An acidic tampon? In my vagina? It's more likely to be a reasonable and healthy idea than you might think. (Also: If you aren't reading the Context and Variation blog, you're missing out on the best in lady parts science, and I pity you.)

  • retchdog

    uh, the article makes it sound like p>0.05 is a bad thing (albeit not too bad since 0.0518 is close to 0.05). since the null here means NOT having a higher pH (and since a higher pH is bad), you DON’T want to reject the null, and so a higher p-value is, loosely speaking, “better.” anyway, it’s mostly irrelevant since the difference of 0.5 vaginal pH between the tampons (which is the statistic of interest) is statistically significant.

  • 5onthe5

    Aren’t vaginas acidic already. I swear I remember learning that in school.

  • http://twitter.com/ethicalcannibal Ethical Cannibal

    In the Context and Variation Blog she does bring up some questions on how this is achieved, and if it will cause further issues. A little acidic is great, but there was a great Context and Variation post about using citric acid in the way of lime juice that caused excoriation, and problems. 

  • Maureen

    I’ve used the RepHresh gel and I liked it. It’s just kind weird to have to remember to do it every three days… Every day I could manage, or once a week, but every three days was kind of tough.

  • shay simmons

    At least we aren’t back to the days (pre WWII) when Lysol was being marketed as a douche.