It's usually best to avoid douching, which can increase your risk of infections and irritation. Douching can disrupt your natural vaginal pH levels. You should clean your outer vaginal area with water ...

Behind "that clean, fresh feeling" touted in ads for feminine hygiene products is the nasty implication that the vagina is a dirty, smelly organ that turns men off during sex. The ads have struck a ...

For years, doctors have warned women that douching is not only unnecessary but it can also be hazardous, upsetting the vagina's natural environment of "good bacteria." Even so, the practice is still ...