Can I use salt water to wash my vagina?

Salt water has many benefits, such as anti-inflammatory, sterilization, detoxification, skin cleansing, and blackhead removal. You can use salt water to wash your face or apply a facial mask to improve your skin. Women should pay attention to keeping their genitals clean. Some women use salt water to clean their genitals, while some women think that salt water cannot clean their genitals. So can salt water be used to wash the vagina? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Can salt water be used to wash the vagina?

1. It is not recommended to use salt water to clean the lower body. If this is normal saline, it can be used for local cleaning in cases of vaginitis. It is recommended to wash the lower body with warm water, because washing the lower body with salt water will destroy the acid-base balance and the balance of flora in the vagina, which will lead to gynecological diseases.

2. What do women use to wash their lower body?

1. Wash the vulva with cool or warm water

Once every 2 to 3 days. Do not douche your vagina every day. It is best to use running water every time you clean. The water used for washing cannot be reused. You can buy a vaginal douche to spray water on the vagina. The cleaning order is from front to back, that is, first the labia majora and minora, then the vaginal opening, and then the anus. If you have the conditions to take a bath once a day, you can just clean the vulva when you take a bath, and there is no need to wash it separately.

2. Special cleaning supplies

Some women with particularly sensitive skin or heavy secretions in their private areas use special cleaning products for their private areas.

3. Wash before and after sex

For those who have sex, it is best to clean the external genitalia before each sexual intercourse. In addition, you should have a fixed sexual partner. When your partner has external genital inflammation, do not have sex with him/her for the time being, or use condoms.

3. What do men use to wash their lower body?

It is recommended to wash it with clean water only so as not to destroy its normal flora. The cleaning method is to use your hands to pull the foreskin back to the glans during bathing and remove the accumulated dirt and sebum. Since the inner layer of the foreskin is thinner and smoother than the outer layer and is more sensitive to chemical cleaners, when cleaning the foreskin and glans, it is sufficient to rinse it with clean water once a day.