No one likes to be surprised by their period, but there’s something especially terrible about it when you’re a teen. It’s that familiar sinking feeling: realizing it in the middle of class, ...

Teenagers who experience moderate or severe period pain are significantly more likely to develop chronic pain in adulthood, a study has revealed. The University of Oxford research was the first of its ...

As a 12-year-old girl in the Bahamas who had just started menstruating, Adeyela Bennett continually re-used pads wrapped in toilet paper because she did not have the proper sanitary supplies. She knew ...

Being a menstruating teen is hard. You’re never sure when your period will start, which days will be heavy days and which ones will be light days, and you’re still navigating which products work for ...

According to the 2025 State of the Period, 93% of teens have a negative experience participating in sports or extracurricular activities because of their period. Thinx is taking action with a period ...