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A tampon in its dry, unused state. A tampon is a menstrual product designed to absorb blood and vaginal secretions by insertion into the vagina during menstruation. Unlike a pad, it is placed internally, inside of the vaginal canal. [1] Once inserted correctly, a tampon is held in place by the vagina and expands as it soaks up menstrual blood.
A Kotex newspaper advertisement from 1920 Kotex ad, painted by Coby Whitmore (1950). Kotex (/ ˈ k oʊ t ɛ k s /) is an American brand of menstrual hygiene products, which includes the Kotex maxi, thin and ultra-thin pads, the Security tampons, and the Lightdays pantiliners.
Menstrual pads Different sized maxipads Different brands on a shelf. A menstrual pad [a] is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina.
After giving birth, I wore pads again for the first time in a really long time, and it brought me back to my first period, just before my 13th birthday. It happened at night, and I woke up in a ...
Organic Cotton Tampons. These organic cotton tampons come in four different levels of absorbency (light, regular, super, and super plus). Cora tampons are designed for smooth insertion and removal ...
Playtex-branded tampons were introduced in the 1960s and became the primary competition to incumbent Tampax. Playtex invented the plastic tampon applicator in 1973. It was one of the tampon manufacturers that were sued for aggressively advertising over-absorbent tampons that led to toxic shock syndrome.
Toxic arsenic and lead detected in tampons sold in the U.K., Greece, and the U.S., according to first-ever tampon study Some women are turning to menstrual cups after a study found toxic metals in ...
Born in the early 1900s, Chalmers invented the menstrual cup out of a passion for bettering women's sexual health. Chalmers created her first version of the menstrual cup in 1937, shortly after the invention of the tampon. She sought to create a reusable menstrual product to compete with the existing disposable menstrual products on the market.