Actual way to wear period pads after women find out they’ve been using them wrong their whole life

Let's face it, periods can be a proper pain at the best of times and a downright nightmare at the worst.

And luckily, through the years, we've figured out handy little ways to make your period that little bit easier.

However, you can indulge all you want in chocolate for cravings, painkillers for cramps and hot water bottles to sooth you off to sleep but if you're uncomfy wearing a pad the wrong way then all those remedies really won't do much.

You may have been putting on a pad wrong this whole time. (Tyla)

Whether you started your period super early or got it for the first time later on in life - many of us will have used pads at least once in our lifetime.

Now, as we know, pads come in two options; with wings and without.

The idea of the pads with wings is to help stop it moving about in your underwear, allowing for a more comfy wear.

However, it's proven to be a right pain when the sticky adhesive of the pads ends up sticking together - making it near impossible to remove from your pants without ripping the entire thing apart.

The life hack is blowing people's minds. (Tyla)

Well, there's actually a remedy to this age-old problem as someone took to X to share a how-to demonstration video of how to put on a pad to avoid that whole fiasco in the first place.

Once you've opened up your pad from its wrapper, be sure to keep that little piece of paper covering the adhesive of the wings and, get ready for this - you can use it once the pad is on to secure the wings in place.

Gone are the days of pad wings getting fused together on your underwear. (Tyla)

Simply whack the piece of paper in the gusset area on the outside of your pants before pressing down the wings so they stick on the paper instead of directly onto your underwear.

Although it's not been officially determined that is what the paper's purpose is for, many have rushed in to share their amazement upon catching light of the hack on social media.

One X user confessed: "Oh.. so I’ve done it wrongly all my life?? Oh."

A second revealed: "Me after watching this video. Been doing it wrong all along."

"Wait, that paper is for that? Wow," quipped a third, while a fourth poetically penned: "The bulb of realization going off in my brain right now is like nut crackers."

A fifth echoed: "Over 10 years of experience, and I get to know I was doing it wrong."

"We’re all in the same boat," assured someone else, while another praised: "Wow so insightful."

And a final X user resolved: "At this point why are these companies not letting us know how to use their products."

You really do learn something new every day, huh?

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