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Q6.What should I do exactly to prevent itching, soreness, and odors of my private parts?
First, you need to improve airflow. Please try to wear loose fitting clothes and lingerie that leave some space between your skin and lingerie, or between your skin and your panty liner. If you have to seal your private parts at work or away from home, you should change your clothes after coming home so that your private parts can “breathe”. You should remove your panty liner as men undo their ties when they get home.
Q7.Is it alright to use a panty liner even when odors are annoying?
When you are concerned about your odors, the balance of bacteria in your vagina is disrupted. I can understand that you want to use a panty liner because of odors, but sealing your vulva and vagina with pads results in a vicious cycle. In terms of the health of your uterus and vagina and how to look after your private parts, it is a big problem to seal your vulva and let it get stuffy for a long time. It is when you are concerned about your odors that you should wear suitable clothes so as to allow the wind to pass by the private parts, without sealing your vulva and vagina.
Q8.Is putting on cologne all right when odors are annoying?
Please do not put cosmetics or perfumes on your underwear, or the mucous membranes of your vulva. When your vulva itches, the symptom is comparable to that of a cosmetics rash on your face. So please avoid putting perfumes directly on your vulva as well as using soap, cleansing cream and other cosmetics. You should wait for 3-4 days in breathable clothes until your skin and mucous membranes recuperate.
Q9.When should I visit the obstetrician and gynecologist?
Most of those who visit the obstetrician and gynecologist about their itching and odors do not need medical treatment, nor can get cured by medical means. The root of these problems lies in their lifestyle, not in diseases caused by pathogens. The key to solving these problems is not a medical care, but the right hygienic management. If you can manage hygiene properly, you can solve your problems.
Before visiting your doctor, you should check your clothes and panty liner first.
When using a bidet toilet seat, please use the bidet function and shower function briefly (to avoid washing too much) and take a wait-and-see approach for 3-4 days. You should not send strong streams into your vagina. If you follow these precautions, your symptoms will usually go away in 3-4 days (Do not wash too much. Do not scratch. Do not rub.). If you still do not see any improvement, please visit the obstetrics and gynecology department without further self-care treatment.
Some external itching medicines are available without a prescription at a drug store, but you can not apply them to your vulva if attached instructions for use tell not to apply them to mucous membranes. Please do not hesitate to visit a hospital if you can not wait, under your self-care treatment, even for 3-4 days due to fierce itching and other symptoms. That is the time when a medical emergency treatment is required. ![](../images/asking_specialists/01/ill01.gif)