What's Causing that Vaginal Smell? A Doctor Dedicated Her Career to This, Here's What She Found

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I sat down and talked to Dr. Poucher about vaginal health. Dr Poucher is a licensed and board certified expert cosmetic gynecologist who practices in Southern California. She has dedicated her career to women’s sexual health returning functionality and confidence to her patients with labiaplasty. She has been featured on The Doctors, NBC Access Live, and in New Beauty, Hustle and Elle.com.
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@shanboody 4 ай бұрын

For everyone asking! This is the divine Dr Poucher line: bydrpoucher.com. My fav is the wash and the multi-purpose balm oxo

@PhoenixGoddess 3 ай бұрын

I just placed a order . 🙂

@Jenjenn1111 3 ай бұрын

Single and celibate…im good!

@georgina4874 4 ай бұрын

Key words hydration vs dehydration. Put the sodas and coffees down. 🎉🎉🎉 Water, water, water.

@shanboody 4 ай бұрын

great note!

@inuyashakagome144 3 ай бұрын

AMEN

@ashantihaley265 3 ай бұрын

I almost cried watching this video. I went through a long period of BV in mid &high school and felt so much shame about it. Was terrified to have sex an be in relationships b/c of it. It prevented me from entertaining any of it. Didn’t even know what BV was until years later . My parents and sister even shamed me about it . I had such low confidence and felt self conscious all the time. I’m so grateful for platforms like yours and doctors like you two, that provide this kind of information but also uplifts and nuetralizes the shame of it all.

@junomcguff 4 ай бұрын

They should teach this at school 😮 i always thought i was weird because of all the different discharges

@lp9716 3 ай бұрын

I also thought I was weird when other women would say they never wear panties...I'm always like "how does that work considering we have discharges".

@Hi-jx5oe 3 ай бұрын

@@lp9716the discharge shouldn't run down your legs. You should be able to dress or sleep without panties

@devw1948 4 ай бұрын

It’s nice to see such a healthy and open conversation about vaginal health. There’s so many things that can set our vaginas off and any one of us is susceptible to experience it no matter how “clean” we feel we are. For me, I noticed that things like fabric softener on my clothes affects me. Literally all the little things we don’t think about on a day to day could be an issue

@stephaniestewart8271 3 ай бұрын

Oh so true, I am fixated on how healthy my vagina should smell. I use soap free soap to wash my vagina, and dry very well.

@sangel8079 4 ай бұрын

I agree with Shan, when they are throwing your PH off somethings wrong. Call it spiritual or whatever but I know when it happened to me they were being unfaithful. I loved this episode thank you for asking the questions you did x

@whitneydellafosse_ 4 ай бұрын

I want to add... natural materials vs synthetic materials DRASTICALLY impact my odor.

@MyishaFord-ib9gt 3 ай бұрын

Diet definitely plays a significant role. Processed foods, fast food, fried food, high sugar foods, etc.

@TheCollins 4 ай бұрын

Dr. Poucher did an amazing job. Thank you for having her on.

@sevendagod777 4 ай бұрын

Seeing that most women in America isn’t learning about their vagina in schools, the fact the foods, products & some men are toxic one would think more women would be having these issues. I think the doc gave valuable info. The only criticism from me would be how the doc downplayed how common foul smells are due to all the above factors & the implications that women are afraid to go to the doctor to get help.

@TheCollins 4 ай бұрын

This is such a great video with necessary information women can understand their vaginas and what's actually happening at different stages. You're constantly putting out amazing content. Thanks Shan.

@Originaltuber 4 ай бұрын

Great Video, Shan and Dr.Poucher!

@AmbMonique 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this interview. Very informative! Will definitely be purchasing a few of her products.

@jasminestokes3578 4 ай бұрын

Wow. She explained everything I’ve gone thru. I thought it was a new unlock code because I didn’t experience this until after 30. Wow. I enjoyed this !

@celusma 3 ай бұрын

The talk we all needed!!! Thank you so much for addressing this in such a transparent, informative and fun way. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@4theluvofacurl 3 ай бұрын

Thank you both for this conversation.

@EdwardSanchezProductions 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information Shan and Dr. Poucher

@knstew75 4 ай бұрын

Loved this conversation!! Thanks ladies!! ❤

@TheOnlyTaps 4 ай бұрын

Great watch and discussion as always 👊🏿

@stephaniecorona3929 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate this video ! Thank you for this and normalizing conversations around this.

@EricMVlogs 4 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday Shannon. I wish everyone a happiest of birthday's and also I believe that no matter what age we turn in 2024 that everyone should celebrate it in any way that they can and do it the best that they want to with friends and family. It should be celebrated in an awesome way

@dejianndean1974 4 ай бұрын

Beautifully said.. Enjoyed this talk.

@jene5671 3 ай бұрын

Best lesson ever. She is such a great teacher.

@SimplyDomii1995 4 ай бұрын

I love love love this video. I needed this today...thank you, Shan

@FarenheightTV 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this interview, this was so helpful and informative ❤

@Zayney 3 ай бұрын

Much needed conversation!

@whoswhowho4872 3 ай бұрын

Transparent dialogue well appreciated. Awesome topic and education.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@ososandi 4 ай бұрын

Very informative thanks for sharing. I’m definitely going to pass along. I have read that lavender is a known endocrine disruptor and shouldn’t be used on children. I’m no doctor or professional but if the doctor reads this comment and wants to chime in, I’d love to hear what she knows

@dailirodriguez4985 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for asking all the questions.. especially about certain partners that you are susceptible to get BV with. I’ve been there and is good to know if this is happening with a long term partner. She was so calming to listen.

@Kiya8888 3 ай бұрын

Wow- I don’t understand why doctors don’t think men need to be treated as well just like women for bv. It is transmittable and if they have sex with a partner who has it they need to get treated just like us or else they carry that bug.

@shamaramill 4 ай бұрын

Dr. Poucher was a great guest!

@nicoleslavens4934 3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised she didn't mention the "backdoor" being an obvious cause of odor as well as not throughly drying your vulva and behind after showering. Moisture and heat will cause odor.

@EdwardSanchezProductions 4 ай бұрын

Shan I hope that you have a great Easter tomorrow

@Jenjenn1111 3 ай бұрын

Medical professionals are always saying it is not your partner but I believe that is just mess they learned in a book. Just like Shan, when I’ve had problems with odors and BV it was always when I had unprotected sex and when I got rid of the person, the problem went away. I don’t care what they say, I know for a fact a partner can give you BV. I also think it may have a lot to do with men sleeping with multiple women and possibly being DL.

@godwina.realtor6855 3 ай бұрын

This is an amazing video!! Thank you for this

@noraventura9006 4 ай бұрын

This was very informative

@theetravelhippie 4 ай бұрын

definitely checking out her site! also, the importance of water intake and scent!!

@1999savanna 4 ай бұрын

Very informative, Thank you 😊

@zalaelle190 4 ай бұрын

I would love if you touch in another episode what do guys mean when a women tastes good, hygiene is perfect. Also does egg white mucus tend to smell fishy for most women?

@behindthecam5526 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this!

@chanelxo8096 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video. ❤

@lilyflower5576 3 ай бұрын

I started having strong odor when I was a teen and didn't have a sexual partner (not until 21), EVERY single soap irritated me and i had to deal with terrible odor and irritation all the time!! But now I drink yogurt every day and take probiotic gummies, and I use honeypot sensitive feminine wash and I have improved so much, I am no longer irritated and don't have odor (unless i skip a shower or do very intnse exercise) I really love the honey pot sensitive wash all soaps snd wash irritated me before this even sensitive dove (which is what i use on my body) I also use hughies natural baby wipes to wipe myself and not toilet paper

@catwoman111 4 ай бұрын

Hi Shan! Thank you for this incredible informative conversation. It would be super helpful to know what the right exercises are to strengthen and tone to reduce the queefing. Thank you :)

@kbstar11 4 ай бұрын

I wish you would have talked about how to balance the PH. I’ve got a dear friend who has suffered with recurring BV for 20 years and she just can’t seem to get balanced even when being so cautious about everything. If you all have tips, send them along!

@2DivineBeauty 3 ай бұрын

Probiotics “URO” folic acid vitamins sexual partner need to be clean Cotton panties Go to dr and check hormone balance

@2DivineBeauty 3 ай бұрын

Probiotics “URO” Is pretty good Folic acid vitamins Clean partner (no internal semen ) Cotton breathable panties Dr visit for hormonal imbalances(endocrinologist)

@sadecoco1502 3 ай бұрын

Water and Yogurt have changed my entire life. Also a balance diet❤

@angeladobson5185 4 ай бұрын

This episode was informative and where can you purchase the product

@SharmonJarmon 4 ай бұрын

It’s sad that American women have to go to KZfaq to learn about vaginal health because it’s not being taught properly in schools and not all doctors are helpful in their responses. I’ve had bad experiences in hospitals

@raemahhenderson1602 4 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you

@crys_8462 4 ай бұрын

Nice video

@TheWannabmodel 3 ай бұрын

Every time I have sex or after period the smell returns. Not as bad when I’m celibate lol. Also think my hormone changes from birth control is major part so working on that. People should test for Mycoplasma or ureaplasma too bc BV often similar symptoms or caused more by it.

@zalaelle190 4 ай бұрын

This was soo helpful, but what about when a woman inserts fingers in her vag, I would love to know the different smells people get as I have been tested and nothing came back positive but I know the smell is still not normal to me 😭

@Mandyb05 3 ай бұрын

Stupidly, I have had a bad habit of keeping my tampons in too long in the past which left me with recurring BV that was a nightmare to cure. I'm still in the process of getting that cleared up but I've found yoni steaming to be really beneficial. It doesn't even need to be expensive. I steam at home with apple cider vinegar and I finally have felt comfortable to start dating again stress free without the fear of embarrassment and that insecurity the sex will be unpleasant. Thank you Shan for this important conversation!

@ShyiaRobinson 4 ай бұрын

You know what’s interesting, I started to take notes of what changed after I went pescatarian, and specifically on my period I don’t have a metallicy smell or a smell at all. So I’m wondering if eating meat gives off more of a smell versus it just happening to you? Just a thought 😄

@shanboody 4 ай бұрын

very interesting Shiya! You are the best detective of your own body

@bimaloxley 4 ай бұрын

Shan, youre such an inspiration, love the work you do here! I'm shocked you dont have more followers here ♡ I'm a sex therapost & this video is so important, normalising smell & saying no to cleansers/Goop/steamers etc, though I'd have loved some more inclusive language, such as vulva/vagina owners, AFAB... also not all people who bleed are fertile for example. Curious though, I thought pubes helped keep bacteria out of the vagina, so although maybe not helping with sweat, it does help with overall vaginal health...plus washing your vulva with shampoo also seems risky no? Re queefing, so interesting about tightening the pelvic floor for that, though again I'd caveat kegels with, see a pelvic specialist first as sometimes we can over tighten and cause more issues! Every one deserves to be able to love or accept their vulva, as all are different and beautiful, I totally understand the pain people feel around theirs, I wish one day we didn't even need vulvaplasty as we need to remove the stigma, not try and fix vulvas :(

@shanboody 4 ай бұрын

great notes espcially about language thank you! I do know that pubes are there for a reason, but I wonder if that reason applies to a world where we are wearing underwear and clothes. Also great call out on the shampoo, when I maintained lush pubes (I am lasered now) I would shampoo the mons pubis - never the inside and I never had issues with that or heard from my OB that it was problematic, but perhaps! Good call out for people to consider

@bimaloxley 4 ай бұрын

@@shanboody oooh such a good point re underwear & clothes! this is why we need more research! But yes, you're right in that shampooing pubes won't necessarily cause issues for all, especially if careful, but i suppose sadly most people aren't educated on the "careful" part eh :/ thanks for being awesome and reading comments

@abbient 4 ай бұрын

26:33 "I do not see men" or "I do not semen"? 🤭🙃😇😄😂 Jp, couldn't pass it up

@chanelxo8096 4 ай бұрын

😂🤣

@ianygayo8592 4 ай бұрын

First time i saw you and Ryu look alike was in this videos thumbnail

@iqraosman263 4 ай бұрын

I thought the exact same thing!

@shanboody 4 ай бұрын

ha! Jared made it for me

@C2G2 3 ай бұрын

I got told that vagina is the incorrect term it's Vulva. 😶

@lashaesworld777 3 ай бұрын

If you are smelling down their stop putting any and every food in your body!!!

@rasheedahsilvertree 3 ай бұрын

Interesting....did our ancestors worry about this over 100 years ago?? lol

@ricksteven2155 3 ай бұрын

Didn't Lume solve this

@TheJomarie88 4 ай бұрын

Lime juice and water helps for the sweaty body ppl. It’s really helpful

@mariim6245 3 ай бұрын

Can you explain what to do with it?

@t.l1357 4 ай бұрын

I want more info on the specific placement of these sweat glands. As I age certain foods seem like they sweat directly out. I try to counteract it by eating pineapple and drinking cranberry juice. But suggestions are welcomed.

@sometimeslifehandsyouapple1085 3 ай бұрын

So I watched a really informed video on the history of labiaplasties. There is a lot of misinformation about "innies" vs "outties" labia majora. Natrual innies are very rare and the up tick in the presence of innies is largely driven by porn. Many female performers have had labiaplasties just for asethetic purposes, leaving viewers to think thats what is normal and desirable. While this doctor seems wonderful she quickly skimmed over the fact that she does labiaplasties for woman "who want it to just feel better about its appearance." This ignores the risks involved with labiaplasties. Many of these "aesthetic" vaginal surgeons will tell you that the risks are just about non existent. Which is grossly untrue. There are so many stories out there of women who end of with nerve damage, chronic pain and issues after. All for a totally unnecessary procedure that is driven by our culture pressuring women to view totally natural, and by in large the majority, outties as abnormal and needing "fixing." It isnt in this doctors best interest to go in detail about this bc labiaplasties are often not medically necessary, so insurance wont pay, leaving women paying thousands of dollars to these doctors. Id like to see doctors, ESPECIALLY FEMALE, pushing back on these expectations. And reassuring women that labia come in all shapes and sizes and theres nothing "wrong," or ugly about that.

@georgina4874 4 ай бұрын

You can definitely smell feminine cancer. It's a lingering "death-like" smell. You can see it on ashen-whiteness of the skin too.😢

@howardmartin3342 4 ай бұрын

Question: How would the woman get the man's semen out of them afterwards?

@Nyammings 4 ай бұрын

Pee after sex.

@chanelxo8096 4 ай бұрын

Good question. I hate that smell it takes about 2 days to go away.

@solangelalebron1348 4 ай бұрын

Exactly. I was having a dream about that last night. About soap 🧼 and the Bible verse, that Clean people only have to wash their feet(vagina lips) not a whole bath because they haven't been having sex. Because there is no way to wash semen out. It's Plasma. Even my period blood stays stuck to the toilet bowl 🚽 and the toilet bowl is slippery porcelain, IMAGINE cloth like fabric in the skin. You can't. ["Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, [in that case, wash] not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you.”~John 13:9-10] See. I don't take baths everyday but that's because I don't go anywhere nor am I having sex. So my vagina stays clean. If I were to go and do something then I take a bath. Most people need to bathe everyday day because they go outside, I don't go out or interact with anyone. You can't wash that semen out. Some of it stays/Stains. That's why women get cancers. Semen is also not like saliva. Again, semen is plasma, it's white blood. If the vagina were slippery like when you are on birth control, it would slip out because the vagina has hair like fibers, but when you are on birth control those hair-like fibers retract. Leaving the orifice smooth, like when you get a smooth tounge with no taste buds because you are missing vitamins minerals.

@heavymetalbanshee 4 ай бұрын

You could douche but that isn't good for the vagina really

@Modnyy 4 ай бұрын

She answered - peeing afterward is all that’s needed

@marionboren5787 3 ай бұрын

There's no such thing asa bad Vijay Jay but if it stinks there's something wrong with it.

@Richard-Reloaded 3 ай бұрын

There are alot of women who lack proper hygeine and improperly place the blame on their partner(s). Im glad she cleared that up.

@angelofmery21 3 ай бұрын

After this we'll educated video that's really what you took away from the video?

@Richard-Reloaded 3 ай бұрын

@@angelofmery21 shoo fly

@ktokie338 3 ай бұрын

Nahhh just because she said that that doesn’t make it true. How many men wash their junk before seggs I’ll wait…? How many men have multiple seggs partner and say nothing?…how many men are d.l and have seggs with each other then go home to their ‘women’ miss me with the brain washing you and her.

@soilgrasswaterair 4 ай бұрын

31:32 Nah, if it’s a thought that keeps bothering the person then the solution isn’t plastic surgery on the genitalia, but to see a psychologist and work on the mindset. To then learn tools to shut people’s negative narratives out regarding how femala genitalia is ”suppose” to look. That’s an internalized issue and not an actual problem that needs surgery. Fix the physical problems with surgery if needed, but the idea that psychological issues are suppose to be corrected by cutting in a physical body is a very sideways way of thinking. Yes, I don’t expect anything other coming from someone who is living off of these surgeries, but is it fixing the core issue the person is carrying around mentally, nope it does not. Fix the inner issues with therapy, you can’t fix that vy risking your oife through plastic surgery.

@sangel8079 4 ай бұрын

She clearly spoke about it also creating a functional issue. Either way it’s their body their choice.

@carmenjaniratarafacortes7405 4 ай бұрын

Is gone 💋 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

@jeffwilliams6374 3 ай бұрын

Oh oh that smell, can’t you smell that smell…💩😷

@ameliamcdill 3 ай бұрын

kr😢😢🎉y

@coreys5156 4 ай бұрын

👍😷🤭

@myththelegend1036 3 ай бұрын

You can't get BV or Uti's from your partner aka a male partner, unless he has a V, like you, but I'm going to leave that one alone.

@Mandyb05 3 ай бұрын

Listen to what she's saying. He was going around having intercourse with women who have BV and maybe because she trusted him, she didn't use protection. Of course that can give you BV.

@Kelsthinks 4 ай бұрын

4:32 ahhh so this is why my dog likes to eat discarded tampons 🫠

@davidblax9459 3 ай бұрын

All those men that ran through it. 😂. Drizzle drizzle 304s

@jessicamerced9116 3 ай бұрын

You ladies are inspirational, thanks for this podcast ❤ Forgive me but I was making crude jokes to my bf about how I wanted a 3 month birth control because I was tired of smelling like a “meat shop” once a month…..I know that’s disgusting but nice to know that it’s normal! 🫠