Can you swim with tampons?

Rebecca Lee33 said:I mean, putting in a tampon doesn't exactly create an airtight seal down there.
It's an open space—air and water are totally gonna get in.

not to mention those rare, magical cases that just defy logic...😁

:mršti_se: honestly, being "open" is just part of the personality. :mršti_se: if someone is airtight, they're just wound too tight. 🙂

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The second I saw this thread title, my mind went straight to a woman sitting in a bathtub full of water with a tampon. 😁

Every time I hit the beach these last few years, my period decides to show up. I go with those heavy-duty, super absorbent pads—they're basically bulletproof unless you wait too long to change them. And yeah, a little water gets in there. It’s not a total disaster, just a bit like a flash flood in 😁Small Chapel
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Chloe Wood96 said:Man, I feel you! Mine ends up totally waterlogged too, and here I was thinking I had the most perfect figure ever. 😢.

😲 I've seriously never heard of that happening before.

Alright, ladies, listen up.
Back when I was 14, I was vacationing with the absolute chaos crew—basically a traveling circus—and my period happened to hit right at the same time. I was swimming using those tiny mini-tampons. Since I was a virgin back then, it wasn't like I was... well, "open," if you know what I mean, and I wasn't exactly sensitive to anything yet—so a little water getting in didn't really matter. It’s not that the damn tampon gets super bloated or soaked through, it's just something you feel. While you're swimming, kicking your legs around in the ocean, you just get that sensation of a cool trickle sliding in there next to the tampon. (And no, I wasn't born "broken" or without a hymen; when I finally lost my virginity, it was like watching red waterfalls from Niagara Falls :rolajz: )
I honestly have no idea why some people experience water getting in while others don't. For those of you saying nothing gets in—I don't know, maybe you're just built differently? Or maybe you just aren't paying attention. Maybe you don't even notice that split-second temperature change when a little bit of water slips past. Who knows, I guess.
The point is, it isn't weird at all for a little water to get in.

Ugh, it’s honestly always the exact same story, some people just have it easy while others struggle 🙄
I don't even go deep with it, I’m mostly just swimming in the ocean, doing water aerobics, fancy gymnastics moves, and all that, so thank God it actually gets filled up with water.

But seriously, if you’re using a tampon around water, the absolute most important thing is to carry some kind of moisturizing cream with you, like maybe some Neutrogena hand cream or whatever, because your lips get so dry—especially in a pool!! And trust me, trying to put in a new tampon is a total nightmare when everything down there feels as dry as gunpowder.😲

I mean, I think a little bit of water might seep in through the edges once you're soaked, but it’s not like you’re actually leaking everywhere when you step out😁

You definitely need to swap out your tampon after getting out, and not just because of the water—it's a hygiene thing. You don't want all those bacteria from the pool hanging arounddiv>

Anonymous said:Hey girls, I’ve never actually used tampons before. I really want to hit up the local pools, but my period is coming up... so could you please tell me about your experiences swimming with them? Is it safe? Thanks so much!

So, I use them all the time during the summer, usually just the slim ones, and honestly, they've always worked great for me. But this past summer, I headed down to the coast on day one of my trip, and man, it was so insanely hot I couldn't stand it. Since I was right at the start of my period, things were pretty heavy, and the tampon just couldn't keep up. Even though I didn't stay in the water for super long, once I got out, blood was just... leaking down my legs. Not like a total disaster, but enough that I felt like I couldn't go back in the water. Maybe if I had gone with a regular size or even a super absorbent one—do those even exist?—it might have been fine, who knows? But yeah, for me, they weren't exactly 100% foolproof.

I mean, obviously, yeah... the tampon gets soaked. You're putting it into a hole that isn't exactly airtight from the outside world, right? Like, what do you guys think? Does anyone actually believe some people's tampons just stay bone-dry? 🙂
If you've been swimming for like half an hour, it’s totally normal for water to get everywhere—between your legs and then right into the opening. It's just how it works.

I usually avoid using tampons, except maybe at the very end of my period. Even then, I just soak in the tub and pop one in for a few minutes because it feels like everything gets saturated by the water. Sometimes they get a bit soaked, sometimes they don't—I guess it just depends on how long you're actually in the water. There's no way I'm jamming a tampon in and leaving it there for two hours. I only keep it in for maybe 5 to 10 minutes right at the tail end of my cycle. Plus, doing this in the summer just doesn't feel particularly hygienic to me.🤷