Warning- Tampax Pearl
 

I really really really hate to do this.....
 

But this really is an urban legend.

The real story is here, including the origin of the mail:

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/tampax.asp

I've had to tell my employees in the groups I coordinate at work, whenever you get an email, do a search on http://www.snopes.com before believing or forwarding it.

Sorry, PM-Mama -- no offense intended to you.

Adrienne (PNAM-2003)

Thanks Adrienne for nipping this in the bud.

Wait hold up, your aunt's niece? That makes it you or a cousin.

Re: Warning- Tampax Pearl
 

Not necessarily. I'm related to my uncle by marriage (in other words, my aunt is my blood relative, as she's my mother's sister). My uncle has a sister, who has a child. Therefore, that child would be my uncle's niece, my aunt's niece, but would have no relation to me. Clear as mud? Here's a diagram: :)


Mom------My Aunt (Mom's sis)****My Uncle--------Uncle's Sister
|.................................................. ................ |
|.................................................. ................ |
me...............................................daughter (uncle's neice)

If this is true, it's gross. Thanks for the snoop.com infor :)

True or not, I hate Tampax anyway...

yeah i knew tampax sucked. its playtex all the way

Playtex or Kotex...they seem very safe to me...

i like OB out of any i've ever tried...and they make them with applicators too just so everyone knows.

I am haunted by the Pearl Girl commercial jingle. GET OUT OF MY HEAD! :p

no name brand tampons (Like Life brand) are just as good as the regular brand name ones and are much cheaper.

I hope it's not the same friend who was investigated in the Snopes article........definite credibility issues w/ that individual. :rolleyes:

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/tampax.asp

Adrienne (PNAM-2003)

WTF? That's a lil rude don't you think? :rolleyes: :mad:

I still think it's an urban legend.

Since our new members are called "pearls", I can't see myself ever being able to use Tampax Pearl with a straight face anyway.

I like OB for the width-wise expansion. TAMPAX is leak-central.
If the no-name brands are good, I'll try 'em. But OB reigns supreme (for now).

kudos to you on being able to use a no applicator tampon, I'm afraid of them. I'm a playtex girl myself, and Tampex is leak central!!!

OB also has applicators now.

OB Tampons are called "Carefree" in Australia (which I think was their "old name" way back in the day, in North America).

OB is the best in my opinion. I've never had a leakage problem with it.

Yep! I agree with you, and everyone else who said the same thing. Also, I like how the little ones without applicators fit in your pocket.

i dunno about all that b/c my old roomie bought some no-name-brand tampons once and they tore her isht up. she said they were fine goin in, but taking them out felt like she was being cut and stuff and just had all kinds of issues with them. so watch out.

i'll always pay a lil more for stuff like that.....whoa.

"Pearl, pearl, pearl, she's a pearl girl...."

AlphaGamDiva - despite your, uh, "graphic" description, I am compelled to respond. It sounds like your friend was using a too high absorbancy. This problem can be solved with a lubricating jelly like KY during insertion and this will help during removal as well (stop laughing people, I'm serious).

Now why did you have to go there? :( That song drives me batty!

And back on the subject, TAMPAX sucks. I am a big Kotex fan but for my next period I will be test driving OBs without applicators, based on reccomendations from some lovely GCers

471 times I wished I was a boy when I had my period

You know, I used to hate tampax too until I tried the tampon in question (pearl). I LOVE it. I get no leaks, I can't feel it - and I never have problems sliding it up there.

I actually was wondering the other day (I am on my period right now) if the tampon ever leaves anything in you.

****CAUTION***

When I was pulling it out of me the other day, I noticed the top of it was kind of pulled with little cotton strings coming off. It was the first time I ever noticed something like that, though.

***************


I can believe that maybe the tampax pearl might leave some fibers in you - but I am sure most of it just desinegrates after a while. I've been using the things for about 7 months now and haven't had a problem. If there was such a thing as developing an infection other than TSS, the FDA would force tampax to put it as a caution with the TSS caution.

So, I don't think the story is true. If there were people who got sick from tampax pearl, the FDA would have made tampax do something about it by now - or at least be looking into it. They wouldn't let them keep making a product where the proved cause of infection is linked directly to it.

(BTW: This isn't meant to be mean to the original poster - but I thought I would give me 2 cents since I use tampax pearl.)

OH MY GOSH IT IS YOUR FAULT!!! I have started to use the word batty lately, and I didn't know where it came from because I never used to say it or know anyone who does. I must have just read a few of your post where you use that word and kind of picked it up.

You've affected my vocabulary!! hahahaa...

Maybe there should be a warning email about that! When I was at camp back in the day, my group used to call me "Walking Webster's" because I'd be adding weird words to their vocabularies all the time. :p

My ex roommate talked about a product called "Instead", which are sort of like mini latex ring cups you insert. Too weird for me though.

Yuck, that sounds, umm, messy

Yup. And not particularly practical, though she said you should be able to have sex while wearing it (?!?!?!)

OB w/o applicators w/ a little dab of Wet on the sides--heaven. Anyone who's ever had tampon insertion issues should really try this.

We've discussed the Keeper and Instead here before...everyone I've talked to says that sex is okay and pretty comfortable with it. I guess once you get the hang of it, it works well.

I get the cotton problem with everything...I just thought that it was the fact that I was using too high an absorbency.

I don't mean to share my personal problems, but I've had those sorts of symptoms, if not worse....I don't believe that a tampon causes that sort of damage, but I'm still running tests and waiting to get a second opinion on my medical problems. But the one thing that came to MY mind when I first started getting those symptoms was a CYST or Endometriosis which is what ACTUALLY causes your cervex to bleed and is *possibly* causing the pain I've been experiencing.

So perhaps the cousin or whomever should get tested for those symptoms. In order to find out if she has either she'll have to have an ultrasound. Pap smeers DO NOT reveal the sort of things that chain letter referred to (from what I've been told). Cuz that's why I'm going in for a second opinion and ultrasound to find out if I have a cyst.

But if your cousin is really having those problems she should see an OBGYN for SURE!

PM me if you have questions.

Re: Warning- Tampax Pearl
 

ok, let's think about this for a minute...

you're using the bathroom and something comes out. it lands in the toilet right??? so how could she throw it away?????

and then she would pick it up (ew gross) and put it in a bag? shouldn't it be sitting in the water of the toilet right now?? and even if she did stick her hand in the toilet (ugh i am grossing myself out right now) and pull it out, wouldn't she then wrap it up before putting her nasty shizzle in the garbage can for mom, dad and little brother to see???

think people think.:rolleyes:

(btw, i freaking hate urban legends. i think they're so obvious and i never figure out why people fall for them)

RedRoseSAI, I refer to those individuals, and to my cousins' wives, as "cousins-in-law."Actually, it's not. I find it much cleaner than tampons, which always leaked for me (whichever kind I used). The first time around with Instead it took some practice, but now I can get them out without making a mess at all. You can wear them for double the time you'd usually wear a tampon, up to 12 hours. So if you have to change a tampon every 2 hours, you wear Instead for 4. The material that they're made from hasn't been found to breed the TSS bacteria like the cotton/rayon of tampons, but if you've had TSS you're not supposed to use any internal protection anyway. And yes, sex, etc., is fine with them.

PS: They're also discussed here.