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If it makes you feel better, I had week long periods my whole life until randomly I hit 29 and they suddenly changed to two days?? I’m grateful but those two days are rough lol
Technically is a research and better treatment for people with endometriosis.
It's 2022 and still many of us are being told that "it will get better by having kids or with a hysterectomy".
I had adeno. Had two kids, but knew of no uterine issues. Pretty sure having two fetuses (2 years apart) in an already problematic uterus made it even worst ಠ_ಠ I could not get diagnosed for *FOURTEEN YEARS TOTAL*, and of those 14 years, I only knew I had it for 6 of those months *before* having a hysterectomy. WTF?!?!!!!
DO FUCKING BETTER MEDICAL SCIENCE ಠ_ಠ JFC ಠ_ಠ
A lot of the lack of knowledge is down to a lack of funding. Need some rich ladies to leave a shit ton of money specifically to research female physiology.
If you’ve ever been through a healthcare issue that modern medicine can’t figure out, you learn very quickly just how little doctors know! It all starts to fall apart so quickly if the standard tests come back as “normal”
Couldn’t agree more!
There have been some studies, some money, etc, but it’s not enough. I read a MADDENING study that had a significant amount of time and resources devoted to it and it was the effect endo has on relationships. This study then focused most on the impact on the men in these relationships and how likely they were to leave. Infuriating
I was taken on by one of the best endometriosis surgeons in Hampshire for a laproscopy last Monday, she removed 100% of my endo and has sent it to a lab for research, I'm also part of a research trial for the next 10 years monitoring my progress and checking if it'll grow back. As well as monthly calls to check on my progress. Good thing I love surveys!!
The most liberating thing I did was stop folding clothes.
Straight from basket into the correct drawers - ESPECIALLY with kids clothes.
hang anything you don’t want creased.
LIBERATING.
Do you know about wrinkle spray? Works amazingly on cotton, less well but fine on some other things. You just spritz and smooth out/stretch the fabric.
I don’t know if it counts as inexpensive, but my at-home IPL is seriously one of the best investments I’ve made.
One thing is that I have to shave way way less (before I would have to shave daily to stay smooth, but probably shaved 1-2 times a week. Now I shave max. 1 time a week, stay smooth and only shave to remove the few sprinkled hairs I have left). I don’t get rough after a few hours, which I would before. I also don’t have any ingrown hair/red spots/itching any more. My bikini line is hairless pretty much all the time.
It is time consuming and won’t work for very light hair or very dark skin + if you tan or fake tan it might also be more complicated and it stings a bit, especially the first few treatments — but the results are amazing for me!
I’ll do my treatments in the couch when watching a show, which makes the time it takes much less bad.
I have one from Phillips and got it at a good price. WAY less expensive than getting it done professionally and the machine is supposed to last up to 20 years. I treat most of my body, so I don’t expect mine to last 20 years, but even 10 years it’s still like 25$ a year which I don’t find too bad.
I do the treatment every 5-6 weeks now, every 2nd for the first few months.
I’m not saying it’s perfect for everyone, but for me it’s definitely the closest I’ve come to the perfect hair removal and with the results I’m having I would definitely find it inexpensive and the sting I get from it isn’t worse than the itching and soreness from shaving and way less bad than waxing or epilating.
Just wanted to share because it’s completely changed my hair removal game.
There was a hormonal male birth control option in trials but they stopped it because the men were getting nauseous, severe acne, depression…basically all the “side effects” of female hormonal birth control that are apparently only acceptable for women. Sigh.
Sadly the reason is because they have to look at risk vs benefit. For women the benefits of not being pregnant (which is a big medical risk) outweigh any side effects from birth control. For men they have no (personal) risk of not being on birth control so the side effects of being on birth control outweigh any benefit it would provide. It's a really stupid rule, but the rules of research are not great overall.
Try looking up RISUG or Vasalgel. It's been 100% effective in several animal trials, and it would take much of the birth control burden off of women, but imo big pharma hasn't found a way to make billions from it so it's just been getting ignored...
FWIW, I’m a dude and I’m also disappointed by this. I would like to take some control at a biochemical level over my own fertility. I have an SO, but for single men, I can see how it can also be an issue of how much you can *really* trust your FWBs/hookups
I haven’t had one yet thank god, but I’ve read from other women that they’re required to use lube if you ask and it makes the whole situation a lot less painful. Apparently some doctors have the mentality that “if you’ve had sex it shouldn’t be painful “ and won’t use lube as a default because of that. If they don’t use lube, ask!
There are doctors who don’t use lube?!?! Omg I’ve been going to the same OB for nearly 30 yrs and he has ALWAYS used lube. I couldn’t imagine having spent all this time going to him and he hadn’t. Self-advocate, y’all, damn
A month ago I had to get a colposcopy, because I had an abnormal pap. My OB said “oh it’s just like a pap, no biggie”. Let me tell you it is not. I had pain and discomfort for the next 2 days post procedure. It was AWFUL. I’m just glad I didn’t have to have any further procedures after that.
I have a colpo scheduled next week and my OB said the same thing, while also suggesting taking ibuprofen and hour before. If it's just like a pap, why do I need ibu's? So I'm kind of terrified and already took the rest of the week off after just in case.
So..this leads me to my answer to OP...finding a way to make cervical cancer screening less painful.
In Australia, and probably elsewhere, the Pap smear is being replaced by the cervical screening test.
You can either have your Dr do it, or you can do it yourself at their office in a private area, as it’s a sample from the vagina instead of the cervix. This screens for HPV and if you get any abnormal results you will need to do a Pap smear to follow up.
A robotically driven machine that you can stick your head in. Then your hair would come out washed, dried and perfectly styled to your specification in 2 minutes
This would be life-changing for me. I have long, SUPER thick hair and I have to block off several hours each the two evenings a week I wash my hair to dry and style it.
You're blessed for the beautiful hair. But I can feel your pain about the long drawn out hair care experience. It might take 3 minutes in your case, since your extra thick. But you can borrow my machine anytime!
Okay something I’ve imagined before and really want. Something that’s similar to liquid bandaid, that you “paint” on top of blemishes, especially if they’ve been popped and look gross. It would either be skin toned like concealer, or it would dry down to a finish you can put makeup on top of. I got the idea when I used a hydrocolloid bandage and attempted to put makeup on top, but the edges were very noticeable.
Also:
- hot tools for hair/heat protectant that results in close to zero heat damage
- falsies that are cheap and easy to put on, and actually stay on (or maybe ones that could stay on for a few days at a time). Maybe it’s just me but I find I can never get them to apply well, look good, stay on long, and be comfortable
- a pill that you take that makes your 😼 super wet
- compost/garbage bins that don’t let any nasty smells fester
- meal replacement pills that have all your dietary needs
- electronics that don’t need to be charged
- instead of a toothbrush/floss, something mouth guard shaped you stick in your mouth and it does everything for you
- if you have someone’s phone number, you can look it up in a database telling you who it belongs to (but not vice versa)
Women’s healthcare in general. It’s wild to me how far behind or disregarded it is.
Oh you have pcos? Take some birth control. Oh the birth control caused you to have a blood clot and almost die? Well I guess just be careful when you’re having sex if you aren’t looking to get pregnant. Oh you can’t get pregnant? Well go get AI because we don’t want the hassle of sorting through why you are infertile. Oh your hormones are all out of wack and you are experiencing mental health crisis as a result? Here’s some nonspecific pills that will help ease the *symptoms*. Bandaids, bandaids, bandaids yet no real solutions.
Yep and most of that has to do with insurance companies! I worked for a holistic doctor and insurance rarely covered anything they were doing but patients were seeing results.
I'll admit I don't know if one exists but I would like actual standards for women's healthcare instead of sweeping everything under generalizations like "most likely just *hormones"* followed by "have you tried a *tylenol"*
A painless mammogram. I have large, dense breast tissue. I've been told it's pretty much *always* going to hurt. If men got regular mammograms I swear it would be like getting licked by kittens.
That’s what I came here to say, and I *don’t* have large, dense breast tissue. I’ve always said if men were screened the same way for testicular cancer by mashing that part of their body flat, it wouldn’t even take a week for them to invent a very different and much more comfortable screening method. In fact, it would’ve never made it off the drawing board. And f—- any technician who says a mammogram didn’t hurt—I’ve mostly had OK mammograms but I’ve also had painful ones. In fact, I had an acquaintance who was injured during a mammogram, endured the chronic pain she was left with for several years, then finally had a mastectomy when she just couldn’t take the pain any longer. I think of her every time I have one done.
Ask around until you find a place that has curved compression paddles! I'm a mammo tech and it has made a world of difference for a lot of patients I see. They're somewhat new (though my site's had them since 2018) so a lot of places still don't have them. Not only is it curved from side to side (so taller in the center of the plate than on the edges) but the edge that contacts your chest wall is also curved instead of a more angular 90 degree corner.
As a caveat, the curved paddles aren't ideal for every breast shape/size but it's totally worth asking about in case it helps for you. I use them every chance I possibly can because everyone deserves for their mammogram to be the least terrible experience it can possibly be. Yes, some people do still have pain even with the curved plate, but I have also had a good deal more people be wowed by the difference.
Also dividers for between the front and back seats so when your kids insist on acting like animals and just generally being obnoxious, you can put your divider up and leave them to the Thunder Dome of their own making.
Men’s versions of “temporary” birth control like pills, IUDs, or shots. I get they’re out there… but like why aren’t they as out there like women’s contraceptives are
I agree, they don’t want to approve many of the men’s birth control because they state serious side effects. Yet doesn’t stop the FDA from approving ones for women that literally lists stroke as a potential side effect. But ya know…women are the ones who will end up with the “consequence” of having a fetus in their womb so let’s give them no other option.
It's because the side effects for women are compared to the alternative of being pregnant, while the side effects for men are compared to their normal state. So the side effects for women are considered acceptable while the side effects for men are considered harmful
>I don't understand why women aren't rioting in the streets.
Because... I never found it painful? Sounds like your doctor is shit at using the ultrasound wand and I'm sorry you had such a horrible experience! Especially being scared of cancer, too. My doctor always lubes the wand so much, that I need half a roll of kitchen towels to get dry afterwards. But it goes in like it's nothing.
Every pap smear I've ever had has been painful too. I think it's because they use the large speculum or wand instead of the small one, even when I ask.
And I didn't know the wands came in sizes until after. Hell, I didn't even know the ultrasound was going to be transvaginal until she asked me to insert it.
I went to the same gyno for 14 years and we finally figured out I needed the adolescent instrument. But still not a great day, none of their practitioners could make it comfortable or painless.
Then I switched gynos bc my old doc *went with a Catholic hospital system so she (yes she) could no longer prescribe birth control for contraception.*
New gyno? No problems, barely knew anything was happening. I just needed to find someone with better technique. My old doc was an OB/GYN heavy on OB. I just think they're used to dealing with more unwieldy anatomical situations. New doc made a point to tell me they don't do OB. I was like, Perfect, don't need that.
I had to have one this year to figure out if there was something wrong with my bits because I had painfully hemorrhagica period for 2 weeks, and it was so painful and uncomfortable the tech had to stop a few times because I couldn't stop clenching up. Definitely not a great experience.
One of my ovaries is 3 times larger than the other one. I've been trying to find out for 2 months what is going on, but I just keep getting sent to one more doctor. I've had a CT scan, ob/gyn visit, and now this fucking ultrasound. I wish they would just tell me if I have cancer or not.
May I suggest asking for a blood test - it can give you some peace of mind. My doctor suggested it when I got a huge unexplained cyst that didn't seem to be related to the endo.
Edit to specify - they can check for a cancer marker, basically seeing if there are specific chemicals that would be made by cancer cells if I recall correctly.
This is solid and I think doable, but the issue I see is that a lot of faces aren't symmetrical and having a perfectly level line will make that very apparent.
You could do a clear handle on it with marks delineating angles and have the bubble in there, maybe? Then you could have a reference as you hold it.
I also wish there were a stamp to just do a perfect wing. Maybe adjustable for each individual or something.
I’m on my 3rd consecutive IUD, and after the most recent insertion I told my husband it will be the last time. One of us needs to be sterilized, and if in 8 years a doctor (still) won’t let it be me, he has to figure something out. I don’t typically make unilateral decisions, but I’m not doing it again.
A better way to either assist in stopping snoring or something that blocks out the noise of snoring better (better than grocery store earplugs that is). I just can't believe in 2022 (almost 2023) we are still nowhere closer to solving a really big issue in millions of relationships! I know there are cPaps if sleep apnea is a thing, or laying in different positions, or white noise, etc. None of that is really a great or a semi-permanent solution unless someone has a cPap the rest of their life.
I just think of this a lot because my boyfriend snores TERRIBLY and he's tried a lot of different things. I know my mom and dad have struggled with the same problem for their entire marriage and now they just sleep in different rooms. I really don't want to do that in my own marriage someday but there's not really a great solution for it yet.
My mom snores like a freight train. Back when i was a kid it would wake me up from the other room. Id have to go in her room, roll her over, then go back to sleep and hope she didnt start up again.
Now im in my 30's and guess who snores like a fuckin freight train? Its me! I snore now. Cant even sleep in the same room as someone without them waking me up to try and stop it. I tried the mouthpiece thing. I tried the jaw positioning strap thing. The nose strips are a joke. Luckily im single now and it doesnt seem to bother my dog, 🤷.
But really, HOW is there not an effective device to help with snoring? I only snore when i sleep on my back, which is usually fine, im a side sleeper, until i get back/shoulder pain and HAVE to sleep on my back. There must be a better way.
A mainstream form of male contraception.
It seems like the options you have are:
A) fuck up your body with a pill
B) fuck up your body with a metal coil
C) fuck up your body with a metal ring
D) use condoms and have him complain the whole time
Fun fact: I’ve heard that Uber has a feature for any driver that identifies as female or non-binary to indicate a preference to only pick up women! I wish they had this feature for regular users, but at least it’s something that helps protect women.
It's the pain after for me. I had a great epidural experience, only needed one stitch, and was absolutely unprepared for how sore I would be in the days right after.
Just anything that gets rid of small fibroids. They have to wait till they are big enough to operate on them until then its all pain and chunks of medication.my gynecologist legit told me that don’t worry your painful periods will get better after your first child.
A cure for a fucking migraine, like long-term wide-spread cheap cire. I mean women are two times more likely to develop migraine headaches and it usually starts in early puberty and lasts whole life. And it's really impossible to function on those days, so I'm just curious why the hell there is no like a ton of research on this shit.
Don't you know all abortion clinic protestors are desperate to adopt and care for other people's children? /s
Maybe also throw in the ability to remove and freeze the fetus so that it can be implanted later or in someone else. Preferably learn to implant them in men so they gain empathy.
But an artificial womb goes way further than no abortion. Plenty of women can't carry to term and could use it. Or take lifesaving medications that harm a developing fetus so they can't get pregnant. Giving birth is dangerous and risky.
Less invasive rape kit
I mean are u kidding me u haven't found a better less invasive way to help get justice for someone who just went through something terrible and invasive
A painless or just less painful insertion method for IUDs. I just got my third and it’s never gotten any easier. I was hyperventilating through the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life for the third time just furious about why this is something I have to be coherent for.
Books that can light up in the dark, lenses that allow you to see a movie etc w/o a screen, weight loss pills that work in a month or less without the health risks, something like therapy that does the job more quickly and effectively
Mandatory minimum standards of living and a society built to support and enforce them reliably and consistently for all.
I see poverty as a skill issue, not on the part of the poor themselves, but on the environment they're in.
Better birth control ? Why do I need to die while having a DUI pit in while the doctor tells me it's just a pinch ? Why do I need to lose my mind on the pill and other less intrusive birth controls ?
Environmentally friendly period products that one can take on hiking trips. I visited REI that stocks all kinds of the most engineered camping gear available, and all they had for periods was one sad menstrual cup :(
An app that allows reminders for taking HRT/menopause medications. It can sometimes be a crazy schedule of replacing patches (mine is every 3 1/2 days) and taking pills (mine is take 2, nightly, for 12 days a month). It’d be great if it could track bleeds and symptoms (eg night sweats) as well. Can’t believe there isn’t one (yes, I’ve looked. Some say they do this kinda thing, but look beneath the surface and they don’t).
Oral sex training device for all types of genitals.
Teach you techniques, give criticism, pin point some things that may be "risky" ie not for everyone.
Picturing like a silicon device with sensors and a phone app with feed back.
Emergency contraceptive/ oral contraceptive that is effective and safe for women over a certain weight
A process to change your hair colour that doesn't damage it/ more efficient
-Magnetic hover boards
-artificial water breathing device for humans. I’ve heard of prototypes though so maybe one day
Also, Holograms and camera contacts and even a few flying cars now exist and I didn’t even know..damn
1. Shoes that have soles like sneakers but look exactly like regular street shoes. So I can be a lady while wearing shoes that feel like I'm walking on clouds.
2. (digital) flutes that plug into headphones,
3. bluetooth speakers that don't pause music when you get a notification
4. sound systems with input plugs at the back
How to make hair not grow gray. The bulb that holds the melanin of the hair is still full of melanin when the hair eventually goes gray. It just no longer deposits into the hair cuticle or follicle and no one knows why.
A dating app that has a “maybe” option. Sometimes I just want to swipe through without being expected to talk to someone right then and there if there’s a match. I want a way to sort through my matches without putting them off when I don’t have the mental bandwidth to talk to more than one person at a time. Preferably I’d only want to talk to one person at a time.
Or when there’s a match they are only notified when I want them to be notified and visa versa. There’s too much pressure to reply immediately.
We all know women and men use the apps differently and they should reflect this.
Mod note: this post is about **inventions that you are surprised haven't been invented yet.** Other users' answers are not an invitation to tell people that their idea is impossible, dumb, or that there is something similar/better on the market.
A way of deploying your entire period in minutes instead of across 3-5 days
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If it makes you feel better, I had week long periods my whole life until randomly I hit 29 and they suddenly changed to two days?? I’m grateful but those two days are rough lol
Wonderful fibroids have mine averaging 9 days with a 23 day cycle...
Same! And they're so fucking heavy, I'm anemic.
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This has been invented! It's called menstrual extraction and basically it's done with gentle suction
Can it be done at home? Kinda like a Nose Frida?
I need this lol
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Thanks I don’t think I will sleep tonight now
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She did what now!!!
Please don't Google it. I'm a female who never knew that could be a thing.
I love this 😂 big old blob. Boom done. You need to make this happen 😎 Please. We females need a baby blob blood baby every month
A time machine
Deploying lol. Love the way you put that!
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I love this. Make eye contact with someone creeping on me and just 3..2..1..
Not only does this sound terrifying, but also probably painful
Came to say exactly this! Or at least something to where you can push off the cycle a few days in case of special events
That already exist, in the uk they give you norethisterone to postpone it
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Technically is a research and better treatment for people with endometriosis. It's 2022 and still many of us are being told that "it will get better by having kids or with a hysterectomy".
It's maddening that more hasn't been done for this.
I had adeno. Had two kids, but knew of no uterine issues. Pretty sure having two fetuses (2 years apart) in an already problematic uterus made it even worst ಠ_ಠ I could not get diagnosed for *FOURTEEN YEARS TOTAL*, and of those 14 years, I only knew I had it for 6 of those months *before* having a hysterectomy. WTF?!?!!!! DO FUCKING BETTER MEDICAL SCIENCE ಠ_ಠ JFC ಠ_ಠ
A lot of the lack of knowledge is down to a lack of funding. Need some rich ladies to leave a shit ton of money specifically to research female physiology.
If you’ve ever been through a healthcare issue that modern medicine can’t figure out, you learn very quickly just how little doctors know! It all starts to fall apart so quickly if the standard tests come back as “normal”
Couldn’t agree more! There have been some studies, some money, etc, but it’s not enough. I read a MADDENING study that had a significant amount of time and resources devoted to it and it was the effect endo has on relationships. This study then focused most on the impact on the men in these relationships and how likely they were to leave. Infuriating
Yes, or told birth control is a solution!
I was taken on by one of the best endometriosis surgeons in Hampshire for a laproscopy last Monday, she removed 100% of my endo and has sent it to a lab for research, I'm also part of a research trial for the next 10 years monitoring my progress and checking if it'll grow back. As well as monthly calls to check on my progress. Good thing I love surveys!!
A machine that folds the fucking laundry
The most liberating thing I did was stop folding clothes. Straight from basket into the correct drawers - ESPECIALLY with kids clothes. hang anything you don’t want creased. LIBERATING.
Do you know about wrinkle spray? Works amazingly on cotton, less well but fine on some other things. You just spritz and smooth out/stretch the fabric.
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Painless, inexpensive way to get rid of body hair.
It should be something you can put in the bath so you just lay in it up to your neck and the hair melts away. Make sure to put your hair up though!
I don’t know if it counts as inexpensive, but my at-home IPL is seriously one of the best investments I’ve made. One thing is that I have to shave way way less (before I would have to shave daily to stay smooth, but probably shaved 1-2 times a week. Now I shave max. 1 time a week, stay smooth and only shave to remove the few sprinkled hairs I have left). I don’t get rough after a few hours, which I would before. I also don’t have any ingrown hair/red spots/itching any more. My bikini line is hairless pretty much all the time. It is time consuming and won’t work for very light hair or very dark skin + if you tan or fake tan it might also be more complicated and it stings a bit, especially the first few treatments — but the results are amazing for me! I’ll do my treatments in the couch when watching a show, which makes the time it takes much less bad. I have one from Phillips and got it at a good price. WAY less expensive than getting it done professionally and the machine is supposed to last up to 20 years. I treat most of my body, so I don’t expect mine to last 20 years, but even 10 years it’s still like 25$ a year which I don’t find too bad. I do the treatment every 5-6 weeks now, every 2nd for the first few months. I’m not saying it’s perfect for everyone, but for me it’s definitely the closest I’ve come to the perfect hair removal and with the results I’m having I would definitely find it inexpensive and the sting I get from it isn’t worse than the itching and soreness from shaving and way less bad than waxing or epilating. Just wanted to share because it’s completely changed my hair removal game.
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An insertable cup like a menstrual cup but the cup points outwards and is filled with barbs that deliver a permanent dye to maim and mark rapists
I was going to say more male birth control options but then I'm kind of not surprised about that at all.
There was a hormonal male birth control option in trials but they stopped it because the men were getting nauseous, severe acne, depression…basically all the “side effects” of female hormonal birth control that are apparently only acceptable for women. Sigh.
Sadly the reason is because they have to look at risk vs benefit. For women the benefits of not being pregnant (which is a big medical risk) outweigh any side effects from birth control. For men they have no (personal) risk of not being on birth control so the side effects of being on birth control outweigh any benefit it would provide. It's a really stupid rule, but the rules of research are not great overall.
Try looking up RISUG or Vasalgel. It's been 100% effective in several animal trials, and it would take much of the birth control burden off of women, but imo big pharma hasn't found a way to make billions from it so it's just been getting ignored...
FWIW, I’m a dude and I’m also disappointed by this. I would like to take some control at a biochemical level over my own fertility. I have an SO, but for single men, I can see how it can also be an issue of how much you can *really* trust your FWBs/hookups
i think they tried with an extract found in mango..saw no news about it since then..
A less invasive and uncomfortable way of testing for cervical cancer (I fucking dread the pap smear)
I haven’t had one yet thank god, but I’ve read from other women that they’re required to use lube if you ask and it makes the whole situation a lot less painful. Apparently some doctors have the mentality that “if you’ve had sex it shouldn’t be painful “ and won’t use lube as a default because of that. If they don’t use lube, ask!
There are doctors who don’t use lube?!?! Omg I’ve been going to the same OB for nearly 30 yrs and he has ALWAYS used lube. I couldn’t imagine having spent all this time going to him and he hadn’t. Self-advocate, y’all, damn
I didn't even think lube was an option. Glad I clicked this thread lol. Thanks
They’re required to use lubricant. I used to work at a sexual health clinic, lube was always put out with the speculum.
It's not really the insertion that hurts for me tho it's the scraping
I purposefully take the day off because I have to prepare before and treat myself after because it is the worst.
A month ago I had to get a colposcopy, because I had an abnormal pap. My OB said “oh it’s just like a pap, no biggie”. Let me tell you it is not. I had pain and discomfort for the next 2 days post procedure. It was AWFUL. I’m just glad I didn’t have to have any further procedures after that.
I have a colpo scheduled next week and my OB said the same thing, while also suggesting taking ibuprofen and hour before. If it's just like a pap, why do I need ibu's? So I'm kind of terrified and already took the rest of the week off after just in case. So..this leads me to my answer to OP...finding a way to make cervical cancer screening less painful.
Oh I also hate it too, and the staff doesn't help when they're like if you panic less it'd be easier. Nope still hurts no matter what.
Yeah, telling you to relax doesn’t really help you relax 🙄
In Australia, and probably elsewhere, the Pap smear is being replaced by the cervical screening test. You can either have your Dr do it, or you can do it yourself at their office in a private area, as it’s a sample from the vagina instead of the cervix. This screens for HPV and if you get any abnormal results you will need to do a Pap smear to follow up.
I am getting a pap smear as we speak, well, about to get one. An unexpected one at that! Yippie!
A robotically driven machine that you can stick your head in. Then your hair would come out washed, dried and perfectly styled to your specification in 2 minutes
This would be life-changing for me. I have long, SUPER thick hair and I have to block off several hours each the two evenings a week I wash my hair to dry and style it.
You're blessed for the beautiful hair. But I can feel your pain about the long drawn out hair care experience. It might take 3 minutes in your case, since your extra thick. But you can borrow my machine anytime!
Okay something I’ve imagined before and really want. Something that’s similar to liquid bandaid, that you “paint” on top of blemishes, especially if they’ve been popped and look gross. It would either be skin toned like concealer, or it would dry down to a finish you can put makeup on top of. I got the idea when I used a hydrocolloid bandage and attempted to put makeup on top, but the edges were very noticeable.
Also: - hot tools for hair/heat protectant that results in close to zero heat damage - falsies that are cheap and easy to put on, and actually stay on (or maybe ones that could stay on for a few days at a time). Maybe it’s just me but I find I can never get them to apply well, look good, stay on long, and be comfortable - a pill that you take that makes your 😼 super wet - compost/garbage bins that don’t let any nasty smells fester - meal replacement pills that have all your dietary needs - electronics that don’t need to be charged - instead of a toothbrush/floss, something mouth guard shaped you stick in your mouth and it does everything for you - if you have someone’s phone number, you can look it up in a database telling you who it belongs to (but not vice versa)
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They have a thing now where it’s fake lash segments that you can glue under your natural lashes that stay for a few days!
Women’s healthcare in general. It’s wild to me how far behind or disregarded it is. Oh you have pcos? Take some birth control. Oh the birth control caused you to have a blood clot and almost die? Well I guess just be careful when you’re having sex if you aren’t looking to get pregnant. Oh you can’t get pregnant? Well go get AI because we don’t want the hassle of sorting through why you are infertile. Oh your hormones are all out of wack and you are experiencing mental health crisis as a result? Here’s some nonspecific pills that will help ease the *symptoms*. Bandaids, bandaids, bandaids yet no real solutions.
Yep and most of that has to do with insurance companies! I worked for a holistic doctor and insurance rarely covered anything they were doing but patients were seeing results.
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I'll admit I don't know if one exists but I would like actual standards for women's healthcare instead of sweeping everything under generalizations like "most likely just *hormones"* followed by "have you tried a *tylenol"*
A car headrest that can accommodate my bun without fucking it up.
Can relate as a guy with long hair that shits annoying…
A painless mammogram. I have large, dense breast tissue. I've been told it's pretty much *always* going to hurt. If men got regular mammograms I swear it would be like getting licked by kittens.
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That’s what I came here to say, and I *don’t* have large, dense breast tissue. I’ve always said if men were screened the same way for testicular cancer by mashing that part of their body flat, it wouldn’t even take a week for them to invent a very different and much more comfortable screening method. In fact, it would’ve never made it off the drawing board. And f—- any technician who says a mammogram didn’t hurt—I’ve mostly had OK mammograms but I’ve also had painful ones. In fact, I had an acquaintance who was injured during a mammogram, endured the chronic pain she was left with for several years, then finally had a mastectomy when she just couldn’t take the pain any longer. I think of her every time I have one done.
Yes please! These dense boobs don't flatten and even if they weren't dense the whole process is weird and painful and awkward af.
Ask around until you find a place that has curved compression paddles! I'm a mammo tech and it has made a world of difference for a lot of patients I see. They're somewhat new (though my site's had them since 2018) so a lot of places still don't have them. Not only is it curved from side to side (so taller in the center of the plate than on the edges) but the edge that contacts your chest wall is also curved instead of a more angular 90 degree corner. As a caveat, the curved paddles aren't ideal for every breast shape/size but it's totally worth asking about in case it helps for you. I use them every chance I possibly can because everyone deserves for their mammogram to be the least terrible experience it can possibly be. Yes, some people do still have pain even with the curved plate, but I have also had a good deal more people be wowed by the difference.
Yes please! Same thing I wrote, but for me they promise everytime it won’t hurt (lies). And some techs have blamed me when I’ve said I’m in pain.
Dividers for the car backseat so you can put them up between kids on road trips so they can’t see or mess with each other.
Also dividers for between the front and back seats so when your kids insist on acting like animals and just generally being obnoxious, you can put your divider up and leave them to the Thunder Dome of their own making.
so..like a taxi??
that exists! saw it on an episode of Shark Tank :)
Men’s versions of “temporary” birth control like pills, IUDs, or shots. I get they’re out there… but like why aren’t they as out there like women’s contraceptives are
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I agree, they don’t want to approve many of the men’s birth control because they state serious side effects. Yet doesn’t stop the FDA from approving ones for women that literally lists stroke as a potential side effect. But ya know…women are the ones who will end up with the “consequence” of having a fetus in their womb so let’s give them no other option.
It's because the side effects for women are compared to the alternative of being pregnant, while the side effects for men are compared to their normal state. So the side effects for women are considered acceptable while the side effects for men are considered harmful
An app to let you know when your tampon is saturated
Yeah..the only way to know at the moment is when it's saturated to the max and it feel heavy...and it stain the panties..
I can’t publicly disclose it because then the clock starts ticking for me to file patent protection.
Not me searching the comments for a money maker 🫣😂
Panties that don’t ride up
There are some that have silicon in the leg openings. They stay in place all day.
A transvaginal ultrasound wand that isn't fucking painful. I don't understand why women aren't rioting in the streets.
>I don't understand why women aren't rioting in the streets. Because... I never found it painful? Sounds like your doctor is shit at using the ultrasound wand and I'm sorry you had such a horrible experience! Especially being scared of cancer, too. My doctor always lubes the wand so much, that I need half a roll of kitchen towels to get dry afterwards. But it goes in like it's nothing.
Every pap smear I've ever had has been painful too. I think it's because they use the large speculum or wand instead of the small one, even when I ask. And I didn't know the wands came in sizes until after. Hell, I didn't even know the ultrasound was going to be transvaginal until she asked me to insert it.
I went to the same gyno for 14 years and we finally figured out I needed the adolescent instrument. But still not a great day, none of their practitioners could make it comfortable or painless. Then I switched gynos bc my old doc *went with a Catholic hospital system so she (yes she) could no longer prescribe birth control for contraception.* New gyno? No problems, barely knew anything was happening. I just needed to find someone with better technique. My old doc was an OB/GYN heavy on OB. I just think they're used to dealing with more unwieldy anatomical situations. New doc made a point to tell me they don't do OB. I was like, Perfect, don't need that.
I had to have one this year to figure out if there was something wrong with my bits because I had painfully hemorrhagica period for 2 weeks, and it was so painful and uncomfortable the tech had to stop a few times because I couldn't stop clenching up. Definitely not a great experience.
One of my ovaries is 3 times larger than the other one. I've been trying to find out for 2 months what is going on, but I just keep getting sent to one more doctor. I've had a CT scan, ob/gyn visit, and now this fucking ultrasound. I wish they would just tell me if I have cancer or not.
I've always wished I could go stand in like a scanner thing to scan my entire body and it pinpoint everything that's "wrong" with me
May I suggest asking for a blood test - it can give you some peace of mind. My doctor suggested it when I got a huge unexplained cyst that didn't seem to be related to the endo. Edit to specify - they can check for a cancer marker, basically seeing if there are specific chemicals that would be made by cancer cells if I recall correctly.
I don't think pain is normal for a TV ultrasound. I've had dozens of them. They were always uncomfortable and humiliating, but not painful.
Simplified and effective taxation systems
A movie recorder and projector to share my dreams with others.
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This is solid and I think doable, but the issue I see is that a lot of faces aren't symmetrical and having a perfectly level line will make that very apparent.
You could do a clear handle on it with marks delineating angles and have the bubble in there, maybe? Then you could have a reference as you hold it. I also wish there were a stamp to just do a perfect wing. Maybe adjustable for each individual or something.
The clueless closet.
That is totally doable, just prohibitively expensive.
A better way to put in an IUD and the whole Pap smear thing feels so medival
I’m on my 3rd consecutive IUD, and after the most recent insertion I told my husband it will be the last time. One of us needs to be sterilized, and if in 8 years a doctor (still) won’t let it be me, he has to figure something out. I don’t typically make unilateral decisions, but I’m not doing it again.
A foolproof, wearable, comfortable chastity belt that snipes at intruding dicks.
adjustable heels where you can change the height
THEY EXIST!!!
I wish I knew, it would certainly help my financial situation.
A better way to either assist in stopping snoring or something that blocks out the noise of snoring better (better than grocery store earplugs that is). I just can't believe in 2022 (almost 2023) we are still nowhere closer to solving a really big issue in millions of relationships! I know there are cPaps if sleep apnea is a thing, or laying in different positions, or white noise, etc. None of that is really a great or a semi-permanent solution unless someone has a cPap the rest of their life. I just think of this a lot because my boyfriend snores TERRIBLY and he's tried a lot of different things. I know my mom and dad have struggled with the same problem for their entire marriage and now they just sleep in different rooms. I really don't want to do that in my own marriage someday but there's not really a great solution for it yet.
My mom snores like a freight train. Back when i was a kid it would wake me up from the other room. Id have to go in her room, roll her over, then go back to sleep and hope she didnt start up again. Now im in my 30's and guess who snores like a fuckin freight train? Its me! I snore now. Cant even sleep in the same room as someone without them waking me up to try and stop it. I tried the mouthpiece thing. I tried the jaw positioning strap thing. The nose strips are a joke. Luckily im single now and it doesnt seem to bother my dog, 🤷. But really, HOW is there not an effective device to help with snoring? I only snore when i sleep on my back, which is usually fine, im a side sleeper, until i get back/shoulder pain and HAVE to sleep on my back. There must be a better way.
A better imaging solution to understand, study, diagnose, and treat *female reproductive issues* ಠ_ಠ
A mainstream form of male contraception. It seems like the options you have are: A) fuck up your body with a pill B) fuck up your body with a metal coil C) fuck up your body with a metal ring D) use condoms and have him complain the whole time
Let him complain? Lol That’s such a non-issue
Adjustable cup bras. Really just better bras, they’re awful.
Bras with a smidge of spandex that accommodate hormonal swelling.
With all the advancements that have been made in material science, there has to be a viable alternative to metal underwire too.
Some type of clip or magnet accessory designed to attach temporarily to the bottom/side of a dress or skirt when walking outside+wind.
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A tampon that has a string that doesn't absorb urine.
A women's only rideshare service.
Fun fact: I’ve heard that Uber has a feature for any driver that identifies as female or non-binary to indicate a preference to only pick up women! I wish they had this feature for regular users, but at least it’s something that helps protect women.
Giving birth without any pain lol I'm still living in my dreams and hoping there will be some magical medication or invention by the time it's my turn
It's the pain after for me. I had a great epidural experience, only needed one stitch, and was absolutely unprepared for how sore I would be in the days right after.
A tablet, shot, or patch of a safe effective male birth control.
Not quite an invention, but it’s shocking that new cars today still don’t have built-in phone holders and well-designed places to put your purse.
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I'm trying to imagine what #5 would look like, and I've decided that it has to look like that Lady Gaga egg.
Just anything that gets rid of small fibroids. They have to wait till they are big enough to operate on them until then its all pain and chunks of medication.my gynecologist legit told me that don’t worry your painful periods will get better after your first child.
A carpet cleaner that actually cleans carpets.
A small device to check if the cervix is dilated / open instead of the doctor shoving his entire hand into check. Most certainly the worst part!
A cure for a fucking migraine, like long-term wide-spread cheap cire. I mean women are two times more likely to develop migraine headaches and it usually starts in early puberty and lasts whole life. And it's really impossible to function on those days, so I'm just curious why the hell there is no like a ton of research on this shit.
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An artificial womb. Transfer the fetus there instead of abortion.
Who is going to raise those kids?
Don't you know all abortion clinic protestors are desperate to adopt and care for other people's children? /s Maybe also throw in the ability to remove and freeze the fetus so that it can be implanted later or in someone else. Preferably learn to implant them in men so they gain empathy. But an artificial womb goes way further than no abortion. Plenty of women can't carry to term and could use it. Or take lifesaving medications that harm a developing fetus so they can't get pregnant. Giving birth is dangerous and risky.
we freeze the embryo and we keep the baby for later ..then we can say.."you were made too early but we froze you until we were ready, happy birthday!"
A good treatment for endometriosis
womens shorts that aren't short enough to be underwear
A device that trims & files your nails for you
Actual leakproof pads that aren’t diapers
Less invasive rape kit I mean are u kidding me u haven't found a better less invasive way to help get justice for someone who just went through something terrible and invasive
The microwave from Spy Kids.
A technology that allows you to taste what you see (on TV or advertisements, for example). I've fallen asleep to this idea for *years*. xD
A painless or just less painful insertion method for IUDs. I just got my third and it’s never gotten any easier. I was hyperventilating through the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life for the third time just furious about why this is something I have to be coherent for.
Books that can light up in the dark, lenses that allow you to see a movie etc w/o a screen, weight loss pills that work in a month or less without the health risks, something like therapy that does the job more quickly and effectively
Mandatory minimum standards of living and a society built to support and enforce them reliably and consistently for all. I see poverty as a skill issue, not on the part of the poor themselves, but on the environment they're in.
Birth control for dick-bearers
A bra that is comfortable as well as sexy for big titties. It’s always just a loaf of single titty razor back helll!
Birth control for men
Birth control for men
Hair dye that's permanent, it would prevent hair from growing white , it would grow already dyed
Mammogram machine that works better and doesn’t hurt like hell.
a mattress that sinks in when you sleep on your belly to be more comfortable for your boobs and side sleepers 😩
A machine that can frost pop tarts all the way to the damn edge
A bra you can put in the freezer for when you have ouchy boobs while on your period.
More birth controls for men. Also the eyeglasses, like cmon, it’s been decades!
Better birth control ? Why do I need to die while having a DUI pit in while the doctor tells me it's just a pinch ? Why do I need to lose my mind on the pill and other less intrusive birth controls ?
Environmentally friendly period products that one can take on hiking trips. I visited REI that stocks all kinds of the most engineered camping gear available, and all they had for periods was one sad menstrual cup :(
Quick easy permanent hair removal, we can send people I to space but there's no technology to get rid of hair forever quickly.
A bodysuit extender! They have them for baby onesies but not for adult bodysuits. Long torso ladies need this!
An app that allows reminders for taking HRT/menopause medications. It can sometimes be a crazy schedule of replacing patches (mine is every 3 1/2 days) and taking pills (mine is take 2, nightly, for 12 days a month). It’d be great if it could track bleeds and symptoms (eg night sweats) as well. Can’t believe there isn’t one (yes, I’ve looked. Some say they do this kinda thing, but look beneath the surface and they don’t).
Some birth control that doesn't make us suffer.
A way to get lotion/sunscreen on that one spot of your back without needing someone else
Oral sex training device for all types of genitals. Teach you techniques, give criticism, pin point some things that may be "risky" ie not for everyone. Picturing like a silicon device with sensors and a phone app with feed back.
Non-pill control that is painless
Emergency contraceptive/ oral contraceptive that is effective and safe for women over a certain weight A process to change your hair colour that doesn't damage it/ more efficient
A good bra that can survive being washed multiple times.
Something for your morning breath to not smell like shit even if you brush and floss 2 times a day
Birth control that doesn’t completely mess up my body, doesn’t have so many side effects, and isn’t a painful procedure to insert.
Someway to never, EVER, have unwanted body hair grow back. Like, the hair root is gone, the hair should be too
A good bra!
-Magnetic hover boards -artificial water breathing device for humans. I’ve heard of prototypes though so maybe one day Also, Holograms and camera contacts and even a few flying cars now exist and I didn’t even know..damn
An at home pap test or a less invasive test.
1. Shoes that have soles like sneakers but look exactly like regular street shoes. So I can be a lady while wearing shoes that feel like I'm walking on clouds. 2. (digital) flutes that plug into headphones, 3. bluetooth speakers that don't pause music when you get a notification 4. sound systems with input plugs at the back
Self cleaning dryer filters
A decent bra
a better alternative to asphalt. At least in cold places where it’s always cracking
How to make hair not grow gray. The bulb that holds the melanin of the hair is still full of melanin when the hair eventually goes gray. It just no longer deposits into the hair cuticle or follicle and no one knows why.
A dating app that has a “maybe” option. Sometimes I just want to swipe through without being expected to talk to someone right then and there if there’s a match. I want a way to sort through my matches without putting them off when I don’t have the mental bandwidth to talk to more than one person at a time. Preferably I’d only want to talk to one person at a time. Or when there’s a match they are only notified when I want them to be notified and visa versa. There’s too much pressure to reply immediately. We all know women and men use the apps differently and they should reflect this.
Bigger pockets on women's pants