Lysol Douche?

[johnrk]

One thing my mother used that's basically gone these days is Lysol--at least in that little bottle of concentrate. We always had cleaning ladies and they were the ones who used it; it must've just taken a little to use. Of course, I have Lysol wipes around the house now, and Lysol disinfectant spray in the bathrooms, but they don't have that very distinctive aroma of the original.

The funny part is that if you go back 60+ years ago, Lysol was commonly advertised as a douche for feminine hygiene! I asked a couple of very elderly female friends of mine and they both vigorously denied every using that 'down there'. Pre-war, Lysol concentrate was also recommended as a hair rinse also.

Strange thing is that Lysol never really stated what they killed! I can remember my mama telling me that when I was a baby in the 50's, that Lysol was commonly used to wash with diapers--again, with apparently no specific reason other than odor-killing.

Does anyone on here have experience with it? I know that if you look on Amazon, it ain't cheap these days. I don't see it in Wal-Mart or either of the chain grocery stores where I shop.

 

[yogitunes]

at the time, there weren't many products available for cleaning and disinfecting, especially useful for items that you could not, or did not want to use bleach.....

still available in some stores....but yeah, getting pricy.....

read a few reviews on Amazon......"how do you open the bottle?"....seriously?....hate to see this person operate a self sticking stamp!....

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Oh yeah. I've seen those ads. There is one where the husband actually leaves the wife because thing's weren't springtime fresh in munchkin land.

 

[vacerator]

another

tuna.

Oprah had a female doctor on who said if you over douche', you kill the good alkali balance in coochyland, and if the smell is always bad, something is a miss with the vajayjay.

A friend once told me he didn't even mind, and found it sensual.

A Will and Grace episode featured Jack telling the difference between a gold gay guy, silver, and a platinum one. A platinum guy was born seserian. A silver gay or bi guy has dipped in the lady pond.

 

[stan]

Lysol

And the ads in women's magazine for feminine hygiene..
was a secret among women then..that a mild Lysol douche use before intercourse may prevent pregnancy. It's was not something shared in mixed company, but if you look at the ads, the very sutle hint is there.
There not saying to use in the am..its "suggested" that its used before "he" gets home.
You'd be hard pressed to get a 90 year old lady to admit that she used it..and for that purpose..but

 

[ea56]

My Mom always had Hexol in my parents bathroom along with white vinegar. Now what she used them for is anybodys guess, but I believe that Hexol was a disinfectant equivalent to Lysol.

I’m surprised at just how almost explicit the Lysol ad in the first post was. Anybody reading between the lines can certainly tell what they were driving at. Back then any public reference to “intimate” body functions and sex was usually pretty veiled. It also gave the impression that the little women had better be ready for action as soon as the lord and master walked through the door. Todays woman is probably more receptive to this senerio, but it had better not be expected as an obllgation, and rightfully so.
Eddie

 

[brucelucenta]

Oh my!

 

[tomturbomatic]

veiled, like those women in beautiful evening gowns and near the bottom of the page were two words: Modess because (otherwise known as blood and ballgowns).

http://https//www.google.com/search....1.64.psy-ab..0.6.333...0i131k1.0.yYCssSt3WPc

 

[johnrk]

feminine hygiene

Women of the past were quite different in broadcasting their 'intimate' needs. I can remember seeing once, a Kotex ticket. Apparently in every box of sanitary napkins, there was a ticket. That way, the woman could just present the ticket at the store, it said something like "one box of Kotex, please" or something near to that.

I'd never heard of Hexol; apparently it's still made. I included a photo below where it used to state on vintage bottles that it was for feminine hygiene. The new bottles don't say that.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Surprised to get to see this stuff here & not in D-L... (Insert blanket, now broken-in-two)

-- Dave

 

[lordkenmore]

Well, Lysol is covered by: "Any other products for the home or home/automobile related posts" option for Super! LOL

 

[verizonbear]

Lysol Douches

Although advertised for odor control , in reality they were used for contraception and abortion at home. My 87 year old Aunt was an MD . Social Worker and a nun believe it or not. We had many discussions about all things pertaining that subject lol . She said women would douche with Lysol after the first missed period to cause a miscarriage.

Although it was effective in controlling odor, it also caused killed all the "good" bacteria in that region causing an over growth of candida . I would suggest that gay men do not attempt this either lol

 

[iej]

That really can’t have been good for you!!!

Your body is made out of exactly the same kind of living marierials that these things killed and it operates in symbiosis with these bacteria.

It’s quite scary how they saw things back then.

 

[iheartmaytag]

The Lysol we have today, is not what it was years ago, and iej, you are correct, it was not good for you.

I once started to buy a bottle of Lysol that I was going to use for cleaning the trash cans. My Grandmother freaked. "That's what 'nasty women' use to clean down there."

Maybe that's why I'm such a bleach addict.

 

[iej]

I assume Lysol is similar to Dettol over here a Chloroxylenol disinfectant?

Dettol has morphed into a vast array of sanitising sprays, hand washes, laundry sanitisers and wipes that are based on other, more modern disinfectants and largely aimed at germaphobes who should probably be getting some help about OCD.

 

[rpms]

Would it not burn like the dickens for both lady and man?

 

[liamy1]

iej

Yes, Lysol IS Dettol - same thing; manufacturer, product etc.

 

[askolover]

ads...

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/03/when-women-used-lysol-birth-control/
 

I keep one of the fresh scented lysol products in my laundry cabinet to use on my colored scrubs when I've had an isolation patient with lots of cooties.  I can't bleach my scrubs and I don't want to do a boil wash that will ruin the elastic waistbands.  So I add a little to the wash.  I can't stand the smell of that "brown bottle of lysol!"  About 17 or 18 years ago they had a blue bottle beside the brown bottle on the shelves at Walmart.  It smelled nice and I used it..but it disappeared and has never been seen since.  A weird fact...insulin smells like that brown bottle of Lysol to me!

 

 

 

[this post was last edited: 10/20/2017-00:11]

 

[askolover]

Well I just answered my own question about insulin and Lysol.  They add phenols to insulin.

 

"Insulin smells the way it does because manufacturers add phenol to it. Once added, the compound helps to stabilize it and it also acts as both an antiseptic and disinfectant in the liquid, which most of us use over the course of numerous injections. The NIH tells us exactly what to expect when we drop a vial on the floor: “a sweet tarry odor that resembles a hospital smell.” And there’s a reason it’s familiar. You’ll find phenol listed in the ingredients on a host of everyday products like sunscreen, cosmetics, and mouthwash."

http://https//asweetlife.org/what-does-insulin-smell-like/

 

[neptunebob]

Would it not burn? Could be couples "put up" with i

During the Great Depression the birth rate dropped dramatically, yet the birth control pill would not come for another 30 years. It is possible that Lysol was used for population control. People could not afford any more kids in the 30s and most of the large families were started in the roaring 20s. Today, according to Planned Parenthood, douching is no longer considered effective since pills came along. Not only that, but guys probably did not want to buy or use condoms, they were not as available then as they are now.

If I were in charge of a place like a zoo or a museum that had environmental education I would have free condoms in the men's room and exhibits that talked about PP and birth control, as nothing ruins the environment as much as parenthood. I could be the most jet-setting, steak eating every night, Corvette and Harley racing playboy living in a huge house and not damage the environment as much than if I fathered children.

 

[johnrk]

re 'askolover'

I was going to mention that blue Lysol but I figured no one else had ever used it! I really liked it, it smelled so much better than the brown bottled stuff. I always thought immediately of Betadine with the brown bottle, and I couldn't stand using that stuff. I always used Hibiclens in the hospitals where I worked. I guess the blue kind just didn't sell enough.

I stopped doing direct patient care back in the 80's when I got bumped into administration. But I certainly used to put a little Lysol in the wash when I got my cotton scrubs nasty, before that.

 

[johnrk]

Lysol Laundry Sanitizer

I've noticed on Amazon that Lysol also sells jugs of Lysol Laundry Sanitizer. It's advertised to kill 99.9% of Staph. aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Has anyone here ever used it? I've seen some postings on here by people are caregivers for the ill at home.

 

[askolover]

Remember the Lysol laundry sanitizer powder back in the 80's?  My mother used it then for our colored towels. Check out the Westinghouse front loader too.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Massengill and Norforms

Absent the mention of these two products is perplexing. I recall stopping at the drugstore (1960s) with mom, for my acne Rx (I was a pizza-face in my teens). She would often purchase Massengill (I don't know if it was powder or liquid). Also occasionally Norforms suppositories. In the cabinet under our bathroom vanity, my mom kept an enormous syringe marked "fountain syringe" in a large mason jar. I assumed that was what the Massengill was used for. As for Norforms, I only saw it advertised in my mom's "Good Housekeeping" (no pun intended) with admonitions that it would keep you "fresh and dainty". I never really gave these things much thought.

In our 'hood in the slums, we had a small grocery down the block. My mom would send me now and then for cat food, tuna fish, tomato sauce, and a couple other things including a box of "Super Kotex". I never asked about this, just one of those childhood mysteries.

BTW, I have never used Lysol in any form or function. For our family it was always Mr. Clean, Formula 409, or Lestoil. Not even Pine-Sol, the old man couldn't stand the smell....

 

[iej]

This old advert for Dettol is quite odd. Trying to make old fashioned disinfectant seem “sexy”.

1977:

 

[iej]

More recent

 

[mralex]

Lysol/Dettol here in U.K. still has directions for skin cleansing

Antibacterial skin cleansing

83 ml to 1 litre of warm water.
Apply onto the desired area for 5 minutes and rinse

 

[circlew]

While we occasionally had the liquid Lysol for cleaning use, I'm sure my mother didn't use it for the purpose stated in the ad.

I do remember her having Massengill, which was a yellow powder that came in a glass jar. Once I poured some in a paper cup and made a paste out of it, and smeared it on the counter. Needless to say, mom wasn't happy about it.

 

[mralex]

Actually looked at the 4 litre bottle and it actually has directions for douching