Your Most Intimate Questions Answered: Find out what’s going on DOWN THERE

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Tyra’s lady docs Dr. Debby, Dr. Donnica and Dr. Francis get you the answers you need.
1. Is it safe to douche?

Although douching is typically safe, it doesn't really make your vagina cleaner or better, and it may cause more harm than good. Our vaginas are self-cleaning. Just as our eyes use tears to clean themselves, our vaginas use discharge to clean itself, and it's perfectly fine and natural. It also doesn't prevent pregnancy, as is sometimes mistakenly believed.

2. Is it normal to bleed after a pap smear?

It is common to have spotting because the nature of the pap is you are moving cells and removal can irate the cervix and cause bleeding.

3. Is it okay to have sex the night before a pap smear?

If you are going for a regular exam then the answer is yes it is okay.

4. When do I have to start going to the gyno and how often?

Start at 21 or three years after you become sexually active. Girls who are thinking about becoming sexually active should consider going to a gynecologist too for a general check-up and to learn how to protect themselves.

5. What causes my friend’s cycle to sync up?

The medical term for this is "menstrual synchronicity". It usually affects women who live together and is believed to be caused by pheromones (airborne chemical signals that are not consciously detected as odors but are sensed by the nose). Interestingly, this happens in animals as well.

6. Why do I have food cravings during my period?

This generally happens in the 10 days before your period: there are biologic and psychological reasons. Biologically, serotonin (a neurotransmitter) levels decrease at this point in the cycle. Low-levels of serotonin may stimulate an urge to eat carb-rich foods, which in turn increase serotonin synthesis and levels (this is similar to how antidepressants work). Psychologically: decreased serotonin influences mood (badly!), causing increasing anxiety or stress…and stress eating. Also, chocolate is one of the biggest antidepressants.

7. Do artificial sweeteners cause worse cramps?

Artificial sweeteners get blamed for a lot of things but there’s no clinical proof. But if you want to cut it out of your diet and see if it helps, go for it.

Hey Tyra! I was just watching todays show about the vagina and pap smears and HPV! well i have a question i had a Pap last year and my results said i had Low Grade Squamous Intraepithial Lesion! I looked it up on the internet and it said that it leads to cervical cancer! could i still get the Vaccination for HPV even though my pap was abnormal?

What causes some women to not have a libo or sex drive even if they are not on pills, birth control, etc. Could it be caused by not have sex for two years.

What causes some women to not have a libo or sex drive even if they are not on pills, birth control, etc. Could it be caused by not have sex for two years.

I have had four c-sections, and I had my tubes tied with my last one. Since then, my sex drive is almost completely gone until about one day before my period and then I am like a crazy woman. My sex drive stays up the whole time I am on my period and then it just disappears when my period is over. Is this normal, and is there anything I can do to help increase my sex drive during the rest of the month?

This is not a comment but a qustion for todays segment. I heard the question about the sex drive while taking birth control pills. No one asked why the sex drive is on and off once you have a tubiligation?(tubes tied)

Hi tyra im 24yrs old i come Nairobi, Kenya it is Africa.i love ur show so much because here it shown on 2 different tv channels anyway i have a proposal during your holiday could u take the challenge of coming to Nairobi and stay in our home for 2 weeks and make apart of ur show of a whole week we will make sure you visit all the sites in Kenya the suggestion came after very many Americans come to Kenya tell us that they are told we will bomb them so pliz if you can fit this suggestion in your ever growing suggestions i will be very grateful. it will be like the program 'wife swap' where we learn about you and u get to know about us and keep the great, fantastic work u are doing.

Tyra,
I just wanted to take time to express to you how much I appreciate your willingness to discuss such a "sensitive" matter. I am 34 yrs old, and I still have questions about my body, but am always too afraid to ask for fear of being embarrased. (My mom was young, 17, when she had me and we never did discuss the birds and the bee's) I am looking forward to your show this afternoon. I am hoping that some of my questions are answered. And please keep up the good work.

Hi Tyra my name is Toinette I want to get some advice from you I am overweight but I love myself and my body but sometimes I get caught up in the image of the other women who thinks being skinny is the thing but me I don't think so but I have alot of confidence in myself it's just that people look at me and say dog you have gained alot of weight but I don't care I'm still beautiful and when women say they are plus size and wear a size 12 spare me plaese I wear a size 18 now that's plus size. You know it's hard to get some of my weigth off cause i do want to loose a couple of pounds so I can have a tubal reversal surgery so me and my fiance' can have a baby But you know what I didn't realize you are so down to earth make me feel like you are one of the girls (ghetto) lol just joking

Hi Tyra my name is Toinette I want to get some advice from you I am overweight but I love myself and my body but sometimes I get caught up in the image of the other women who thinks being skinny is the thing but me I don't think so but I have alot of confidence in myself it's just that people look at me and say dog you have gained alot of weight but I don't care I'm still beautiful and when women say they are plus size and wear a size 12 spare me plaese I wear a size 18 now that's plus size. You know it's hard to get some of my weigth off cause i do want to loose a couple of pounds so I can have a tubal reversal surgery so me and my fiance' can have a baby But you know what I didn't realize you are so down to earth make me feel like you are one of the girls (ghetto) lol just joking

HEY TYRA, WHAT ARE THE FIRST SIGNS OF HERPES. HOW CAN YOU GET HERPES. WELL I DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET IT SEXUALLY. BUT IF SOMEONE WAS MOLESTED CAN THEY GET IT ALSO. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY BUSINESS OUT THEIR BUT CAN YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR ME. i'VE BEEN TO THE OBGYN TWICE AND NEVER LET HER TOUCH ME DOWN THEIR. IM SCARED FIRST OFF AND IM AFFRAID TO FIND THE TRUTH OUT CAN YOU HELP ME WITH MY QUESTIONS.?

CHLOE'

Hi Tyra!!
I am so glad your producers finally agreed to a show like this. It is soo important for every women to know what is up down there. Personally I can not stress how important it is for women to get a yearly pap smear. I have a very close and dear family friend who is slowly losing her battle with cervical cancer that could have be detected and prevented at an early stage. I hope many women young and old will get the message tomorrow and get in to have checkups.

hi tyra!do you remember me?well,if you don't,i'm gonna give you the highlights about me.i'm meek angeline resngit,10yrs old turning11 this coming christmas.i'm living in the philippines.this is the 2nd time i'm gonna post a comment so the 1st time i posted one it's about seeing vanessa hudgens.you know what,i seemed so upset when i did'nt get a chance to see and meet her 'coz i really am addicted to her.my friends are telling me that i look like her and when i sing i sound like her.sometimes i believe those things sometimes i don't.i'm really an avid fan of her.i've been trying to copy her style and everything but i'm so concious sometimes about wearing sleeveless shirts 'coz i think my arms are big and fat.so tyra,i just hope to see her but if there's no chance,can you just tell her how much i admire her and i don't care how bad humors about her are.i'm gonna keep supporting her nomatter what.tyra,thank you so much and i'm also gonna continue watching your show.it keeps my support system in me strong.so tyra good luck and i love you.

hi tyra this is atasha. i really love your show i watcg it every day. you are the baest role model a child my age can have. i would really love to maeet you one day. i live trinidad but i am visiting NY for the christmas and i was hoping that i can meet and talk to you face to face.i was nerer in to anyone since i started watching your show, now everybodl is calling me a tyra freak but i am getting the to sit down and watch your show and now they are even hooked.please write back.

if a woman has a problem with vagina odor they might be douching too much, like the show mentioned the vagina has natural cleaning,(flora) when you douche it strips away the flora content so there is no cleaning agent so the vagina has odor.wash at least twice a day with soap and water.

hi tyra, im 20 yrs old from Philippines and I do watch your show though not everydaay but i see to it that i can visit your website. by the way tyra, can you give me some tips on how can i keep my vagina off from foul odor? please email it to me thanks a lot

hey tyra. i love your show. i watch it every weekdays.. i would love to come to one of your shows but i live in wisconsin. i admirror you.

Hi Tyra, thanks for putting knowlegable shows on tv.

hi tyra, i am 15 years old and want u to know that u have saved my life more than 1 time. i am really skinny and get called names, but when i remember your story i feel better, i wonder if you really read these. i want to be america's next top model, thing is...I am 5"1. well, tyra, try to answer back, i really want to tell you my story.

Just want you to know that you are so appreciated. You are so beautiful and informative and when you open that beautiful mouth, so much intelligence (just right stuff) comes out. Keep up the good work - I'm sure you must have a wonderful staff - your show is the most interesting, informative and uplifting of all the shows - no other is in the playing field as yours. Thanks - Sunshine

hi tyra,
am please with the advice. sincerely, i feel very uncomfortable having vagina odour. this stuff had disturbe me for a long time.
actually, when it started i use to think i am getting a smell from some where. little did i know it was from my own body.
am happy with the tips. rather unfortunate i dont follow your show on media. but do always visit your website.

hi thanks for the information and has been an eye opener. thanks tyra

Thanks so much...

This actually helped alot... can't wait till your monday show... it's gonna be very interesting

 

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