Dear Gwyneth Paltrow, I’m a GYN and your vaginal jade eggs are a bad idea

As for the recommendation that women sleep with a jade egg in their vaginas I would like to point out that jade is porous which could allow bacteria to get inside and so the egg could act like a fomite. This is not good, in case you were wondering. It could be a risk factor for bacterial vaginosis or even the potentially deadly toxic shock syndrome.

 The Secrets of the Jade Egg Practice

The mysterious jade egg practice stems from the legends of Chinese empresses and concubines who used the practice for sexual youthfulness. Today, the mystical jade egg is making a radical comeback as an integral part of women’s health regimes. In modern times, developing a jade egg practice can be a very liberating and empowering experience as it offers women a path to heal themselves with love, awareness and consciousness.

Great Moments in Goop History

I don’t know about you, but when I nearly burn off my vagina, I like to immediately test its fortitude by shoving a foreign object inside it! Yes, I’m talking about Goop’s iconic jade egg, which is purported to improve your sexual prowess for the fair price of $66. How? I have no idea, but guess what? It doesn’t even matter, because science once again decided to ruin the fun by labeling it bad for vaginas. Even worse, Goop was fined $145,000 for misleading consumers with unsubstantiated claims about this product.

Gwyneth Paltrow defends selling vaginal 'Yoni eggs,' saying they're not dangerous

"We've come a really long way from being that small start-up. Even with the Yoni eggs. That was really around claims, but it didn't involve the product. That egg is not dangerous. We still sell it," Paltrow told Safronova.

Let’s call Gwyneth Paltrow’s jade eggs for vaginas what they are: Goopshit

Goop’s vagina rocks, explained.

Researchers have debunked Goop’s “ancient Chinese” jade vaginal eggs

Goop first described the benefits of yoni eggs in a now removed article titled “Better Sex: Jade Eggs for Your Yoni.” In it, the “beauty guru/healer/inspiration/friend Shiva Rose” called the eggs a “strictly guarded secret” used by Chinese queens and concubines to strengthen Kegels in order to please emperors sexually.

The Mystery Behind Ancient Vaginal Jade Eggs Has Been Cracked

The concept of 'ancient' when discussing a medical therapy may give an illusory notion that the practice is, indeed, healthful, as it dates back over millennia. As the jade egg was touted as an ancient practice, Dr. Gunter and her colleague Dr. Sarah Parcak, an archeologist, investigated whether or not, indeed, vaginal insertion of a jade egg was an ancient Chinese practice. Their study of over 5000 jade objects in four major Chinese art and archeology databases found no vaginal eggs. There was no evidence that vaginal jade eggs were used for sexual health in ancient Chinese cultures.

You want me to put what where!? News media wisely take Gwyneth Paltrow to task for latest eye-rolling idea

Sure, this is fluffy stuff, with far lower stakes than, say, accurate coverage of cancer immunotherapy or statins to prevent heart disease. But keep in mind that goop.com, a lifestyle and shopping site started by actress Gwenyth Paltrow, has more than 1 million newsletter subscribers. That’s a lot of people being spoon-fed schlock, and it worked: The jade eggs are now sold out.