Girls how do you keep yourself clean down there?

[Anonymous]

Girls how do you keep yourself clean down there. I use water and soap(),I shave,I use always cleaning wipes or summers eve cleaning clothes.,I like to feel fresh all the time. But what I've read is that you should not use soap near your vagina,because it cleans itself and you might kill the good bacteria it has. So how do you eke yourself fresh and clean? Do you do it the "proper" way?

[Crimson_Petal]

No soap or fragrances near my vagina. I use a pH balanced soap everywhere else but just water inside. I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, drink water and masturbate. All of which helps to flush out the system and keep it clean and healthy. And I wax.

[leximarie]

Yea its not really good or healthy to use soap, your vagina is a self cleaning system and doesn't need to be "cleaned" as if its dirty. Use warm water and a wash cloth, soap is made from chemicals which you shouldn't be putting inside of your body.

[leximarie]

I understand people using mild soap, just not on the inside of it, and it may be dirty on the outside if you were sweating or after a day but not like the rest of your body you know?

[Britneyr]

i shave for one. this above everything makes it easier to keep clean. I also use soap and water, the same soap I clean everything else with. the only times I had problems down there were easily attributed to things I had done in that time frame

[katiesmuff]

Please explain how shaving your pubes makes it easier to keep clean? I'm 29 with bush and very sexually active and I think I am as clean as anyone woud expect one to be.

[Anonymous]

Does it really need to be cleaned, I don't think so.

[Jennifer2048]

I have always used mild soap and water and never had a problem. The wipes are good for on the go. I normally have some in my purse.

[Claireluvskaren]

I like to use a Brillo pad.

[Betwyn]

Bleach, a powerwasher and an army of gnomes.

[why-makoto-kun]

LOL

[unsungzero]

have you tried a vacuum cleaner?

[Anonymous]

I didn't even have a clue about this! I always just washed down there like I do the rest of my body.. with bodywash and a scrubber. o.O I didn't know it was bad! Ooops!

[Anonymous]

I use regular body wash to clean there...the vagina cleans itself ..like the inside. But the labia certainly doesn't clean itself..so I feel I need to use soap there...I've never had a problem. I just started using the always wipes too. I don't shave regularly because it's annoying, and it wastes razors and shaving cream and time when I'm not even getting laid lol. When the time comes I assure you I will keep up haha.

[Anonymous]

Water & mild soap.

I actually got a bacterial infection from using scented bathwash once! My gyn tested me for chlamydia and came back saying I didn't test positive for it is and probably had BV related to exactly what you mention. Weird, huh? Anywhoo, she lectured me about using fancy scents in my ladybits.