Health experts are sounding the alarm as more Gen Zers go with the flow and embrace the once-taboo trend of free bleeding, a practice that may come with hidden risks.
Free bleeding is the latest boundary-pushing trend where menstruating women ditch pads and tampons altogether – all in the name of comfort and liberation.
While it might sound like a radical Gen Z invention, it’s anything but new. In fact, this practice is as old as menstruation itself. It saw a powerful feminist surge in the 1970s, when activists rejected tampons over concerns about toxic shock syndrome (TSS). But now, in the age of TikTok trends and Reddit threads, free bleeding is making a loud, messy, and controversial comeback.
