Menstrual Cups Sanitary Pads come in two varieties , the disposable kind and the cloth, washable re-usable kind. They can also be hazardous to your health because they contain numerous chemicals that may be absorbed into your skin, causing irritation and allergy . Cloth pads are more eco friendly, and body friendly. Being re-usable they will save you money, as well as reducing landfill. Using cloth pads does require more effort as they need to be washed each time they are used and for some women it is an idea that they need to get used to.
Tampons come in many sizes and are generally made out of cotton rayon blends.
For health reasons, we recommend using only organic cotton tampons as you are lessening your risk to chemicals and TSS . Using a tampon is pretty straight foward once you've had a bit of practise . The diagrams below give you a brief idea of the location of various bits. When using a tampon, you are concerned with the middle opening, that is, the vagina. Now some tampons come with applicators and some don't.