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any suggestions on how to avoid menstrual pad adhesives from balling up all over the place? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

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when I wear pads, the adhesive usually balls up, ends up on the panties which then get transferred to my thighs and hands, and then it makes a mess everywhere - it gets smeared on countertops, onto toilet seats, etc. and is a pain to clean up ...

any suggestions on how to avoid the adhesive balling up or this problem in general? it seems to be a problem with any brand I use, they all have adhesives to keep the pad in place in the panties 🤷‍♀️

made this post NSFW just in case anyone is squeamish about talk of pads and so on 😅

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here's a photo of what I'm talking about:

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[–] Polkira@piefed.ca 6 points 1 month ago

No suggestions on the adhesive issues, but I recently bought period underwear to try out instead of the disposable pads. I can't give a review yet because I haven't had a chance to actually use them but might be worth looking into! I bought some from Costco but I just grabbed another pair from the grocery store because they were in boy shorts style and I find that more comfortable. Brand that I just bought is Revolcares, Costco one that I bought was Knix.

I usually wear cotton underwear with Kotex pads, biggest issue I've had is sometimes the adhesive pulls on the gusset seam depending on the underwear. I haven't experienced the adhesive balling like that.