But although there’s some controversy over how good for you vagina steaming is, Teigen is not the first celebrity to try it out. Gwyneth Paltrow has long praised v-steaming – a practice with healing properties that she claims has been in Korean medicine for thousands of years.

And Khloe Kardashian has an eight-step regime that includes cleansing wipes, probiotic pills and regular ‘vagacials’. Each of these treatments and products claims to be fulfilling a need: helping maintain cleanliness or indeed sanity, for those of us who feel self-conscious about our vaginal areas.

Yet, gynaecologists have reacted varyingly. Paltrow’s recommendation for steaming, initially posted to her website Goop (“The real golden ticket here is the Mugwort V-Steam. You sit on what is essentially a mini-throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus, et al.”) caused conflicting opinion.

As Dr Ann Robinson told The Guardian at the time, “The claim that the steam clean could balance hormones is irrational. Hormones are produced by organs such as the brain and ovaries, travel in the bloodstream and have specific effects on their target organs. Steaming the vagina cannot possibly impact on hormone levels. I urge you to put the kettle away, throw the mugwort in some soup and consciously uncouple from this website.”

Of course, Teigen is the captain of her own ship and no woman should be told what to do with her body, but if you’re thinking of trying this one at home we suggest you do your own research and get some professional advice before firing up the kettle.

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