Intimate hygiene is always important to ensure the well-being, comfort and health of women. When you practise sport, you should take some extra care. Learn how to do female intimate hygiene after sport.
The female intimate region is sensitive and specific, having a more acidic pH than the rest of the skin on a woman's body. Therefore, regardless of routine, women should pay attention to daily intimate hygiene, namely through the use of specific products and the choice of their underwear and intimate products (such as tampons or sanitary towels).
In addition, being a region prone to dryness, the use of intimate lubricants may also be important to support women in aspects such as their sexuality.
Other activities that a woman may do during the day, such as sports or other physical activities, may also call for particular care when cleansing this part of the body.
Learn how to do feminine intimate hygiene after practising sport and the reasons why it is important to take particular care in this process if you are a sportsperson.
Intimate hygiene care and sport: what is the relationship?
Daily intimate hygiene care is not exclusive to those who practise physical activity, but it becomes particularly important in this situation.
When practising sport, the maceration of the mucous membranes and perspiration itself may cause gynaecological discomfort for those who practise it, accentuating or causing irritating or itching problems.
In this way, intimate hygiene becomes particularly important to ensure that this body region is protected.
How to cleanse after fitness sports
If you have undertaken fitness activities, including gym machines, jogging, dancing or even pilates or yoga, it is important that you consider the correct ways to carry out your intimate hygiene when you finish.
After your practice, you should use intimate wipes or take a shower. This will help stop the maceration of the mucous membranes, preventing the appearance of mycoses in the intimate area. It will also be a good way to soothe potential irritation that may have been caused by rubbing clothes against the skin in this area.
It is recommended that you wash the intimate area with specific products, using gentle intimate formulas, in gel or cream, with no scent. It is preferable, in this area, to use your hands rather than bath sponges, to avoid microbes and bacteria which may be lodged there.
Try to use cotton underwear and avoid tight-fitting clothes after sanitising and always take care to wipe properly with a clean, dry towel.
Water sports and intimate hygiene
If you do any water sport (swimming, polo, aqua aerobics or others) you should also consider the chemicals put in the pool water and how these can be harmful to the female intimate area.
To avoid problems with irritation or mycosis, it is important that you take care to remove your wet swimming costume immediately after swimming and shower with warm water.
Chlorine and other potentially irritating products should be removed by using intimate wipes or specific intimate hygiene wash products. This will ensure the pH of the area is rebalanced and protect against infection and other unwanted problems.
Do you practise sport? Tell us about your intimate hygiene processes after physical practice and if you have tried any specific product for washing this area after training.
