In the life of each parent, a period begins when there is a need to clarify and instill certain hygienic skills in a grown child. This is especially necessary for those families in which girls grow up. The hygiene of a teenage girl is significantly different from those procedures that she required at a young age. And the task of loved ones is not only to explain what is happening in the body, but also to teach how to care for your body. These questions cannot be left to chance, because a teenager will be forced to seek the necessary answers on his own and it is far from a fact that the information discovered by the girl will turn out to be reliable or useful.
What are the features of teenage hygiene?
What should be the hygiene of a teenage girl is, of course, due to physiological processes, changes occurring in her body. Unfortunately, many parents have an unshakable belief that the features of adolescent hygiene for girls are limited only by the fact that they have to learn how to use tampons and pads, as well as maintain a special “women's calendar”.
Of course, everything related to the formation of the menstrual cycle is a feature of hygiene. That is, what distinguishes the list of procedures that a child needs from those that are necessary for a teenager. However, the features of personal care that are needed by girls in adolescence are not limited to the requirements of intimate hygiene.
Hygiene of a teenage girl differs from children's hygiene in that she needs depilation procedures, various cosmetics and perfumes, peeling and much more. That is, at this age there is a need for, without exception, all the care procedures that adult women need. And the task of parents is to accustom a growing up girl to them, turning the procedures of care into a habit, into a reflex action, the same as washing hands or brushing teeth.
What products are needed for teenage hygiene?
Typically, hygiene rules for teenage girls published in teen magazines begin with an explanation of the need for pads or tampons and a description of how to keep the body clean on “special” days. However, personal feminine hygiene products are far from all that a growing up girl needs.
The teenager will need:
- means for depilation;
- deodorants;
- antibacterial cleansing lotions or soap;
- spray for freshness of breath and mouth rinse;
- manicure supplies.
Of course, this list can be continued. This is only the minimum necessary for personal care. Of course, the girl will need hygiene products for women.
How to choose tools for depilation and deodorant?
When choosing tools for removing unwanted hair and deodorants, simplicity must be given priority. This means that there is no need to purchase wax strips or creams, eliminating unwanted hairs for a long time. It's not even that such products have a complex chemical composition and, in combination with a hormonal surge in the body of a girl, can cause serious skin irritations or allergies, up to the formation of rotting boils in the armpits.
Hair, which it is customary to get rid of, does not grow all at once in adolescence. That is, the bulbs are activated gradually. Accordingly, the use of "aggressive" adult depilators will not give smoothness to the skin for several weeks. Their use does not make sense.
As for the deodorant, this remedy is necessary for the girl. Again, you need to choose a simple, odorless or deodorant with a minimal intensity of the composition. Teenage sweat has a specific odor and, in combination with a strong fragrance, can cause hostility among others.
How important are manicure accessories and sprays for fresh breath?
Manicure is necessary for a growing girl. With their help, not only beauty and attractiveness to nails is given, how much care is provided for them. If children simply shorten their nails, then adolescents, as a rule, do not do this anymore.
In addition to keeping the nails clean, accustoming the girl to manicure also plays an important psychological role. The vast majority of adolescents of both sexes nibble and barbs. The impulse that arose at the moment of emotional excitement very quickly becomes a constant habit, which is extremely difficult to get rid of in adulthood. And a manicure made by yourself is a powerful deterrent.
As for sprays for fresh breath, many parents consider them to be an excess or simply do not remember these funds. Meanwhile, a specific or simply halitosis in adolescence is a much more common problem than the notorious acne. And no matter how thorough the hygiene of a teenage girl is, if she smells bad from her mouth, this will significantly limit her social circle and will inevitably affect her state of mind and deprive herself of self-confidence.
Do I need to visit a gynecologist?
It is no secret that a sufficiently large number of women do not just do not visit the gynecologist’s office, but by all means avoid visiting this specialist, even when there is a significant need for him. Such an attitude towards doctors can be caused by various reasons, often quite respectful, but transmitted “by inheritance”. Own daughters such a bias is impossible. Now there are a lot of private clinics and gynecological rooms, so finding a good, trustworthy doctor will not be difficult.
It is necessary to visit the specialist’s office, since the sexual hygiene of teenage girls is largely individual and depends on the personality characteristics of the functioning of the body and the changes that occur in it. The doctor will not only examine the teenager and if there are any violations, or infections, allergies, he will prescribe treatment and help you choose a remedy for hygiene procedures. The specialist will also explain in detail to the growing up girl how to take care of herself, whether it is possible to use a sponge, how to properly direct the shower stream and other little things that teenagers are usually embarrassed to ask about, and adults just forget to tell.
What feminine hygiene products to choose and how to use them?
Intimate hygiene of a teenage girl includes not only the acquisition of skills in the selection and use of pads or tampons, but also a number of other nuances.
On critical days you can’t:
- visit the baths, especially the steam room;
- swim in a pool or river, sea;
- take heavy physical exertion, including sports.
Of course, you should not bask in the bathroom, you need to wash during this period in the shower. It is better to use a bidet for washing, but of course this is not available for most of the female population of our country, because in city apartments located in houses built in the last century, they simply do not exist.
As a rule, the main difficulty is not at all personal hygiene. Teenage girls are usually worried about what is better to use - tampons or pads. Gynecologists do not have a single opinion on this. The myth that a tampon can damage the hymen is common among teenagers. This is not so, the use of these hygiene products does no harm to virginity. However, an obstacle to the use of tampons is the presence of clots in the menstrual flow. Until the cycle is established, doctors recommend using pads.
It is necessary to change feminine hygiene products as necessary, but at least several times a day. Otherwise, bacteria begin to multiply on the surface of the pad, which can adversely affect the girl’s health.