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Hair salons in Harare are doing a brisk trade in v@gina tightening herbs and treatments, according to a report.
According to the news website New Zimbabwe, local men are thought to prefer a dry, tight v@gina and thus some women have sought to achieve this using traditional herbs.
"At US$1 a pack, the so-called Mushonga weku tightena treatments are now easily available from vendors at street corners in the capital’s central business district as well as from most of the city’s hair dressers and barbers," the website claimed.
“I started (selling the herbs) on a trial base but the demand is high and l am making around $100 per day from these herbs.
“But now most hairdressers have taken many of my clients,” Misheck, a barber at the corner of Speke and Angwa Street told the website's reporters.
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According to the report, the herbs can cause cervical cancer.
“Intense vag 1nal washing (douching) with any agent is considered bad practice because it fights the body's natural defences called lactobacilli that maintain acidic pH to kill incoming bugs. A gentle wash with clean water is all that’s needed,” Cancer specialist Professor Mike Chirenje said.
According to the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry, cervical cancer affects about 30 percent of women in the country.
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