My lovely friend Christine brought this back from a recent work trip to Japan because she knows it’s exactly the kind of quirky product that I love to investigate. It is a heated panty liner. I mean, who knew? And with no disrespect to other cultures who have different ideas to ours – I expect many of our health and beauty quirks won’t stand up to scrutiny outside the UK – my head is somewhat exploding at this. (Thanks to helpful reader comments below, the product actually appears to be Korean although it was purchased in Japan.)
These are the suggested uses for a heated panty liner including when you’re skiing, when you’re just a bit chilly and apart from the obvious of period pains, I can’t really tell what the other suggested uses are.
Inside the pack, you get a liner and then the heated sachet.
This is the heating sachet which you shake to make it heat up – and crucially, you wear this between the liner and your pants, not directly in contact with your nethers. We’re always taught in the UK that heating up that region is not a good idea, but clearly in Japan they think being snug in your pants is a good idea. I’ve got the little sachet here (it’s on my desk, nowhere else!) and it certainly does have some warming action, and it does get really rather hot. However, what’s more baffling still is that it’s rather bulky – there would be no skinnies while you’re wearing this; clearly a pay-off between style and a hot area.
I love, love, love discoveries like this – things that in your wildest dreams you didn’t imagine existed. What do you think? Would you like to feel the heat?
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Only in Japan, right? However, if they can make a heated one, they make a cooled one for post labour was my thinking because that would be useful!
I did have some maternity pads with cooling gel-filled sachets in the middle (twist/snap to activate) for post-labour, that a friend brought me from America – it was a truly wonderful product and I definitely agree with you that it would be great if it was readily available in the UK!
That’s probably the strangest idea I have ever, ever seen…
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Hi there! Your friend might have got this in Japan but it’s Korean, not Japanese. Thought you might want to know.
This is one of the most random products I’ve ever seen blogged about! Not sure I’d be brave enough to try this out!
Fyi – this is a Korean product – not Japanese.
There are heated products like this in Japan that you can use in your pockets to keep your hands warm or on your tummy when you have your period. There are adhesive versions too so you can stick them to your shoulders if they are a bit sore. And there are cooling varieties too.
I have seen this type of product in the UK… they’re not that unusual but have only seen them as hand warmers – never seen them as a panty liner thing before..x
Actually when I was small my Japanese mother would always make me wear something she called “warmy pants” which were basically woollen knickers over the top of my usual underwear in the winter. I hated them. I just wanted to be like my western friends and resented my bizarre “warmy pants”. Looking back maybe it’s an Asian thing to keep that area warm? 🙂
That’s so strange, my favourite part is the suggested uses!
That’s one of the weirdest things i’ve ever seen!
-Amy x x x
This has to be one of the weirdest feminine hygiene products I’ve ever seen! I can’t see how it would be helpful tbh but I’d be wiling to give it a go!
Sarah 🙂
Saloca in Wonderland
Hell. No.
There will no ‘heated’ products going anywhere near my knickers.
I love Asian beauty and personal care finds, they’re so quirky, this one though is a little TOO quirky for me.
Phoebe
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It is part of the theory that if you have period pains you put a hot water bottle to relieve pain and cramps.
ROTFL!! No thanks. That’s a bit much for me!
I know most people say it is strange, but I like it, I think it is interesting. I know my mum always used to use electrical pillow to make sure you don’t get cold down there. I also love when you share these kind of great products. Thank you.
This is interesting. Also the different cultural ideas of whether it is considered good or bad to heat or cool that area. I grew up here in Britain, but Middle Eastern girls are always told to avoid cooling that area, specifically during that time of month. Things like “don’t sit on cold floors” or “don’t wash with cold/cool water” are frequently heard. The belief is that it will make one experience worse pains and problems in future. I can imagine a product like this doing well there.
I don’t really follow this stuff (I’ll sit on the floor if I want!), but as far as I can make out, I can see cold being worse than heat. Medically, I can’t see there being a problem with heat, other than post -labour.
That is very interesting, re cultural differences. From the medical point of view, I was told that too much warmth (eg hot baths etc) can make thrush/yeast infections more likely, but I don’t know how true that is.
I don’t know about Korea but when I lived in Russia I would get shouted at by older women if I sat down outside, because they believed my eggs would freeze!
They do make heated stick on pads in the UK. The ones I’ve seen are either for back pain or period pain. I’ve used both kinds and they work wonders. You can get them at Boots and Superdrug. 🙂
Wow, I am your Korean fan, and I’ve never thought I can see this item on your blog. 🙂 Yes, this is item from Korea company. And also I’ve tested it several time. It is really good for period pain, if you steadily use it (of course you have to use this before and after the period).
Can’t really imagine it right up against one’s nethers, as you call them, haha. But some kind of heated underwear, like for cramps, would actually be so nice! A Spanx-esque wearable heating pad, basically – that would be absolutely brilliant.
I love products like this that seem so alien to us UK ladies. One of the most memorable things I’ve seen was on a trip to Taiwan, the sweet shop of a theme park I visited had marshmallows packaged as sanitary pads! Why on earth you’d want to eat something that conjures those images I cannot fathom. Wish I still had the photos to show you.
Fascinating! As some have already said, really interesting reading about different ideas of whether it’s good to overheat the lady garden.
There are a lot of women who now hate to have anything disposable near their bits because of the chemicals that go into making the absorbant cores. Reusable menstrual products are becoming more popular for this reason. If you like finding out about stuff like this, have a read!
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It’s really interesting to see everyone’s reactions to this. I used these here in Korea and they really helped ease my cramps. The downside for me is that the pad has mugwort in it (which people here believe is ‘good for women’) and so actually smelled really strongly.
There is loads in Korea to do with keeping that area warm, and traditionally after labour new mums are kept really warm for about 2 weeks and not supposed to shower. Apparently if you get chilly during that time you’ll have joint pains when you get older. Also there are kind of steam baths for your underneath, you sit on a chair with a hole in the seat and steam coming up through the hole…and then wrap a big long towel around your shoulders to keep the heat in.
How about a BBB trip to Korea? 🙂
I would LOVE to go to Korea.