How to prevent your vagina from smelling like fish

Many women and girls feel paranoid about how they smell "down there" — you are not alone!


The truth is, every female has her own signature scent, and if you have a sexual partner, your partner probably doesn't mind it a bit.


At the same time, if you're feeling a little insecure, then it won't hurt to make sure that you're covering all of the bases when you wash your vagina. You deserve to feel clean and confident.

Read the following tips:

Method 1 of 2: Daily Washing Routine

1. Lather up a wash cloth with some mild natural soap and water. Avoid using soaps with heavy perfumes, which may irritate the sensitive skin around your vagina.


2. Clean the folds around your clitoris. Use your fingers to pull your labia away from your clitoris. Gently scrub the skin on both sides of your clitoris with the washcloth.


3. Wash your vulva and your vaginal opening. Also, scrub around your bikini line.


4. Scrub your perineum. The perineum is the area between your vagina and your anus.


5. Wash your anal area last. Keep your wash cloth from touching your vaginal area after you've washed your anus. Doing this will ensure that you don't drag rectal germs toward your vaginal area. These germs can cause you to get urinary tract infections.


6. Wash your vagina at least once per day. If you have sex, you may want to wash it a second time to feel fresh and clean, although washing after sex will not prevent pregnancy on its own.


Method 2 of 2: Keeping Yourself Smelling Fresh

1. Trim, wax or shave your pubic hair. Thick pubic hair can cause you to sweat down below, which may make you have some issues with odour.


2. Stay clean during your period. Change your pad or your tampons frequently, according to the directions on the package. If you're worried about how you smell when you're having your period, you can wash your vagina 2 or 3 times a day.


3. Wear cotton underwear. Breath able fabric helps to prevent vaginal odour.


4. Try a reusable pantyliner.[3] The idea of reusing and washing your pantyliners may seem strange at first, but the cotton will help your vagina to breathe while absorbing any excess discharge. If you like the way they make you feel, you can graduate to reusable cotton menstrual pads or menstrual cups.


5. Bathe as part of your pre-intimacy. So are you worried that your partner won't like your scent? Take a shower or a steamy bath before you have sex. Let your partner wash your vagina for you. Who knows? It might lead to all kinds of fun.


Tips

If you're concerned about a persistent, strong odour in your vaginal area, visit your gynaecologist. Your gynaecologist can test you for an infection and can prescribe an appropriate medication or topical cream if you need one. You can also talk to your gynaecologist if you're worried about odour and cleanliness.

To prevent odour, make sure that you wipe the area around your clitoris with toilet tissue every time you urinate. Urine and vaginal secretions can accumulate in this area and can give you that not-so-fresh feeling.
Heavy perfume is a no-go!

Vaginas aren't meant to smell like baby powder or fields of flowers. If you're really worried about how you smell, it's okay to talk to your partner about it. You'll probably find out that everything is fine. And if your clean scent is a turnoff, maybe you need a new partner.

Wash with clean water every time you go to the bathroom.
Use baby powder in the morning and at night. It helps prevent sweating in your vaginal area.
Always wipe front to back to prevent bacteria from getting into your vagina.

Be gentle! It's a very fragile area and you don't want to get a cut or an infection.

Be careful when washing your vagina, its not a race. Don't rush. Take your time because you don't want to irritate your skin.

If you really think your vagina is sick, then call a doctor so they can tell you if it is sick or not.


Warnings


Avoid washing inside your vagina. You don't want to upset the pH balance of your vaginal walls.
Also, you don't want to wash away all of your vaginal secretions because they are nature's cleaning mechanism for your vagina.

Skip douches and feminine deodorant sprays. Douches can upset the natural bacterial balance in your vagina. Also, both douches and feminine sprays can irritate the sensitive skin in your vaginal area.

OP is wicked, he must have had some terrible experiences.

Very educating....

ladyF:
Very educating....

These are personal hygienes a neat lady should know . Wondering what's educating in this ?

For growing up girls kwa

Every lady should know all these without been told.

Maybe Op had a bad experience who knows

INTROVERT & ladyF

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Abayor7:
INTROVERT & ladyF

thank God you guys are here

No doubt, OP is talking based on experience.