The new analysis found no increased risk of infection associated with the use of menstrual cups. You have to be willing to touch yourself, though it’s not very different from using a tampon.” And some people don’t like to touch their bodies. It’s not to be seen, not to be talked about. “This is just anecdotal, but many girls and women I’ve spoken to say it’s a bit yucky,” Dr. )Īnd, she said, there is an initial ‘ick’ factor that needs to be overcome. (Her own research has found that teenage girls in Kenya preferred menstrual cups to pads. It can take two to three months for a woman to become accustomed to the device. and injectable progestins, and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices. If the cup is inserted incorrectly, it will be uncomfortable, and the user should remove it and try to reinsert it, Dr. Evaluation of adolescent girls who present with heavy menstrual bleeding. You shape the cup in a certain way in position and fold it so you can insert it, and then it opens up inside the vagina.” “They don’t realize that actually it’s very flexible. “People don’t understand their anatomy - they see it and think, ‘It will never fit,’” said Penelope Phillips-Howard, the review’s senior author, also of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The rim of the cup, or bell, is about 1.6 inches in diameter. They come in different sizes, but all are about 1.9 inches high. Menstrual cups hold just less than one fluid ounce. New users are often shocked at the size of the devices. And I think it’s very important for people who want to use the cup to be prepared for that.” It takes some time and getting familiar with your body. Three of the studies found the levels of leakage were similar - and one found that women actually experienced less leakage with menstrual cups than with pads or tampons.Įven though new users face a steep learning curve before they master the art of inserting the cup properly, 73 percent of women who started using one said they would like to continue doing so, according to the results of 13 studies. They examined four studies that compared leakage of various sanitary products, including cups. Most strikingly, menstrual cups are just as effective at preventing menstrual flow leaks as pads and tampons, and perhaps more effective, the investigators found.
Still, the findings dispel several myths. The authors found the quality of the evidence disappointing over all and called for more, and more rigorous, research. The new paper, published on Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health, drew on data from 43 studies involving 3,319 participants around the world. “Just having access to this reusable product can eliminate some of the struggles girls experience when they can’t leave the house and have to miss school or work because they don’t have sanitary products,” Dr.
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