History of Women Pads

Sanitary napkin is a device used by women during menstruation, this serves to absorb blood from the vagina so as not to melt everywhere. In addition to the time period, the device is also used after vaginal surgery, after delivery, after abortion, as well as other situations that require these pads to absorb anyliquid in the form of vaginal bleeding .

Sanitary napkins are not the same as that used diapers either men or women who develop problems urinating. However, sanitary napkins can also be used by them, because the absorption is almost the same with such a diaper.

 
The thing that is useful to accommodate this menstrual blood was already appears in the written records since the 10th century. Throughout history, women use a variety of menstrual protection, a few examples that can be seen at the Museum of Menstruation among others, that stitching is a type of pads and menstrual aprons, People Inuit (Eskimo) wearing a rabbit skin while in Uganda used was papyrus. A fairly common way is to use a piece of old cloth.

Disposable napkins of the first distributed in the world is the product of Curads and Hartmann's. The idea for this product came from the nurses who wore a bandage from wood pulp to absorb menstrual blood. Bearing of this type is considered quite inexpensive to be discarded after use and easy to obtain their raw materials. Some maker's first disposable sanitary napkins are also manufacturers of bandages (modern napkins can be used for first aid in wound dressings because if there is no ability to absorb high sanitary napkins and sterile). It took some time for the new product widely used by women. This is mainly due to price issues.

Disposable napkins was originally made from wool, cotton, or the like, square-shaped and provided with a layer of absorbent. Penyerapnya layer extended in front and rear to be linked in a special belt worn below the underwear. Designs like this model because love to slip into the troublesome front or rear. Then, the designer pads have bright idea to give the adhesive on the bottom of the bandage to stick on underwear. In the mid-1980s belted pads disappeared from the market replaced adhesive bandage.

In line with developments Ergonomic, sanitary design also evolved since the 1980's until now. First, the bandage can be up to two centimeters thick and therefore less effective penyerapnya materials, like leaking. To overcome this, various variations applied, such as adding a wing, reducing the thickness by using certain materials and so forth. Design square pads that was only made to be more curvy and turns, the type of dressing was so diverse. Types include disposable napkins panty liners, ultra thin, regular, maxi, night, and maternity. Some pads even given a deodorant to disguise the smell of blood and there is some kind of panty liner that is designed to be used with G-string.

Although the disposable pads have been widely used, pads of fabric (of course with a better design, not just pieces of cloth that disumpalkan) re-emerged around the 1970's and is quite popular in the 1980s until the 1990s. Women choosing to use cloth for reasons of comfort, health, environmental impact, and cheaper because it allows for washing.