Hmmm I used to be very prone to yeast infections, i haven't had one in probably a year, this is a very long-standing record for me...... but the methods I liked for restoring my pH to a more acidic level were:
- Vitamin C pill - must be pure vitamin c with nothing else in it like rose hips or any of that other stuff they add to make it more absorbant - and you stick the pill up inside you before bed. Make sure you lie down immediately after because if this pill starts to fall back out of you, it does sting the outer vagina area because of its acidity.
or
- coconut oil & tea tree oil tampon - you soak a tampon in coconut oil, and then add many drops of tea tree oil on the tip over top of the coconut oil and stick it up in you for the night. This is tingly, but its kind of a nice tingle, not over the top. Try not to touch your outer vagina with the tea tree though, that can be kind of an intense tingling......
I like to do the coco & tea tree tampon after my period ends, or sometimes even midway through it, because on your period your vagina becomes slight more alkaline, and so this can be the starts of a yeast / bacterial infection, and the tampon just restores the acidity.
Don't use either of these methods for more than 4 days in a row unless you actually have an active infection, and if you have an active infection then don't go over 7 days unless it is reeeeallly bad. 6 days i'd say is ideal for an active inf.
if you like to take baths often, adding sea salt to your bath or skipping the bubble bath (unless its all natural) can also help
- Vitamin C pill - must be pure vitamin c with nothing else in it like rose hips or any of that other stuff they add to make it more absorbant - and you stick the pill up inside you before bed. Make sure you lie down immediately after because if this pill starts to fall back out of you, it does sting the outer vagina area because of its acidity.
or
- coconut oil & tea tree oil tampon - you soak a tampon in coconut oil, and then add many drops of tea tree oil on the tip over top of the coconut oil and stick it up in you for the night. This is tingly, but its kind of a nice tingle, not over the top. Try not to touch your outer vagina with the tea tree though, that can be kind of an intense tingling......
I like to do the coco & tea tree tampon after my period ends, or sometimes even midway through it, because on your period your vagina becomes slight more alkaline, and so this can be the starts of a yeast / bacterial infection, and the tampon just restores the acidity.
Don't use either of these methods for more than 4 days in a row unless you actually have an active infection, and if you have an active infection then don't go over 7 days unless it is reeeeallly bad. 6 days i'd say is ideal for an active inf.
if you like to take baths often, adding sea salt to your bath or skipping the bubble bath (unless its all natural) can also help