{"id":2611,"date":"2021-07-23T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:43:11","slug":"a-vaginal-moisturizer-is-not-a-sex-lubricant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"A Vaginal Moisturizer is Not a Sex Lubricant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vaginal moisturizers just rehydrate the lining tissue of the vagina also called vaginal epithelium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaginal moisturizers work to increase vaginal fluid at the pH that is normal for healthy women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a good facial moisturizer women report better tissue elasticity, and because there is a better pH there are reports of fewer infections, less irritation with sex or vaginal tampon use, and generally better tissue comfort when a woman regularly uses a vaginal moisturizer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lubricants are designed for short term moisture specifically to use during sex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil based lubricants destroy condoms, if you use condoms use a silicone or water based lubricant, and not a vaginal moisturizer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the labels! Both lubricants and moisturizers can contain additives you or your partner can be allergic to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can order compounded suppositories or liquids with hyaluronic acid if you feel you struggle to get a good lubricant. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaginal moisturizers just rehydrate the lining tissue of the vagina also called vaginal epithelium. Vaginal moisturizers work to increase vaginal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-gyno-health","tag-sexual-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}