Vaginal steaming store at the mall???

[Terabith]

So, our local newspaper had an article about how our local mall is getting three new stores to it.  One is for vaginal steaming.  

WHAT THE HECK????  Apparently this is a new thing?  To clean your yonnic region with steam?  (Don't think about burns.)  This seems so unhealthy, both from a covid standpoint and a feminine health standpoint, but also, I mean, is this a bonding activity?  Are you supposed to get a bunch of friends together and go steam your nether regions together?  Maybe your mom?  Is it run by Gwyneth Paltro?  

[mommyoffive]

Never ever heard of this.  I had to read your title like 5 times, because I thought I was misreading it.  You live in the most interesting area.  Yeah, it doesn't sound like something that would be healthy for you. 

[Terabith]

Just now, mommyoffive said:

Never ever heard of this.  I had to read your title like 5 times, because I thought I was misreading it.  You live in the most interesting area.  Yeah, it doesn't sound like something that would be healthy for you. 

Apparently it's a new thing now?  It led me to some googling, and I found this:  https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a21615255/vaginal-steaming-treatment/?fbclid=IwAR2nbFBudIxS1PqwlGLLXnhoWgyvDMMQT8Qlrcuwv5CtHoGspFAp2nFG-2s

[mommyoffive]

2 minutes ago, Terabith said:

Apparently it's a new thing now?  It led me to some googling, and I found this:  https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a21615255/vaginal-steaming-treatment/?fbclid=IwAR2nbFBudIxS1PqwlGLLXnhoWgyvDMMQT8Qlrcuwv5CtHoGspFAp2nFG-2s

Ok, I must be out of touch.  Yeah, that is a hard no for me too.  I couldn't imagine getting a burn there.   

[Dmmetler]

I have a hard time imagining that next to the eyebrow threading and hair salon...I have seen eye doctors in the mall, but I would question that location for a GYN, too! 

[Ailaena]

Isnt the only rule for a vagina to not douche and wouldn’t this count as douching?

also, apparently, you sit on a stool over boiling, herb-infused water, so isn’t it not quite even getting up in there, making it ultimately pointless?  And they say the herbs to straight to your uterus, but unless you’re ovulating, isn’t it usually closed up with cervical mucus?  And what if you’re prolapsed and don’t even know it??

[Drama Llama]

9 minutes ago, Ailaena said:

Isnt the only rule for a vagina to not douche and wouldn’t this count as douching?

 

I'm pretty sure there are other rules for vaginas.

[Katy]

The only time I can imagine this being remotely appropriate is if you’d gone too far with the waxing, suffered ingrown hairs, and wanted to try this before digging the hairs out with tweezers. Even then I’d want nothing to fo with being in public. Yuck!

[chiguirre]

I'll try this when testicular acupuncture is a thing.

[Spryte]

Is this something one does while burning a vagina scented candle?

[theelfqueen]

Umm Gwyneth Paltrow.. that's all I've got. 

[Mrs Tiggywinkle]

This has been a thing in the crunchy mom circles for a while. Crunchy lay midwives have offered it.

i think it’s just nude sitting over herbal steam.  My crunchy sister talked about it for a while but I was never super interested in trying. 
 

 

[*****]

What to do with all those empty stores in the malls!  Never heard of such a thing. And we used to think candling (of the ears) was woo, woo! (Not to step on anyone's toes...)

[Storygirl]

Eww!!

[MercyA]

No. 

[City Mouse]

You know, a while ago  had a “recommended” video on YouTube that showed a clip of a woman in obvious pain and read something about what happened when she add3d hot pepper to her steaming liquid. I had no idea why someone would even do that, and now I learn that it is a real thing. I’m not going to try to find the video because I don’t want more things like this to show upon my feed.

[Terabith]

57 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said:

This has been a thing in the crunchy mom circles for a while. Crunchy lay midwives have offered it.

i think it’s just nude sitting over herbal steam.  My crunchy sister talked about it for a while but I was never super interested in trying. 
 

 

I mean, I have some crunchiness in my soul, but I just cannot fathom doing this in a storefront at the mall, with other people.  I mean, I cannot imagine doing this at home (I just keep thinking about all the burns), but I can see how it might feel good to some people.  But it seems like the kind of thing you'd do in the privacy of your own bedroom or bathroom, if you were inclined.  Not next to Foot Locker before going to Sbarros.  

[Happy2BaMom]

1 hour ago, Spryte said:

Is this something one does while burning a vagina scented candle?

Please. I’m fixing dinner.....

[Clemsondana]

I'm trying to understand how, if you are into that sort of thing, this would be an improvement over a hot bath with herbs, or maybe a sauna.  I mean, I'd imagine that most of us could steam up the whole bathroom and then the 'healing steam' could help our whole bodies.  Is the benefit lost if more of your body comes in contact with it?  Now I'm imagining people at home squatting over the vaporizers that they keep for when somebody gets a cough.  

[medawyn]

Yeah, I went down that rabbit hole at one point and learned some things.  One of which is that I’m probably going to stick to steaming vegetables not vaginas.

But mall yonni steaming? Hygiene? Privacy? Nopity nope, nope, nope.

[Melissa Louise]

1 hour ago, MercyA said:

No. 

All that needs saying!

[Pippen]

1 hour ago, Happy2BaMom said:

Please. I’m fixing dinner.....

I should go now too. I thought the thread was about a vaginal streaming store, which was equally puzzling. 

 

[Ditto]

Eww....no!  Gross!    This is just not a good idea and it most definitely not needed.  If you are having any issues with your vagina see your GYN.

[Pippen]

3 hours ago, mommyoffive said:

Ok, I must be out of touch.  Yeah, that is a hard no for me too.  I couldn't imagine getting a burn there.   

Indeed. It really should be called a vaginal screaming store. 

[Ditto]

2 hours ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle said:

This has been a thing in the crunchy mom circles for a while. Crunchy lay midwives have offered it.

i think it’s just nude sitting over herbal steam.  My crunchy sister talked about it for a while but I was never super interested in trying. 
 

 

Welp until this thread I thought I had some crunchiness in me.   Now I am not so sure if this is what is rolling through that circle. 

[Scarlett]

What a bunch of hooie.

And it might be bad for you. Probably. 

[Melissa Louise]

Gwyneth has a LOT to answer for!

[Terabith]

1 minute ago, Melissa Louise said:

Gwyneth has a LOT to answer for!

She really does.  https://www.businessinsider.com/gwyneth-paltrow-didnt-want-goop-articles-fact-checked-monetize-eyeballs-2018-7?fbclid=IwAR3bSa5EoZC0DUOleomwjkK4LCL1m3pQ55qOEMDV7lRil6HYKCBpOLIO1XM

[Scarlett]

2 minutes ago, Terabith said:

She really does.  https://www.businessinsider.com/gwyneth-paltrow-didnt-want-goop-articles-fact-checked-monetize-eyeballs-2018-7?fbclid=IwAR3bSa5EoZC0DUOleomwjkK4LCL1m3pQ55qOEMDV7lRil6HYKCBpOLIO1XM

I knew she was a person not to be trusted when she referred to the destruction of her children’s FOO as ‘conscious uncoupling’. 

[itsheresomewhere]

Do you ever wonder who had an eureka moment with coming up with stuff like this?  What were they doing or eating that made them go this is a great idea. 

Edited February 23, 2021 by itsheresomewhere

[SanDiegoMom]

oh hell no!

Edited February 23, 2021 by SanDiegoMom

[Terabith]

I should note that I broke my cardinal rule of "not reading the comments" in reaction to this newspaper article when it was posted online.  I couldn't find a single comment about the vaginal steaming store.  There were approximately 337 comments saying, "Why can't we get a Chiles/ Dave and Buster/ Trader Joe's/ various other establishment?"  (To be fair, I can't imagine the size store that will hold a vaginal steaming location would be the correct size for either a grocery store or a restaurant, but maybe I am not properly imagining the scope and scale of vaginal steaming that this store aspires to?  Maybe it'll be an anchor store?  Please, God, no.)  

[Slache]

At this point you have just got to be a troll.

[Laurie]

I hope it's true that it's only a bowl of steaming water/herbs and not some kind of fancy steam cleaning machine.  I was beginning to be afraid for Mrs. SpyCar...

[ktgrok]

On 2/22/2021 at 4:14 PM, Ailaena said:

Isnt the only rule for a vagina to not douche and wouldn’t this count as douching?

also, apparently, you sit on a stool over boiling, herb-infused water, so isn’t it not quite even getting up in there, making it ultimately pointless?  And they say the herbs to straight to your uterus, but unless you’re ovulating, isn’t it usually closed up with cervical mucus?  And what if you’re prolapsed and don’t even know it??

Yup. I mean, haven't they proven that water doesn't go up that far when swimming, let alone some steam just in the general area?? 

[SounderChick]

I had to know more because it was just so odd.  So I looked up some of those I tried it stories.  Oh my the worst wasa kiddie chair with a hole cut in the bottom and a  giant poncho to cover you up as you sit on in the middle of a strip mall day spa no private room.  Just heck no!  The poor woman was desperate one of the claims is that it will help you conceive.

[historically accurate]

I came to this thread from the frugalista thread - ha! saving money right and left. Or maybe I should say top to bottom!