Douching with water?

Question

I know there's a host of icky that can happen if one douches with a commercially prepared solution - but does anyone know of any ill effects from using just tap water? I just used one for the first time with just plain water. In the future I would use it to clean out during and after my period, or if I'm feeling especially icky. I'm curious as to whether there are any bad effects (YI, BV, UTI, etc) that can be caused by just flushing out with water. Dryness? Anything?

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Do not do this. Nothing should be going up there but tampons, fingers, toys and dick. You can get infections otherwise.

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You shouldn't douche at all. Your vagina cleans itself.

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I always douche with water every time I go to the bathroom. Every single time. I can't stand if I peed or something else and haven't washed after. I've been doing this since my whole life and nothing ever happened. I don't have infections or irritation or UTI, like never happened. It just keeps me fresh and hygienic.

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I would like to know too🤔

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I feel like water is the safest to douche with instead of the actual douche mixture. My OB said water won’t hurt you or cause any infections. Told me getting fingered can caused more of an infection than douching with warm water only.

Douching with water?

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