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It seems silly to have to say this, but please don’t put crushed up wasp nests into your vagina. Apparently women have been doing this in an attempt to tighten and rejuvenate their vaginas, but it’s a really bad idea.


According to the Daily Mail, women are putting crushed oak galls — nests that house wasp eggs and larvae — into their vaginas. Apparently, people believe this ground-up substance will “restore the uterine wall after childbirth, heal an episiotomy cut and also clean out the vagina.”

Although oak galls are known to have some medicinal properties (they’re used in traditional medicine to treat certain infections), they are not meant to tighten and restore the vagina.


Even if there is any truth to the “rejuvenation” claims, there are so many potential side effects that it’s definitely not worth it. According to Popular Science, oak galls contain astringents, which can irritate and dry out your vagina. This can lead to painful increased friction during intercourse and bad infections.

Putting strange substances into your vagina is never a good idea, and wasp nests are no exception.