A short, sarcastic YouTube monologue warning against using period blood as a facial mask. The speaker (Shereene Idriss) claims period blood can contain bacteria and viruses (mentions chlamydia, herpes) and may cause serious eye/skin infections such as orbital cellulitis, potentially requiring ER care.
You can imagine, period blood is probably loaded with shit. Bacteria, viruses, you name it. And then you're gonna go put that shit on your face next to your eyes, and you can end up with the clam. Bam. Chlamydia in your eye socket. Or even worse, our good old friend Herps on our face that's gonna live with us forever and come back whenever we're stressed out, like this video is doing to me right now. Or an orbital cellulitis, which is, by the way, a medical emergency, and you're going to land yourself in the ER of a hospital. And at the end of the day, blood does not go your through your skin barrier, let alone period blood. And just think about it. Let's take a step back for one hot second and argue, for the sake of arguing, that period blood is great for your skin with all the best regenerative properties, right? Shouldn't everyone's vagina look perfect? Like, pristine? Especially if they're getting their periods every month? I'm done. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
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