINA?!" I love it! Can you put it on a mug?
I'd also love "You don't need a glow up for your vulva" on a mug (or t-shirt)!!
If your vagina is now external, please go to the doctor 😂 Like gd Vagisil, pump the brakes and learn the extremely basic medical terminology before posting anything, let alone something so disgustingly predatory directed at young people
@@kimberlynewsom9876 yes I need this in my life
Yes! Lol that quote had me laughing so hard I turned to my boyfriend like "do you know what an external vagina is?"
i would absolutely wear this on a tshirt
Who else is a grown adult and learned from MDJ in the *very* recent past that we were calling our external genital area a vagina incorrectly and have since changed to saying vulva? I have a 2 year old daughter and am teaching her this now as well.
That being said, at least “vagina” (although mislabeled) is better than “hoo-ha,” “putang,” “tee-tee,” “boo-bah” and any other ridiculous name that always makes me wonder if we are discussing someone’s nickname for genitals or their grandparents.
Right. I’ve only ever heard it called vagina, so I thought that was the outer area too.
Yes! My 4yo realized a difference between herself and my nephew. Also noticed the similarity between herself and her baby sister. Needless to say we are using the proper terms for her anatomy because I want my kids to be better informed than I was. At 25 I am STILL learning new things about my body and the proper way to take care of it through channels like this one!
I love to hear you are teaching her early. My parents and many others find it more taboo to talk about those areas so I have had to learn a lot of info from mama dr. Jones 😉 kids need to know about their own bodies and it’s gross that people think genitalia is sexual when it’s just existing, especially on children. There is nothing wrong or dirty about teaching your kids about their own body. Then they will grow up to be informed and not ashamed! 💖love to you and your daughter
@@sararogers7338 thank you 🙏🏻 it will be a learning experience for everyone as I’ve already had a couple people around me express they don’t like that she refers to her body parts like that or that she’s too young. If they’re old enough to realize and ask about it they’re old enough to learn IMO ❤️
It's companies like this was the reason I didn't go to the doctor for months to deal with really bad smell only to find out it was an infection that went away after a week of medicine
Yes. They make you think it's normal and just mask the odor.
As a young teen, I want to thank you for clearing up what the vulva is. People keep calling it different things and its super confusing.