For some time now bath bombs have been the trendiest self-care item. But experts are saying that the chemicals in bath bombs can mess up your lady parts.
Your vagina is home to about 10 to 20 types of bacteria according to OB/GYN Michael Cackovic. In a healthy vagina the bacteria work together to maintain a PH balance between 4-4.5 and helps fight off infection.
When you expose your vagina to chemical like the ones in bath bombs your pH balance can be thrown off which can lead to itchiness and infection. Granted, plenty of people soak in bath bombs and never have any problems. But the chemicals in bath bombs are guaranteed to come in contact with your vulva, but they won’t make their way inside of your vagina. Even if they do you may have different affects compared to everyone else.
If you are still going to use bath bombs make sure you look out for symptoms of infection (irritation weird odors, or even changes in discharge) and make sure to report these changes to your gynecologist.