Cristina Tarantola

When we ran the story "What Shouldn't Go Near Your Va-Jay-Jay" a year ago, we didn't think we had to include vodka on the list. But perhaps we should have because, according to a local news story, there have been cases of women soaking their tampons in vodka then inserting them.

Rumor has it female teens are getting drunk with that technique. And they're not the only ones, if we're to believe the reporter. Guys are also steeping the feminine product in booze then putting it in their rectum in order to get a buzz.

Insane, right? We're not sure this "trend" is quite as widespread as the report makes it sound. (Stephen Colbert did a segment on it earlier this week and he poked fun at the cop who said this is happening "everywhere". And we're with him—we doubt it's happening everywhere.) Nonetheless, we feel the need to explain that this is a terrible, unsafe, and ridiculously crazy idea.

"The alcohol gets absorbed by the bloodstream via unprotected membranes," explains women's health expert Jennifer Wider, MD. "And it can result in burning, irritation, and bleeding. And it will make you more susceptible to serious infections." She adds that getting drunk with this technique won't keep you from gaining weight from the booze, as some women think. And because alcohol is eliminated from the body via the lungs, Wider explains that using a vodka-soaked tampon won't mean that people can't smell the booze on your breath. (Apparently, that's one of the reasons underage women do it.)

Have you heard of women—or guys—doing this?

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