Even more off topic but I have an almost 10 year old daughter (no where near puberty and if she takes after me periods will be years away yet anyway) would you recommend them for teens? They seem like such a good idea, no bulky pads, no having to change pads in school, do they leak, do you get any smells? ('Smells' sounds horrid, but you know what I mean!)
Honestly, I think it would depend on the teen. You need to rinse them out before you wash them, and it really depends on if she would be ok with that, or I suppose if you were happy to do it for her. One of my ds’s (imagining he were a girl), no chance he would be comfortable with rinsing them out and seeing the blood* running down the drain. My other (again imagining he were a girl), yeah, he’d be fine.
I use them as a second defence, with a menstrual cup (which actually was a revelation), and then on their own for the last couple of really light days. They come in 2 thicknesses, light to medium and medium to heavy, the heavy ones have an extra layer and are slightly thicker, they also have the absorbent part extend right to the back waistband. I don’t think you can see them through trousers, maybe if you wore like super thin, tight trousers and knew they were there you’d notice them.
They don’t smell, they claim to have a smell erasing layer. Though I know a bloke who can smell periods, and he said I smelt slightly metallic, same as anybody else on their period.
If I’ve missed anything, let me know.
* I know periods are only a tiny part blood, but that’s what it looks like washing away, ok.
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