Why women are switching to reusable period products

Six months ago, Selin Celikoyar bought his last buffer on the advice of a friend on the advice of a friend before moving on to a reusable disk.

Flexible discs and other reusable menstrual products gain traction as an alternative to billions of disposable pads and bumpers that are thrown into regular storage areas every year.

“Experience has been such a game exchanger,” he said.

For a long time, he had been paying attention to “environmental perspective and biological perspective” for a long time.

“I felt very extravagant and expensive to continue buying constantly,” he said.

Products such as discs, silicone cups and period underwear can be reused for years, so they can help people reduce waste, as well as cost -effective and long life.

According to women’s health experts, the popularity of reusable alternatives has grown since the pande, which is easier to try the period products under the privacy of a home bath.

According to Kaiser Permaner Permanente Santa Clara, Gynecology and Gynecology Chief Dr Luwam Cerere, about 12 billion disposable pads and seven billion buffering US storage areas each year.

Pads are mostly plastic. According to the National Health Institutes, when they are in regular storage, they take up to 800 years to deteriorate.

Disposable pads and bumpers are by far the most popular products.

Dr. Navya Mysore, Women’s Health Specialist, said that this was not because they are better, but often the first options for children.

“What did your mother use frequently? What did your grandmother use? ‘ And in this way you entered the hygiene of the period, “said MySore, a New York -based primary physician.

The most popular alternative is the menstrual cup placed like a buffer.

The discs are added further, so that they do not interrupt the relationship.

Both can hold several times more than a buffer and may remain installed for up to 12 hours instead of four to eight hours recommended for bumpers.

Semere also said that the risk of toxic shock syndrome associated with bumpers is much lower than menstrual cups and disks.

Cons? The products require some technique to put them correctly and make it wrong to do it wrong.

Cups and discs should also be cleaned regularly with soap and water.

“If you are at work and in a common, public (bathroom), it is difficult to do this. It is not the most appropriate,” MySore said.

The cups prevent leakage by creating a suction, so if they remove one cup without breaking the seal, people who use the devices in the uterus for the risk of priests.

Placement of discs that do not use suction can also get used to it.

“There is high, you don’t feel there, but sometimes it can be more difficult for women to attract them,” the epidemiologist of Liverpool Tropical Medical School. He said.

However, the advantages of the discs for Celikoyar outweighted disadvantages.

He said that a longer window took him with a concert and red eye flight without any concern.

“There is a significant ease of use for modern women than traditional methods,” he said.

Menstrual cups and disks are usually between $ 15 (A23 $) and USD $ 40 (A61 $) and come in different shapes and sizes.

“Ideally, you want to try a little bit of what kind of cup works for you.” He said.

A reusable product can help save money in the long run.

Celikoyar estimates that he uses three buffers or about 20 per month every day for seven days. Someone passing to a reusable product breaks even after a few months.

For people who prefer pads, the most widely reusable option is a period of underwear that can be compared with an extra absorbent primer and regular -looking underwear.

“These are good because we see that people have been irritated by the use of pads because of different materials found in disposable pads.” He said.

The disadvantage is that he cannot tell when he was absorbed, just like pads.

Mysore said that some patients used their underwear as a spare and paired with cups, discs or bumpers.

“You can mix and match different period products depending on how heavy your flow is and what it looks like for you.” He said.