Yea. Don't use it down there, even without the shaving.

My bff bought the Dr Bronner's peppermint stuff, and the next day I got a text asking why nobody told her about peppermint butthole. You are definitely not alone in the Tingly Bits Club

Always use unscented Dr. Bronners, the essential oils in the scented ones do nothing but smell nice and irritate skin

>nobody told her about peppermint butthole.

First I am hearing about it.

It wasn't something I'd thought about, either

It’s an acquired taste…but so zesty! Definitely wakes you up in the morning.

They should definitely add that to the novel on the bottle

Hydrocortisone cream will help a little

>peppermint butthole

When you're hung over, that shit wakes you up real fast. I actually don't mind it too much. Fresh and minty!

Tea Tree Oil has a tingly feeling when I shampoo my hair with it. This is why I don't shave my asshole with it. I already know it's not a good idea 😕

Sauce?

Peppermint butthole is much better than the tea tree chemical burns

Tee tree oil burns when applied to regular skin. Can’t begin to imagine the burn when it comes in contact with a mucous membrane.

You’re supposed to dilute it 😭

People cannot read apparently.

I’m deceased. I would never put tea tree down there.

It says "Dilute! Dilute! Dilute! Okay." As the directions

I hope you mean on the outside! Never use any soap even unscented on your hoohah that’s bad!

find a hobby one of these days ur gonna burn ur pork choy hole

Now you know half of the people that use it don’t have an attention span long enough to read that bottle - including instructions. 😂

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I'll never forget the day I showered after a hefty dose of food poisoning. My poor arsehole was a mere shadow of its former self...

...I used Original Source Mint & Tea Tree shower gel and shampoo. It ran down my back, down my crack and, well...I squealed and cried. I cried a lot. I ended up curled into the foetal position in the shower.

Then fucking read the instructions

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You poor thing!!! Even when you use it on the rest of your body, make sure you dilute it! That stuff is too powerful.

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Apparently expecting people to be literate is being smug now?

I just want people to read man. It's not hard.

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Spicy cool. Like a menthol cigarette for the booty

The feels my partner has tea tree shower gel, thought it smelled nice one day and top and bottom cleaned with it....I cried

Did you dilute?

Tea tree is the mint equivalent of John Wick

For razor bumps I recommend tend skin IT WILL BURN WHEN YOU PUT IT ON but the burn does go away and over time the burning feeling doesnt feel so burny anymore.

Mix with a little desitin too. The zinc is good for healing. And Vaseline on top for the moisture barrier.

Fun Fact time! My former japanese tutor’s husband (who has since passed, sadly,) actually owned that company.

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Dr. Bronner, Dr. Mengele’s understudy?

Look, ordinarily I'd agree with you, but that soap's label is 90% nonsensical ranting. I can see why somebody would miss the actual use instructions. I read it all, because it was hilarious, but it's a lot.

Lol, I'm glad that I'm not in this alone...

This reminds me of the guy who once washed his butt with menthol soap and made a whole song about his experience.... hilarious song:- menthol song

Why do people keep doing this

Damn I’ve been there now I buy either the rose or non scented one when I shower. I’m praying for your hooha 🙏🏾

I think it depends; I'm a cis woman and I use soap around my hoohah every time I shower and I have 0 issues with my little crotch biome

IMO, that's the best part.

That's not good sorry

I love Dr.Scholls,it’s interesting to have the “peppermint butthole and the peppermint taint”…lol

I've found that Lavender-scented Dr. Bronners is better for sensitive areas

I’m sorry, you mean don’t wash the vulva? The inner labia?

That peppermint soap is great to use when the weather is hot

You’re supposed to use just water cause anything else can mess up the PH balance down there.

Some people have bad reactions to tea tree oil even if not using it in a sensitive area

It’s literally right on the front in the white box….

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Everyone knows not to put soap on razor burn…if you don’t know this you deserve what you get. Are you pissed that mouthwash doesn’t tell you not to put in your eyes?

You can buy soap with an altered PH so it matches the PH down there

Vulva

Next time, a warm bath with Epsom salts instead...

>The Karen’s are uniting. There are like 50 different instructions on the bottle and typically washing yourself is pretty cut an dry. I don’t think most people feel the need to read instructions when they buy a new body wash. Just turns out dr bronners is different. She made a mistake that was understandable and it was really only compounded because of her razor burn. But I guess on some level we all know that people like you only come to Reddit for the heady sense of smug self satisfaction and superiority that you can only achieve by pointing out another persons faults and follies.

Gotta be honest, if I'm gonna rub a chemical all over my body, I read the instructions first. Even on soap, even on shampoo.

Penis owner here. Tea Tree Soap/Shampoo just burns me up.

SUMMERS EVE. Everyone needs to stop using whatever the hell on their lady bits. Only use products that are meant for your sensitive areas. If it doesn't say for vaginal use, DO NOT USE IT ON YOUR BITS. Lol

You shouldn't even use soap down there. It messes up the pH. Water is good, soap is bad (unless is specifically for that only)

Exactly! Summers Eve and you never use anything on your sensitive areas unless directed to do so. If it doesn't say it's for vaginal use, do not use it on your bits.

Summers Eve. It's a wash meant for your bits and it's pH balanced for it.

i blindly ran in to the peppermint one day and screamed loud enough about it that the neighbors came to check - brutal.

Nah, tea tree is great for irritations and skin issues down there. But not straight oil. Mixed into a lotion base, or diluted with plenty of warm water as a splash or compress. Thursday Plantation has some terrific products that won’t burn you. Tingle, yes. But that feeling only lasts a few seconds.

This is one of many reasons why waxing is superior to shaving. You will still be a little tender...but that improves with regular attendance and no razor burn afterwards. Swapped to waxing two years ago and will never go back.

It's also full of scents and not actually good for your bits.

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Like the days back before cell phones when you read every single shampoo and soap bottle within reach while sitting on the pot.

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Proof?

If you think the tea tree is bad, just wait until you try the peppermint!

Yeah, not good on the wahoo, either. Speaking (M) from hard-earned experience

Is Summers Eve paying you to shill like this?

Kind of a fucked thing to say considering Dr. Bronner lost both his parents in the Holocaust.

Never ever use antibacterials on any tender bits.

The have scented options but they have unscented options as well. My gyno recommends it.

No. My gyno recommends it and nobody I know has ever had issues with it. Including myself. They're a great brand.

😏fresh and minty

Omg......I did the same thing with a gel "scrub" on my man bits. Washing went fine but I started to itch and then the pain started. Turns out the abrasive in the Scrub was walnut husk and I'm allergic to Walnuts. This was right before a big date. No other nuts were used that night.

Douching in general is very dangerous and unnecessary. I wouldn't trust a gyno who recommends it, but that's just me.

Ummmmm I don't douche. Ever. I use the wipes and wash. I would never ever recommend douching.

Is summer's eve paying your gyno to shill?

For all those thinking I'm talking about douching, no. I would never ever recommend douching. I use the wash and wipes.

Ah, my bad. Didn't know they branched out into wipes. Still, I do find it funny how you're all over this thread about them.

Summers eve is actually soooo bad. Talk to your OBGYN and they’ll help you out. Any doctor will say to avoid any soap even if it’s targeted for the vaginal area if they care

There’s no reason you should be getting downvoted. You’re not supposed to use anything but water on the inner area. Any OBGYN or doctor will tell you that unless they’re not fully careful about it

I can only recommend to talk to your OBGYN. I’d be lying if I say I’ve never done that until my doctor told me to stop because it messes up your PH balance

Most likely your gyno is sponsored by summers Eve. Aka they get paid to promote it. It’s not uncommon in that field

Because I had these same issues when I was younger and made some mistakes on body care. So I help out if I can. I've only replied to 2 main comments.

I actually go to a midwife headed by a supervising doctor. As far as I know they aren't sponsored by anyone. She just told me it's a great brand aimed towards vaginal care. So I tried and never went back.

I like to use Rumplemintz™, cures the hangover even faster

Well they say they're only a bad brand for the dyes from the scents being bad for PH, i thought. I use all unscented. No doctor or gyno recommends using fragrances or anything with dyes. Which is why unscented is the recommended. But looking things up. Summers Eve unscented is one of the top nether region soaps recommended by gynos.

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Really? Me & my wife use the pine oil version regularly with no ill effects. Is the tea tree oil that much worse?

I tried. Gagged from the verbal diarrhea. The product is good but the BS they put on the bottle is insane.

Have you actually read that label on that particular soap? Can you summarize it for us? I bet you can’t. What does it make your reading comp then?

Dude when you're on your period an unscented soap made for your privates as well as an intimate oil is pretty much necessary if you use pads.

Bunch of propaganda, ingredients, essential oils, and instructions to dilute it. Turns out reading isn't hard. Majority of it is just word vomit to sound appealing and be different.

My reading comprehension is just fine considering I'm not the one online complaining about smearing it on my junk.

DILUTE ! DILUTE! DILUTE!

It literally says it on the directions.

You have my deepest sympathy. I got Dr Bronner's Peppermint soap down under once, and that was bad enough.

It's Rumple Minze. Had way too many people in associated circles drink that shit lol

tea tree oil just doesnt mix with sensitive areas, period. it'll melt skin if you have it on a makeup removal pad or something and leave it for long enough (a very scorched earth way of getting rid of a zit)

I use cerave... it doesn't burn and it's super gentle.

TIL. Thank you! Pine it is for us then.

I don't know about one. I just know I made the error once. Only once.

I do a mix of 2/3 of the lavender with 1/3 peppermint and take a coolish shower when I have a migraine it helps sometimes. Sometimes I just need dark an ice pack and to be left TF alone:

I have the same soap to clean my helix piercing and it’s dripped down my arms before and I felt like I walked into a cold shower XD Definitely can see how uncomfy that’d be to get on the vag T-T

Stop shilling for products that are likely to increase adverse reactions.

https://www.hercampus.com/school/vcu/you-shouldnt-use-summers-eve-as-a-feminine-hygiene-product/

https://www.thelexingtonline.com/blog/2020/4/11/healthy-and-safe-feminine-washes-for-your-vaginal-area

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>I (25 F) shaved my vagina and butthole a few days ago.

This alone tells me too much.

>It gave me razor bumps, ingrown hairs, and maybe some acne.

This makes it worse.

Regardless, owie, I hope you feel better soon.

I can't even imagine (and don't want to) having menthol in my sensitive skin shaving gel was bad enough.

What the fuck were you thinking Gillette?

You have a point, although the “summary” is a bit lacking in detail :). The pine tree oil IIRC also has the “no razor burn” admonition even though it seems comparatively inert.

Summaries do typically lack detail.

I think the takeaway is that tea tree oil is not nether-compatible. TIL!

A matter of degree of course :)

Nobody is being paid to say anything, dumbass. I've been using the product for years and it's been great for me so i put in my two cent about my personal experience and thoughts. I've never had any sort of negative reactions to it. Grow up. Just because something works for me and I recommended and maybe it's not the best product, but it's worked for me for years. Doesn't mean be a dick about it and accuse people of trying to make money off of the product.

"Natural" and fancy soaps can be very aggressive.

Dilute! Dilute! OK!

https://info.drbronner.com/all-one-blog/2017/06/dilutions-cheat-sheet-dr-bronners-pure-castile-soap/

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I used that on my junk once. Never touched it again. Having your dick burn isn't fun

Dilute! Dilute! Ok!

Damn that brings back memories

Soak in an oat bath and apply athick layer of sudocream on your guch! It should help with pain:)

Do you lotion after you shave

I probably never had a bottle of that close enough to my face to read the spelling without blacking out. In fact you probably know me quite well from one of your associated circles and I just don't remember.

At least it wasn’t the peppermint one. I made that mistake. 😂 Great product, but my god—dilute it to hell if you’re planning on using it as a full body wash. In general, Dr. Bronners is very concentrated, it says to dilute it on the bottle haha.

Are you super gay and in the Dallas area? If you are you'll own it and not take offense lol

Some of my wife's family lives in Grand Prairie...? Does that count?

Lol. Maybe

Always use MILD soap when washing your vagina.

😂

Thanks. I used hydrocortisone cream and it actually helped tons.

OP- try aloe for the bumps/razor burn next time. Real, 100% aloe or a slice of the plant.

Also, for future shaving needs, pick a good quality conditioner (I like Shea Moisture brand) and slather it on your personal areas which will be shaved. Let the conditioner soak in for at least 2 minutes. Shave using a fresh or newish razor, using Sensitive skin gel and foam it into a rich lather. Wash your razor with very hot water between each shave. After the shower, moisturize with a good quality moisturizer (Lol I like Dr Bronner's lavender lotion but aloe works great too). Good luck!

Wow aggressive much?

Peppermint on the booty, Dr Bronner's can't go wrong.

Dilute! Dilute! Dilute!!!

For skin, yes. For mucous membranes, absolutely not

It's marketed for your bits, but it's not pH balanced for it. It's also not necessary. The vagina is self-cleaning; assuming you're healthy, anything you do to "clean" it just kills the good microbes, making you more susceptible to infections. Some odor is normal. Summer's Eve, Lumi, and all the products like them are built around making people feel self conscious about normal body stuff

That's a false statement. The inside(the vagina) is self cleaning. Outside(vulva) is not. Who told you the vulva cleans itself? Cuz this is what's being talked about in my comments.

Nobody here is saying use these products up inside your vagina to take care of it. Lol

Ah. Thats what it is. Go to a gynecologist or nurse practitioner whose practice is less focused on pregnancy. It's common for midwives and OB/GYNS who focus primarily on the obstetrics part to not necessarily be great with other gynecological concerns

I wonder if their doctor was basically like "Fine. If you absolutely must, at least use one formulated for the vagina"

I used to have this happen. Shaving isn't a good idea down there for a couple reasons. This is one of them. But, now that it's already happened, harsh soaps aren't really going to help. When you shower, use a clean washcloth to exfoliate so you don't get ingrown hairs. Once you're out of the shower, witch hazel toner then aloe.

They're practiced in both and have been seeing me for years before I even had my first kid. My gyno isn't the kind of person who's going to do that. Plus, I have a separate Gyno from my OB. Just same practice. I meant to say midwifery with upervising doctor. He's gyno.

Hold on, a wahwah is now a hooha?

I must be getting old.

I know the difference. You're still not supposed to use soap, just warm water. Products like Summer's Eve are basically a "It's best not to, but if you absolutely must, at least use something vaguely vagina safe," thing. Even if you're not soaping up your actual insides, some soap will get in when you wash your vulva. You don't need it, so why spend money with a company that was founded to make people feel bad about their bodies?

I don't really pay attention to that stuff to be honest. I never actually looked into it. I've never felt bad about my body, I just clean all of my body because I thought it was how you do it and so I picked something I believed to be safe.

That's partly because of companies like Summer's Eve that made people feel like normal vaginal odor was bad. You're lucky though. If I even look at a bottle of Summer's Eve or any similar product, I get BV.

I started using it in college when I got BV for the first time because I thought maybe I wasn't cleaning my vulva well enough (I now suspect he just had bad hygiene) and kept using it after. Even though I broke up with that guy and wasn't sleeping with anyone, I still kept getting BV. Eventually, I told my doctor that I was cleaning down there really well so I didn't understand why it kept happening, and she was like "WITH SOAP?!?!" When I said I was using sensitive skin Summer's Eve (no fragrance, dyes, etc), she explained how even that wasn't great and why it was unnecessary. I'm usually pretty well informed about vaginal health, and I had mentioned how careful I was to rinse down there at the end of my shower just incase and shampoo, body wash, conditioner got near that area so I think she thought I couldn't be using soap down there. I happen to have incredibly sensitive lady bits, but it still makes other people more vulnerable to BV and yeast infections. The wipes freak me out even more because you're not even washing it off

Yeah I've been using it since I was 17. I'm 28 now but I've never had any issues whatsoever. I thought I was doing myself good. Well, I've learned something today. I'm gonna throw out all of my Summers Eve stuff. Everything I believed I was doing right was bad. Now I feel a bit sad.

You should consider finding a new gyno, likely.

Don't feel bad. There has been a lot of marketing for a very long time aimed at making people think it's necessary, and the medical establishment isn't always great about communicating about this kind of thing because it's usually not really their job unless it's causing problems. There's also a lot of weird sexism and shame that would take too long to get into here that helps perpetuate these ideas. Blame lack of good sex ed. I took a lot of microbiology, anatomy and physiology, etc and even did some sexual health work, but it still took like 5 rounds of BV for either me or my doctor to realize what was going on.

If it's worked out well for you, then it's probably fine. It also might be weird to suddenly stop (who knows, every body is different), so I'd start by just using it less frequently to see how it goes. I just wouldn't advocate it to others unless it's a "if you absolutely must" situation. I would avoid buying the wipes again, though, if only because they're bad for the environment

Yeah that's pretty understandable. Still know knowing that it's bad for vaginal health and I still think I'm gonna stop it altogether. I don't want to cause problems for myself later. Lol the wipes I only use when I absolutely need to but the wash is a daily thing. So anything to help myself be better about it and the environment, I'd gladly throw them out.

>I get where your coming from but the entire point of dr bronners is that it’s completely organic. No added chemicals

Being "organic" means they have much less control over what concentration is safe for skin...

>And you gotta be the exception most people don’t feel the need to

Oh really? I appreciate your confidence, but I'm fairly certain neither of us know which behavior is the exception and which is the rule.

Since you already have it, I wouldn't get rid of it even if you stop using it down there. The wash and the wipes would actually probably be really good for armpits after intense workouts or hot sweaty days

Ouch, been there done that but with the male parts(tingly balls for DAYS).

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Read the label, you are supposed to dilute the CRAP out of it. a small squirt on a washcloth is what they recommend for body washing. A 1/10 ratio of soap to water for dishes. I found once I diluted it I was able to use it in sensitive areas.

That is true. Would be a lot of waste.

This is why u either wax, laser remove or use hair removal cream for extra sensitive skin and be stingy with it / never directly on privates.

I would use more vaginally friendly products

Scrolled too far for this comment. Original source mint and tea tree is no joke.

It has to be diluted 3 parts water to one part soap. Stop using a razor and either buy a wax pot off Amazon or use clippers to trim the area down. Use antibiotic ointment to heal your bits instead of Vaseline

I use Dr. Bonners on my delicate bits with no problems. I even messed up and bought the peppermint and have had no issues. Did you add water to it first or just straight out the soap on your skin? I love that soap and it’s been the best thing for me for those parts of my body.

I'm kinda desensitised to it now. Probably because I ultimately survived the above experience. No worse to me now than sucking a mint imperial.

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Nah some things are just obvious. You’re incorrect

Was this post written by AI that learned from all the other garbage that gets posted here?

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So you agree. Glad you managed to get there in the end. Your name checks out. Glad I could help

Dr. Bronner’s LAVENDER for the ladybits!

Done it all my life, yes on mucous membranes, it’s absolutely fine. Start with a weak dilution, work up to what suits you.