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That’s chronic fatigue.

It’s not ‘feeling tired’, it’s not ‘feeling sleepy’. It’s struggling every day with utter exhaustion, and still dragging yourself out of bed to get to work.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CREAM. TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK. 

MEMORIZE THE PACKAGING SO YOU MAKE SURE YOU NEVER BUY THIS CREAM FOR YOURSELF OR ANYONE YOU LOVE.

This post is about vaginas. My vagina in particular. I get yeast infections pretty regularly, and until recently I was able to afford to see a doctor who could prescribe me fluconazole.

Fluconazole, a drug also known by the brand name Diflucan, is a small pink pill. You take two pills a few days apart from each other to restore balance and harmony to your bountiful folds. I’ve never ever had a bad side effect from taking this pill.

Cut to November 2016. I’m a recent college grad without reliable health care coverage in the process of finding a job. And I’m dealing with a yeast infection. Before I moved out of state, my previous doctor told me about Miconazole. She said it was as effective as the pill and hallelujah, it’s over the counter! I decided to purchase the cream pictured above. This treatment only lasted 3 days, a convenient time frame for my schedule.

The application process was a little messy, and some of the cream came in contact with my vulva and labia. Within 5 minutes every piece of skin that had come in contact with the cream, excluding my hands, was on fire. I wanted to scream it was so painful. I began frantically searching for what I should do online. 

I found a whole forum of people on drugs.com who had experienced something similar. These comments saved me, and these were just on the first page. There were 33 pages total, the earliest dated July 2009.

I was writhing in pain at 2AM when I found this forum (which I found by searching “my vagina burn itch hurts after miconazole” on Google). As soon as I read these comments I threw the devil cream directly into the trash and jumped in the shower. I didn’t feel any actual relief until I reached in and scraped the cream out of me. I paid $17 plus tax on this bullshit, but I could have just as easily ripped up my money or paid someone to not hurt me. 

The moral of the story is that vaginal health care is is completely fucked up because we don’t have access to an over the counter cure for yeast infections that is safe for our bodies and also YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY THIS CREAM EVER.

AND THEN I LEARNED THAT IT’S BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE A YEAST INFECTION. I had a bacterial infection, which is honestly pretty much identical to a yeast infection depending on the severity. The only difference is that IF YOU HAVE A BACTERIAL INFECTION AND TRY TO USE YEAST INFECTION MEDICATION IT WILL HURT

But it’s not actually the medication’s fault. The medication DOES do what it’s supposed to do, provided you’re actually suffering from a yeast infection. Chances are though that you and every one who commented on this did, in fact, have bacterial infections instead.

FORTUNATELY they also make over the counter tests so you can know if you need to call your doctor or just grab some yeast medicine off the shelf. Next time if you aren’t sure, pee on a stick and save yourself a world of fucking pain

1) Yeast infection creams DO WORK!  Especially if you have a bad one.  For a yeastie that’s mild or just coming on, you can also try a garlic clove in the vag, changing every 12 hours.  It works as an anti-fungal.  Be sure to cut down on sugar in your diet if you’re getting yeast infections.  Sugar is what candida eats, it’s like adding gasoline to the fire.  

2) But before any of those things, be sure it’s actually a yeast infection first.  Reading those reviews breaks my heart!  Putting creams in there with a bacterial infection will definitely irritate it. Yeast infections can look a lot like BV, trichomoniasis, or chlamydia:

You can figure out what’s up with a home kit.  Yes, it’s another 15 bucks or so (for 2), but if you’re skipping the doctor it is necessary!  If you actually have a bacterial infection and leave it untreated, it will not only hurt but make you more susceptible to STIs, scarring, and even infertility.    FYI, these kits also exist for UTIs which can also easily be mistaken for other types of infection.

Okay, so, I’ve seen mad tips advocating the use of coconut oil as lube. Honestly, I would not suggest that.

For starters, coconut oil breaks down condoms. Let’s be real, babes, if you have multiple partners, or your partner has multiple partners, you should be using condoms. STIs and STDs are real.

Second, coconut oil is a comedogenic oil which means it tends to clog pores and cause blackheads. This is fine when you use it on your body, but sensitive areas like your face or vagina aren’t places you want clogged pores. Clogged pores on your vagina can cause bumps and ingrown hairs.

Third, coconut oil is antibacterial. That’s excellent for cleaning cuts and burns, but not to vaginal health. Your vagina is self cleaning and using anything antibacterial in, on, or around it will disrupt the good bacteria there. This means yeast infections galore, and who wants that?

As with all hoe tips, this is just personal opinion and advice. If it works for you, there’s no need to change. But if you’ve just added coconut oil to your kitty’s routine and you’re finding some things are out of whack, it’s probably not for you.

💝Thankyou for the overwhelming love so far; I realised that my tips are more random beauty and self care tips, but I’ll carry on under the thread ‘hoe tips’💝

✨hiding a hickey efficiently depends on the colour. More red? Use green concealer. Purple? Yellow concealer. Alternatively Salmon works for purpley hickeys on pale skin and more orangey tones work for darker skin. Remember whatever colour u use u gotta set with a concealer over it and then a powder that matches ur skin tone.

LA girl concealer and Kat Von D liquid lipsticks are added to the sexproof makeup list guys 🙏🏼💕

✨baby oil n coconut oil are great for shaving as I already covered but baby oil erodes condoms and coconut oil has been known to so never use as sexual lube (coconut oil for head is fabbbb💕💕💕💕💕)

✨make urself a DIY lip scrub to avoid ugly winter chapped lips with brown sugar, honey, coconut oil (I’ve made one myself and definitely approve💁🏼🙋🏼)

✨for longer curlier looking eyelashes blast ur eyelash curler under the hairdryer for 10 secs, wait a little to start to cool and use on clean eyelashes before mascara (disclaimer - thank me later but be sure to feel that the metal has cooled down just incase it makes contact with ur skin )

✨Mix up Castor oil, aloe Vera gel and vitamin E oil and apply on lashes and brows every night / this thickens and promotes growth better than castor oil alone

✨Put Bio oil on your acne if it leaves a mark/redness when it’s gone down, it’ll help heal the scars

✨The best cooling facial spray is rosewater - it’s a great toner and if you live in a humid/warm climate you can put some in a travel spray bottle and carry it with you for when you need to cool your face! I do this when I’m traveling and it’s been said to help with acne and scars 🌹

✨An apple cider vinegar hair rinse helps me with dandruff, leave it on for 5 minutes then rinse out

✨Don’t use toothpaste on acne as it can burn the skin or make it extra flaky when it’s healing !!!

✨Bentonite clay and Apple cider vinegar mixed together as a face mask is something I swear by weekly to keep my skin calm

✨to reduce chance of a UTI u gotta pee before AND after sexual activity