Less than three percent of staph aureus strains are toxigenic with TSST In , tampons went to space. At the height of the TSS scare, more than 40 percent of women were using tampons with absorbencies of But the most dramatic changes to the post-TSS tampon were virtually invisible to consumers. But according to Tierno and the CDC , manufacturers abandoned the use of CMC and polyester after Rely was pulled from shelves, and tampons containing polyacrylates were withdrawn from markets in Tampax, Friedman notes, even revived a line of all-cotton tampons it had discontinued in Viscose rayon is still commonly used in tampons; a representative for Kotex confirmed to me that viscose rayon is the only one of these ingredients still in use in its products.
After Rely, consumers began to realize just how little they knew about what was actually in tampons. None of these groups were successful. In fact, according to the CDC, no U. Still, between and , cases of menstrual TSS were reported, 51 of them fatal. And, importantly, the product that would come to be called Tampax Pearl was to have nothing in common with the ill-fated Rely experiment.
And with good reason. But throughout the industry, the new urgency of developing a better tampon—and, undoubtedly, the heightened scrutiny—resulted in a number of breakthrough discoveries. Among them: While the tampon had been cylindrical for more than a century, the human vagina is not. And it is—but only at the vaginal opening. Radical re-engineering ensued. Today, while digital tampons like O. Tampax Pearl was a hit when it went on sale in —especially with young women.
Of course, not everybody fell back in love with tampons. Today, Tierno estimates that 80 percent of U. For example: Outside North America, digital tampons have outsold applicator tampons for decades. Also in , at the New Brunswick Plant, Tampax produced cotton bandages and surgical dressings for the U.
Following World War II and with the help of millions of women entering the workforce, Tampax had become so in demand that we had to expand our production facilities and build new ones around the world to keep up, as more and more women learned just how convenient tampons were.
In , tampon ads are shown on TV in the U. Tampax began an educational campaign discussing both Tampax tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome TSS to educate women on the effects, symptoms, and treatment options.
It was all part of our mission to stop people from making women feel ashamed or embarrassed about a perfectly natural function of the female body. Fun fact: a vagina is actually flat like the shape of a sleeping bag Tampax used that data to ultimately lead to the creation of a new tampon featuring widthwise expansion.
That groundbreaking new tampon was Tampax Pearl, which debuted in with a plastic applicator and rounded tip; it was an immediate success. In addition to an easy to insert plastic applicator, Tampax Pearl was designed with FormFit expansion to gently expand to fit her unique shape. Based on the popularity of Pearl, Tampax continued to evolve and innovate, introducing new technology and variations.
We teamed up with Always to create Radiant, a collection of tampons, liners, and pads. In , Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, filed for her very first patent: a belt for sanitary napkins, an idea she created when she was 18 years old, long before the modern-day maxi pad and at a time when at a time when women were still using uncomfortable and unsanitary cloth pads and rags during their period.
As a result of these restrictive societal expectations, along with the stigma surrounding menstruation, women were often confined indoors during their periods.
Her patent featured an adjustable belt with an inbuilt, moisture-proof napkin pocket. The inventive design, which used the belt to keep pads in place, would significantly decrease the likeliness of leakage, and ultimately gave women the freedom to comfortably leave their homes while menstruating.
Invented by German gynecologist Dr. Judith Esser-Mittag in the s, the o. The tampon comes in the shape of a compressed, insertable pad designed to expand in all directions for better coverage and also features a concave tip so that a finger can be used to push it snugly into place. In the late s, Esser-Mittag partnered with another physician named Dr. Carl Hahn to start a company and market the o.
Tampon , which stands for " ohne binde " or "without napkins" in German. One major selling point the company touts on its website is the fact that a non-applicator tampon can be more environmentally friendly. How so? Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance.
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