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loganbacon's avatar

I was tickled to see this post today, because coincidentally, earlier I saw an advertisement for a period TENS unit that was bright red and it left me bemused that they felt they needed to make it a special color so everyone knew it was for MENSTRUATION!!! I thought of how you would react and laughed. Anyway, I suspect the tacky color is less objectionable than a big pink tax or an inferior product. Thank you for sharing the information!

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Miriam's avatar

Thank you for bringing awareness to these kinds of predatory practices by unscrupulous companies

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Zee's avatar

thank you so much for writing this. Infuriating. Is there one that you would recommend specifically?

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Dr. Jen Gunter's avatar

I link to a couple in the article, the second link is for one that is $32 and is a great product.

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Monterossino Diaries's avatar

Leaving aside the actual point of this, have you found any good makeup tips for the over 50 set?? ;-)

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Dr. Jen Gunter's avatar

Lots of hydration apparently. Hyaluronic acid is your friend!

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PR's avatar

And, for me, a light touch with the undereye concealer.

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PR's avatar

Ha 😆

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S. Levin's avatar

Nuvaring in the urethra?! I don't understand how that's possible (unless someone cut the ring first...)

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Dr. Jen Gunter's avatar

Here's a case report (and I know of at least one more) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4394974/

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S. Levin's avatar

Wow. I can't imagine doing that w/o a lot of pain...

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