S2 Ep98: Is your Lubricant HELPING or HURTING Your Vagina?

Lubricants can be water based, oil based, silicone based, CBD infused, flavored...not to mention the ones that claim to elevate your orgasm and boost your libido.  Not all lubricants are created equal, and the first lubricant you grab, probably won’t get you slip sliding away, and even worse, may end up damaging and dehydrating vaginal tissue.
In this episode, I am going to give you the low down on lubes…what they do, what they won’t do, which are the most slippery and how to use that lube. 

Petroleum Jelly
Baby Oil
Cooking Oil
Water Based Lubricants
Silicone Lubricants
Oil Based Lubricants
Warming Lubricants
Flavored Lubes
CBD Infused Lubricants




Other Episodes on This Topic


Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 
Episode 25: Moisturizers are Not Just for Your Face 
Episode 27:  Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell 
Episode 60  Lack of lubrication Not Always From Lack of Estrogen   
Episode 63 DHEA-An Estrogen Alternative for Vaginal Dryness 
Episode 74 Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away 
Episode 83 Get the Biggest Benefit from Vaginal Creams, Rings and Other Things
Episode 88 Vaginal Laser- Hoax or Helpful?



 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain



Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 



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