Today's topic will start with what I have encountered recently.
One night not long ago, I received a message from my college roommate Xiaohong. She asked me how I could make "there white", my boyfriend always felt that I was too dark "there", always laughed at me for being a "black fungus", and asked me if I had done it many times, but I really was the first time.
After listening to this, I was really angry for half a day, it was already 9102 years old, and the misunderstanding of the female body was still so deep. What is even more frightening is that many female compatriots do not understand themselves, but because of a few words from others, they go to the market to buy various "private beauty" products, but they do not know that not only are they useless, but they also hurt their own bodies in the end.
Today, I want to talk to you about "private whitening".
When it comes to the problem of "dark color" in private parts, we can always hook up with "misconduct" and "frequent sex", but this is really not the case.
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The difference in the shade of our private parts, such as nipples, areolas, armpits and vulva, depends on the number of melanocytes in our body, the amount of melanin is related to the level of sex hormones in the body, and the secretion of sex hormones is related to development and age, so we can find that the color of private parts is related to age to some extent.
For example, the female reproductive system before puberty is not perfect enough, the level of sex hormones in the body is relatively low, so most people's nipples, areolas, and private parts are showing a relatively pink color; as we become adults, the ovaries slowly mature, the secretion of sex hormones also slowly increases to stability, pigment accumulation is more, so the area of the areola increases, the secretion of pubic hair becomes more, and the color of the private parts also deepens [1].
In addition, there is another stage that will deepen, that is, pregnancy and lactation, because the hormone secretion is strong, so it will deepen the deposition of this pigment.
So, the color of the private parts really has nothing to do with sex.
If you still don't understand, then I simply and rudely compare, we all know that boys use five-fingered girls far more frequently than papa, have you ever heard of an example of blackening the palms of your hands due to the frequent use of five-fingered girls? At best, it is excessive rubbing, and the stratum corneum of the skin is thicker.
Many people here may want to ask, I understand the reason, but can I whiten it back?
First of all, I would like to solemnly ask everyone, face whitening products use so much, the real effective can be a few, not to mention the private whitening.
The so-called "private whitening products" on the market are nothing more than two forms, the first coloring, the reason is basically the same as the eyebrow tattoo; the second kind of bleaching, that is, the use of acid and alkaline cleaning agents to make the stratum corneum fall off and appear pink. Common are tender red pigment, whitening liquid, whitening cream and so on, tender red pigment belongs to the first type, the other is the second.
Speaking of which, don't think that you'll be done with these two products once and for all. For this kind of tender red pigment, I would like to say that hair coloring and eyebrow tattoos will continue to be colored with the body's metabolism. Not to mention the coloring of private parts, not to mention the effect, just think about this operation and feel a little scary.
Let's talk about the whitening liquid, we know that the private parts themselves have a certain pH, and after the pH is destroyed, the flora inside will be out of balance, causing various gynecological diseases, such as common vaginitis [2]. Frequent use of "bleach" will irritate the skin, resulting in skin damage but accelerated composure, you can make up the bleach soaked for a week after the burning of clothes.
Having said so much, on the one hand, I want to tell everyone not to be deceived by the "women's care" products on the street, on the other hand, I also hope that everyone can correctly recognize and accept their own bodies. This society sells too much anxiety to women, deformed weight loss concepts, harmful vaginal reduction, private whitening, and secret recipes for giving birth to men, not only because of the misunderstanding of medical cognition, but also because of the dark market born under the oppression of anxiety.
Most of the time, although we can't take off other people's "colored glasses", we can correctly recognize and treat our bodies. Don't hurt, don't pander, accept.
Review expert: Zhong Hua | Youth Committee Member of Dermatology Branch and Allergy Branch of Chinese Medical Association
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[1] Therapy of Gynecologic Endocrine Diseases, Yu Chuanxin, Li Ruzhi, Fudan University Press, 2009
[2] "The Complete Book of Common Gynecological Diseases", Fan Qingbo, China Women's Publishing House, 2011-6
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