If your daughter is considering using tampons, you should advise her how to use them correctly.The following are a list of steps she can follow:
- Firstly, wash your hands.
- Remove the wrapper and ensure the cord is dangling outside the outer tube.
- Next, gently pull the inner tube out until it stops at the bottom of the outer tube. You should hear a click.P
- Next, hold the applicator in place with your thumb and middle finger on the grooved finger grip.
- Gently place the very tip of the applicator into opening of the vagina and slowly push it inwards towards your lower back.
- Keep easing the applicator in until it is inserted as far as the edge of the outer tube.
- Then, simply withdraw the applicator gently and you’re done.
- The tampon should be resting comfortably with the cord hanging outside your body.
- Now, wash your hands again.
- To remove the tampon, just relax and gently tug the cord.
- If the tampon feels that it is tightly held, leave it a little longer (never longer than eight hours).
- Once removed, the tampon should be wrapped and disposed of in the bin or flushed if there’s no bin is available.
- You shouldn’t flush the outer wrapper or the applicator tube.
Read more: How to use a tampon without an applicator
