Six months ago, Selin Celikoyar bought her last plug and turned into a reusable menstrual disk.
“I was already cautious about the payments from Environmental perspective And also from a biological perspective. I felt they were very unpleasant and costly to continue buying constantly. “
Flexible discs and other reusable menstrual products acquire a traction as alternatives to billions of user platforms and plugins that are thrown into waste burials every year. Products such as tablets, silicone cups and underwear can be reused for years, so they are effective and long -term as well as helping people reduce waste. The popularity of reusable alternatives has grown since the epidemic, when it was easier to try the products of the period in the privacy of the home bathroom, according to what it said. Women’s health Experts.
Selekoyar said it had used plots and pillows for years because these are the options that I grew up with. But when she saw her friend switching to a menstrual disk, she also decided to try it.
“The experience was a change in the game,” she said.
About 12 billion of available towels and 7 billion pounds go to American waste burials every year, according to Dr. Lam Simer, chief of gynecology at Kaiser Perminte Santa Clara. Mostly plastic platforms. Once they are in the landfill, they take up to 800 years to deteriorate, according to the National Institutes of Health.
The one -use user platform and plots are the most popular period. The expert, Dr. Navia Missour, a woman’s expert, said this is not because she is better, as she is usually the first options for children.
“It was often the case,” What did your mother use? What did your grandmother use? “This is the way I got to know hygiene,” said Missour, a primary care doctor in New York City.
The most popular is the menstrual cup, which is inserted a lot like a plug. The tablets are listed further, so do not intersect sexual intercourse. Both can carry several times more than a plug and can remain an insertion for up to 12 hours, instead of four to eight hours recommended for payments. Simeri also said that the risk of toxic shock syndrome is usually much lower with menstruation and tablets.
Negatives? Products require some technologies to place them on the right, and do so that a mistake can be chaotic. The cups and tablets should also be cleaned regularly with soap and water.
“It is difficult to do this if you are at work and you are in a common general circulation. It is not the most convenient,” Missour said.
The cups prevent the leakage by creating a suction, so people who use the intrauterine devices for the risks of contraceptive methods that they risk if they withdraw the menstrual cup without breaking the seal.
Placement of tablets, which do not use suction, can get used to some accustomed to it.
“It is high there, do not feel that, but it may be sometimes difficult for women to get them out,” said Dr. Animic Vangek, an epidemic scientist at Liverpool School for Equatorial Medicine.
But for Silicoyar, the tablets of the tablets surpassed the defects. She said that the changing window has taller it has obtained through a successive concert and a red journey without any concern.
“There is an ease of use for modern women who are much better than traditional methods,” she said.
Menstrual cups and tablets usually cost between $ 15 and $ 40 and come in different shapes and sizes. It is available online and in pharmacies and large boxes stores.
“Ideally, you want to try a little with the type of cup that works better for you. The cost can be a ban to do this,” said Van Egek.
The reusable product can help save money in the long run. Celikoyar estimates that she was using three amounts every day for seven days, or about 20 months. With the cost of the amounts of 20 to 25 cents each, a person who has turned into a usable product collapses even after a few months.
For people who prefer pads, the most commonly used option is underwear in the period, which resembles regular appearance underwear with an additional platform.
“This is nice because we see people getting irritation from the use of the pillow,” Simer said. “Because of the different materials in the towels that can be eliminated.”
The downside, as with pads, is the inability to know when everything possible is absorbed.
This is the reason why some of her patients use underwear as a backup copy, and they paired with cups, tablets or plugs.
“You can mix and match different period products, depending on the weight of your flow and what a menstrual cycle for you,” she said.
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