{"id":238526,"date":"2019-08-08T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238526"},"modified":"2021-09-26T18:09:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:09:56","slug":"warnings-after-woman-is-burned-by-vagina-steaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/warnings-after-woman-is-burned-by-vagina-steaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnings after woman is burned by \u2018vagina steaming\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>\u201cThe vagina contains good bacteria, which are there to protect it.\u201d Don\u2019t put anything inside and especially no soap of any kind!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Gynaecologists are warning of the potential risks of vaginal steaming after it emerged a Canadian woman burned herself attempting one.<\/p>\n<p>A case study, involving a 62-year-old, was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had been suffering from a prolapsed vagina and believed the treatment could help avoid surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Vaginal steaming, which involves sitting over a hot water and herb mix, has seen a growth in popularity.<\/p>\n<p>It and other treatments for intimate areas, including vulva facials, are now available at some salons and spas.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Times first reported on the steaming trend in 2010, and it later gained widespread attention when Gwyneth Paltrow&#8217;s Goop brand recommended it.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, US model Chrissy Teigen also shared a photograph of herself undergoing the treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-49278279?fbclid=IwAR3HCN6_xQTA_kNI1LiLV7CKw33ic5TGQH-BA6K2QPz2J_f3E9K6kjZl-Kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-49278279?fbclid=IwAR3HCN6_xQTA_kNI1LiLV7CKw33ic5TGQH-BA6K2QPz2J_f3E9K6kjZl-Kc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: \u201cThe vagina contains good bacteria, which are there to protect it.\u201d Don\u2019t put anything inside and especially no soap of any kind! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":337371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}