Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
Medieval Women Used Moss as Pads and Tampons

Life in the Middle Ages seemed uncomfortable and quite disgusting. Since pads and tampons were't invented yet, women had to improvise whenever they menstruated. Whenever women were menstruating, they wore something that resembled underwear and lined it with rags. If they were particularly poor, it was filled with moss to absorb the blood. Not a fun, sanitary, or comforting experience. The women that lived during that time must have been miserable.

Medieval women didn't have the luxury of going to the drugstore and purchasing pads or tampons. Their methods of survival were necessary but, unfortunately, appalling.