{"id":38392,"date":"2025-09-14T20:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38392"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:44:04","slug":"free-bleeding-trend-is-taking-over-gen-z-but-experts-issue-warning-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38392","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Free Bleeding\u2019 Trend Is Taking Over Gen Z But Experts Issue Warning &#8211; Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>A bold Gen Z trend called <strong>\u201cfree bleeding\u201d<\/strong> is making waves on TikTok \u2014 but doctors are warning of risks. The practice involves ditching tampons, pads, and menstrual cups and allowing the flow to run naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say they want to avoid painful products, high costs, and plastic waste. \u201cChose the red skort this morning and now I\u2019m free bleeding,\u201d one TikTok user joked. Many also point to studies suggesting tampons may contain harmful chemicals like lead and arsenic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/free-bleeding-pad-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>But experts say caution is needed. Period blood can carry viruses such as Hepatitis B and C, which survive outside the body for days or weeks. Health professionals warn participants to avoid any \u201cthrough-the-skin exposure\u201d to reduce infection risk.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from hygiene concerns and possible odor, experts say there are few long-term health dangers if done carefully. Would you try this growing trend \u2014 or do you think it\u2019s going too far?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/dlyviralnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/free-bleeding-warning.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1599122\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bold Gen Z trend called \u201cfree bleeding\u201d is making waves on TikTok \u2014 but doctors are warning of risks. The practice involves ditching tampons, pads, and menstrual cups and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38394,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38392\/revisions\/38394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}