My mom got a spoonful of kerosene from my grandma when she was very sick. People have done some very weird crap trying to treat illness in the past!

I’m hearing a lot of older ladies and ladies from the south did this, it seems like a lot of younger women don’t (which is good).

That is something I wondered about- should people still be using it on babies? Is is no longer dangerous?

I’ve now been informed that dudes do sometimes powder their balls.

My mom was like ‘ugh, you started your period? Here’s some ibuprofen. Good luck, you’re gonna hate it.’ Nothing on smell, though.

Yay, tell me to be ashamed of my body and them sell me the solution!

This makes sense. I did not play sports other than running cross country (no coordination). We had some sort of a glide stick, but no powder.

Ha! Necessary clarification (I too have thick, curly head hair- and when it’s short, it kinda looks like my tub is a mess of pubes after I shampoo).

Understood. Are you thinking of finding of alternatives now, or are you comfortable because the research seems ambiguous? Just curious.

Yeah, my mom was a big proponent of the ‘self cleaning oven’ idea. And if things get swampy, they get swampy.

Was it really 😳?

Spray powder sounds like something I would have loved to attack my sister with as a child.

‘louise linton is sorry about her shamless instagram post’

I’ve heard of the lysol-douche! My vagina involuntarily clenched.

Honestly, without the cancer thing, general poder-puffing sounds like a nice ritual. Not in my drawers though.

Hahaha that image is hilarious.

Sounds like a lot of people had more glamorous ladies in their families than I do. Generally, we shower, get stinky, then shower again.

Off topic- but your grandmother sounds fabulous.

I never thought I would say this, but- pull the trigger on that ta-ta towel. For your health.

Crotch paste. Ugh. Do not want.