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Hyperosmolal vaginal lubricants markedly reduce epithelial barrier properties in a three-dimensional vaginal epithelium model (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world

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Looking at any interesting effects of propylene glycol in vaginal lubricants I stumbled upon this study. Then I found it isn't the only one pointing to hyperosmolal lubes causing damage to the epithelium either.

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[–] Drusas@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Coconut oil works great if you don't regularly cook with coconut milk. If you do, the association between the two becomes unpleasant.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

lol, I can imagine! Luckily we do not.

Unless maybe... you gon eat that ass.