Skin Health At Your Most Private Area

Does your private area become red and itchy on your light flow days?

Do you feel wet and sticky on your heavy flow days?

Do menstrual blood and perspiration give you a feeling of ‘stuffiness’ around your private area?

If you do, you are experiencing what millions of other women go through at ‘the time of the month’. To help you weather your periods better, here we tell you more about your skin and suggest ways to help protect it from irritation.


Understanding Your Skin

Everyone’s skin is different – your private area generally has fewer layers of skin, even fewer than those on your eyelids and is thus more sensitive than other parts of your body.

As you menstruate, the moisture level at your private area is higher than usual. According to a survey conducted by Kao Laboratories in Japan, the humidity level when a sanitary pad comes into contact with your skin is 85% or higher. This makes the skin damp, tender and very sensitive.

To add to the skin discomfort, menstrual blood and perspiration tend to stay on your skin and make it sticky on heavy flow days, giving a feeling of stuffiness and wetness. On light flow days, moisture levels are lower but the constant rubbing of your skin against the sanitary pad can give rise to abrasion which makes your skin red and itchy.



 

Protecting Your Delicate Skin

To make matters worse for ladies in hot and humid countries like Singapore, high temperature and moisture in the air easily give rise to skin irritation, especially at the private area during menstruation.

To prevent skin discomfort around your private area:

  • Select sanitary pads with cotton surfaces. The surface of sanitary pads is usually made of cottony fiber or netted material. Netted material may sometimes cause skin abrasion and irritation. Cotton-surface pads, such as those in ICON range, do not cause skin discomfort and are highly comfortable whether worn on light-flow or heavy-flow days.
  • Use absorbent sanitary pads that provide good ventilation and comfort. Every ICON range sanitary pad comes with a highly breathable sheet which reduces 99% of bacteria on napkin surface. This does not only gives maximum relief from skin discomfort like stickiness, stuffiness and rubbing that cause itch, it also ensures uncompromised absorbency.
  • Choose undergarments and panties that fit well and allow good air circulation. Not only do they ensure dryness, well-fitting panties also prevent your sanitary pad from moving, thus minimising chances of leakage.
  • Change your sanitary pads regularly to stay fresh and dry. On top of that, take note of your activity level as perspiration and long periods of sitting can cause moisture levels around your private area to rise.

About ICON

  • Free from Fluorescent Agent.
  • SGS Certification on Suppression of Multiplication of bacteria in menstrual blood within 30 seconds.
  • Free from skin allergen (SGS Certified).
  • Breathable and Comfortable.


Panty Liner: (15.5cm, 20pcs/packet)


Day Use: (24.5cm, 8pcs/packet)


Night Use: (29cm, 7pcs/packet)


Night Use Extra Long: (3cm, 6pcs/packet)