Tampax Pearl Super Plus (18)

Tampax Pearl Super Plus (18) tampons help stop leaks before they happen for heavy flow days during your period. They are free from fragrances. These tampons feature a SmoothTouch plastic applicator and contoured anti-slip grip for comfortable, easy insertion. Tampax Pearl’s MotionFit allows the tampon to gently expand to fit to your body’s shape and, together with the LeakGuard braid, helps prevent leaks. With a purse resistant wrapper that is easy to open and quiet, Tampax Pearl allows for full discretion. Tampax Pearl tampons have been gynaecologically tested. They have also been independently tested for harmful substances by Oeko-Tex. 5x Smoother Applicator: Tampax Pearl vs. Tampax Cardboard. Tampax Pearl’s best tampon for heavy flow absorbency.

A period (menstruation) is normal vaginal bleeding that is a natural part of a healthy monthly cycle for a person with a uterus and ovaries. Every month, in the years between puberty (typically age 11 to 14) and menopause (typically about age 51), your body readies itself for pregnancy. The lining of your uterus thickens and an egg grows and is released from one of your ovaries.

If pregnancy doesn’t occur, estrogen and progesterone levels fall, eventually hitting a level that tells your body to begin menstruation. During your period, the uterus sheds its lining and it’s passed, along with some blood, out of the body through the vagina. The time between periods (last day to first day) typically averages 28 days, with bleeding typically lasting around 4 to 5 days. However, people can experience longer time between periods, and fewer or more days of bleeding, and still have totally “regular” periods.

As a woman, your period is your body’s way of releasing tissue that it no longer needs. Every month, your body prepares for pregnancy. The lining of your uterus gets thicker as preparation for nurturing a fertilized egg. An egg is released and is ready to be fertilized and settle in the lining of your uterus. If the egg is not fertilized, your body no longer needs the thicker lining of the uterus, so it starts to break down and is eventually expelled, along with some blood, from your vagina. This is your period, and once it’s over, the process starts all over again.

Tampons History

In 1934 a Denver-based female entrepreneur who purchased the tampon patent and set about building a female-led, female-focused company to produce, market, and sell tampons. At the very beginning of the business, she was actually hand-sewed the tampons herself before scaling to machinery. In 1936 the female founder officially starts selling the first Tampax tampons, launching this new invention to the public. She was also the driving force behind marketing what had been a taboo topic up until that point in history. The result of her efforts was the very first Tampax ad to appear in a magazine, welcoming women to a “new day for womanhood” with “sanitary protection worn internally.”