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9 Sanitary products There is a variety of different sanitary products to soak up or collect blood during your period. Sanitary pads have a sticky side to attach to underwear. Tampons are cotton tubes one inserts into the vagina, a sting at the end allows to remove it safely. Sanitary pads and tampons are the most common products to use. Of course, there are many other options (e.g., menstrual cups), but there is one sustainable alternative we would like to introduce to you in particular: period panties. These look like normal underwear but are made of special material that allows to soak up high quantities of liquid and blood. Depending on the period-intensity they can be worn the entire day. To reuse them they just need to be washed. This picture shows a sanitary pad, tampon, and a period panty. period panties tampon sanitary pad/pad