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[menstruationstasse]

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[divasdishblog]

Why I really don’t like my Sckoon

In the interest of full disclosure, the Sckoon company was very nice and sent me a free cup (size 1) to try and review. They were the only company that offered to do this for me and I am very grateful to them. Also in full disclosure: this was almost a full year ago. It’s not that I didn’t try it right away (I did), but I wound up sitting on it for about a year because I didn’t quite know how to write a *bad* review for a menstrual cup that Sckoon was expecting/hoping I’d love.

After using my Sckoon for about five full period cycles now, however, I feel very strongly that I need to share my opinion on this, if only to dredge up those Sckoon supporters who will hopefully refute my review and start some dialogue on different preferences for menstrual cups. However, after months of deliberation over this I feel very strongly that I do not like the Sckoon and do not recommend it, and here’s why:

(1) It leaks. Oh boy, does it leak. Of the roughly five cycles I’ve used it, my Sckoon has leaked about 3/5 days of each cycle. It’s been difficult for me to get it not to leak, to be honest, and it even leaked during lighter days of my cycle when I frustratingly acknowledged that I might as well not have been using a cup at all for all the good it did me. This issue was further supported by a close friend of mine who had been using a Sckoon for about a year and admitted that it leaked fairly regularly on her too (to my horror, she thought this was normal since Sckoon was her first menstrual cup experience). So you can blame this on my body, my vagina or my flow (don’t blame it on my technique though, because I’m pretty confident I’ve got that down..), but the fact that it also happened to my friend makes me suspicious about the design...

(2) It’s difficult to clean. Or maybe I should say *more* difficult than other brands I’ve tried. I’ve found that compared to both the Lunette and the Diva Cup, the air/suction release holes along the top of the Sckoon are more prone to getting clogged with gunk and are more difficult to clean out. I assume this is because they are smaller. The frustrating part about this is that I am not always in a position to be able to run my cup under water when I change it (ie I am in a public restroom stall), so having to reinsert a menstrual cup that still has brown clotted blood stuck in it is not an ideal way to make me feel clean and fresh.

(3) The stem sucks. Like really, really sucks. The leakage and cleaning issues bother me, but the stem issue really irks me. If you aren’t familiar with the Sckoon, it has a ribbed “tail”-like stem that is very soft and flexible, presumably to minimize discomfort if it hangs too low. That’s fine, except for the fact that it is non-functional when it comes to removing the cup. When I could actually get a grip on it, pulling on the stem to try to wrestle free my cup felt like pulling on one of those gummy toys I used to get in goodie-bags when I was 8 years old. It just stretches and stretches, but doesn’t do much to dislodge the cup. Almost every time I’ve had to resort to digging the cup out by the base, which is also not easy to grip despite the ripped texture on the bottom. Not only is this process somewhat painful and messy, but it means that it’s so much more of an *ordeal* to remove than most other cups I’ve tried.

If it wasn’t for the stem and the cleaning issue, I could maybe forgive the leakage as being an incompatibility issue between the softness of the cup and my needs, but it’s more than that. I’m curious as to whether anyone else has had a similar experience. I know Sckoon is a popular brand, so I have a feeling there are also a lot of happy users out there and I’m also interested to know what y’all think about the complaints I’ve raised.

Either way it feels good to finally get this off my chest. XOXO

[justtruthing-blog]

officially in love with the sckoon cup !

SO, its not the easiest thing to get used to but I was expecting it to be much more difficult to use. 

it’s super comfy and you don’t have to mess with it every few hours. You really just have to be chill with your anatomy and willing to get in there. ;)

I love not being as wasteful and not having to put up with exposing myself potentially harmful chemicals!!!

[so-yup]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFAIFWvwSM)

I say "vag" way too much in this. Hi everyone! Today I'm getting personal and telling you about the Sckoon Cup/Menstrual cups! Hope you guys learn something, and possibly give it a try

[buffyrae-blog]

Sckoon!!!

[bethebomb]

Menstrual Cup PSA

So I finally caved and decided to start trying menstrual cups; partly because of the environment, and partly because I’m really sick of how pads and tampons feel on my body. I have so far tried two different brands, and I wanted to write a bit about it for my high cervix sisters benefit. (If you don’t know whether or not you have a high cervix, you can try to find your cervix by putting your fingers up your vaginal canal and feeling around for something that feels like the tip of your nose. It could be to the sides or straight up, if you can’t seem to get far enough to feel anything, you have a high cervix.)

First off, DO NOT use the sckoon cup if you have a high cervix. I didn’t realize just how far something could move up my vaginal canal, and when I went back online to check it out I found comments about bad experiences from high cervix ladies, but not until I hit the bottom of the comments section. I was finally able to get mine out by taking some deep breaths and literally pretending I was having a baby, and people were yelling at me to push. It was not fun and took about a half hour. Other girls have posted about needing to go to the instacare for a reportedly painful removal via speculum and forceps.

I had used it one day prior with some of the same issues but it wasn't as bad, and I'd actually purchased a diva cup. The diva sat low enough that it was super easy to put in and remove, but it put a kind of uncomfortable pressure on my pelvic muscles the whole time I wore it so I tried the stupid sckoon cup again. NEVER EVER AGAIN will I make that mistake. I'm going to try the diva cup again though, a little bit of pressure I can take over pads and tampons.

I would suggest it for people who had a bad experience here and want to try something else. When I measured the sckoon and diva cup side by side, they're technically the same length, it's just if you can reach the bottom of the diva cup you can squeeze and remove it (because the tail is 1/4 inch and thick, meaning squeezing it will actually give you a grip on the cup, and the cup is a softer silicone, easier to pinch). Whereas if you can reach the bottom of the sckoon you can pull the silicone tail and snap yourself in the vag. Because that's all you need when you're freaking out.

Good luck ladies. And be safe. 

[deerestpaganlady]

I bought a menstrual cup online and I got it in but couldn’t get it back out! I tried everything so I ended up just texting my mom. I thought she was going to make me feel stupid (which, she did, she kind of teased me at first) but she ended up telling me a story about how my grandma had to help her get a tampon out once, lol.

Well once my vagina muscles started to push while I pulled on the little stem (it kept stretching was the problem), it eventually came out. I’m back to wearing pads for now. I have nothing bad to say about menstrual cups in general but I’m a little worried to use one again for a while for obvious reasons.

[holydancingunicorns]

Merr

So I decided to try a menstrual cup. I can't feel it at all and I'm quickly becoming a fan up to the point of removing it. Fuck. I was freaking out until Google informed me that it's quite common getting it out for first-time users. I've given up on removing it so I guess I'll just wait until I'm in the shower.