Should You Use Skincare Down There?

Doctors say: No need to douche as the vagina is self-cleaning. But these products are for the outer area – the vulva – which gets dry.

The growing trend in beauty isn’t about products for the face. It’s skincare for the vulva, which is part of a woman’s external genital organs. Such products are said to brighten, tighten and soften the area. It’s skincare for the South.

The vulva is not the vagina. The latter is inside the body, and doctors stress there’s no need to wash it. Dr. Chua Yang, a gynaecologist from A Clinic For Women, says douching should only be an exception – when you have a vaginal infection.