Freing – Are useful women’s applications or return to the Middle Ages? They asked the gynecologist

Skribining is the application of refusing gaskets and bumpers in favor of the natural course of menstruation that gains popularity in network. In the videos under the #freebleeding hashtag, girls describe how their lives have changed with the rejection of personal hygiene products, show how they are now dressed during menstruation and recommend how to talk to the boss if they don’t like your application. We learned from the gynecologist how safe for health is for health and what the doctor thinks about a new trend.

What is Friblining?

Skribining (British free hemorrhage – “free bleeding”) refused to use personal hygiene products (gaskets, bumpers, menstrual bowls, menstrual panties) during menstruation.

#Freebleeding hashtag was encouraged in Tiktok in 2023 and gained approximately 70 million views until 2024. Under this label, girls share their experiences of giving up hygiene and talk about how this decision changed their lives. And unlike many goals in Tiktok, this is not only another trend, but also one of the forms of activism that helps girls to draw attention to this issue and challenge a historically built -in taboo.

The issue of menstruation has always been exposed to stamping – in many major world religion, a woman is considered dirty during menstruation and has no right to join the church’s life. And even now, there is a tradition called “Chkhaupadi ğı that women and girls are customary to isolate from the family during menstruation and deprive them of the opportunity to communicate with their loved ones and even wash them.

However, Freing is applied by girls living in developed European countries, so we will talk about them. As a sign of the ideological protest and support of those who cannot meet personal hygiene products, women become the supporters of this practice, for example due to the physiological properties of the body (for example, with the sensitivity of vulva and vagina), due to ecology (an average wallet may fall into the water of plastic, water and water for about 500 years). In any case, followers around the world are becoming more and more. But how good is it to deal with women’s health?

Pros and cons

We wanted this question to respond to the birth specialist-gynecologist of women’s health clinics “Madok” Alexander Evgrafov.

Alexandra Evgrafova

The truth is that fribliging has worked very little in terms of evidence -based medicine. There is no reliable data that the abandonment of female hygiene facilitates the menstruation period, so it is difficult to talk about the benefits of the woman’s body or the dangers of her body.

Advantages of fribliging It can be as follows.

– Lack of allergic reaction. With the wrong hygiene choice, a woman may appear toxic shock (STS).

– Lack of illness. Change of bumper (less frequently) may cause bacterial disorders such as streptococcus aureus.

However, such violations can be found without using female hygiene products: for example, after mastitis or rhinoseptoplasty.

In addition, Friblining Vulwa (chronic pain syndrome and chronic pain syndrome characterized by painful feelings in the Vulva region may be valid. Approximately. Ed.) With this pathology, female hygiene products may aggravate the pain during menstruation.

Talk about The cons of FriloodYou need to understand that menstrual bleeding (generally, such as ordinary blood) may be an infectious agent transition HIV, hepatitis and less sexually transmitted infection. However, if you have recently passed the tests and there is no disease, blood is not dangerous for others.

How to be?

Skribining, menstruation, menstrual poverty (a problem with which approximately 500 million people suffer worldwide – when a woman cannot access the necessary personal hygiene tools) and in general, it is a good way to pay attention to an increase in the knowledge of the society’s women’s body. Moreover, this is a solidarity with women who do not have rights and opportunities. If you approach the practice of enjoyment from this side, personally, this is very respect for us. But there are still a few.

First, the application of free bleeding, we will be honest, we all lead to the modern social life framework. Without a gasket or buffer, it is difficult to go out for a long time, meet friends, sit in the office all day or go to the fitness room. Then the only option is to make the menstruation period of the house. However, not every woman has the opportunity to get a job at home, the menstrual stage (and the degree of blood loss) is different for everyone and can reach eight days. In this case, the girl is forced to isolate from society for a week every month.

Secondly, the ecological side of Fribliging raises questions. Yes, the gaskets and buffers leave a concrete environmental trace. However, regular washing of stained garments (and a new purchase) and towels are waste of water, electricity and environmental pollution. So why don’t you look at such a personal hygiene tool as a bowl instead of friblising?

Third, the girl’s personal comfort. Some women are forced to leave personal hygiene products for health. However, for those who do not have such a problem, it is sufficient to choose the right tools of personal hygiene to take into account the individual characteristics of the body and to change at least two to three hours. In this case, menstruation will probably be comfortable.

Each of us has a personal choice or not, the main thing is to understand why and why you do it.