Gwyneth Paltrow, do you know? This 42-year-old American actress (who can be found in particular in the trilogy Iron man) has, for a few years, established itself as a well-being guru: food, meditation, physical exercise, slimming … The star is not stingy with advice, and more than a million people in the world are subscribers to his blog, goop.com.
Except that recently, Gwyneth Paltrow has alienated a good part of the American scientific community. Indeed, on her site, the actress simply suggests that we clean our vagina with a steam bath. “It cleanses your uterus, and it rebalances the levels of female hormones.” she adds. A practice as dangerous as it is unnecessary, according to doctors.
“You must never do this”
“Douching eliminates bacteria that are naturally present in our body to protect us against infections,” says Beverly Whipple, secretary general of the World Association for Sexual Health on the journal’s website Everyday Health. “Steam is not good for your vagina, especially when it comes to pH,” adds Dr. Jen Gunter, gynecologist. And to add, categorically: “You must never do that.” We have been warned!
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