Jamie Davis Smith

Unlike the inside of the vagina, the outside, called the vulva, is not self-cleaning. “When you don’t wash the vulva, it’s like not cleaning other areas with glands and hair, like your armpits,” Eilber said. She recommends washing the vulva whenever someone bathes.  Dweck explained that, because yeast and bacteria tend to thrive in moist, dark environments like the vulva, poor vaginal…