Our mission at Good Clean Love and our sister biotechnology company, Vaginal Biome Science, is to pioneer a new understanding of the critical role of the vaginal microbiome in addressing the recurrent and chronic conditions that women face in their vulvo-vaginal health by developing and delivering effective Bio-Match solutions to support the vaginal microbiome. Applying the science of biomimicry, our BioMatch product solutions are designed to help protect and maintain the optimal healthy state of the vaginal microbiome.
Decades of gut biome research has taught us both the high costs of antibiotic resistance from overuse and the need to develop a new understanding of how to support and strengthen the microbiome. What we are now coming to learn is that the microbiome is the leading immune protector throughout the body beginning with the sinus and oral microbiome, traveling through the gut and ending at the vaginal and rectal biomes. And yet, this awareness remains largely unknown as women’s health practice is still dominated by the overuse of antibiotic treatment for many common women’s health conditions.
The foundational principle behind the science of bio-mimicry and our patented Bio-Match solutions is to design and formulate products with the same physical and chemical characteristics as the body part the product is applied to. Giving the body what it is naturally accustomed to helps our body systems to recalibrate to their optimal, normal condition.
This common-sense approach to product formulation is largely ignored by manufacturers of vaginal products. Research has shown that use of many commercially available lubricants and vaginal washes are associated with development of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections, in addition to the initial sloughing of layers of vaginal epithelial cells, the vagina’s first immune defense barrier. (1)
Good Clean Love's Bio-Match products avoid these problems by adhering to three foundational principles:
Osmolaltiy
Vaginal pH
Lactic Acid
Together, these three attributes of Bio-Match products allow lactobacilli to flourish and support tissue health, creating an optimal vaginal microbiome. Essentially, they mimic what a healthy, functional vaginal ecosystem would normally do. Bio-Match Technology is a natural mechanism to support what the body knows how to do best: heal.
1. Ayehunie S, Wang, Y-Y, Landry T, Bogojevic S, Cone, RA. Hyperosmolal vaginal lubricants markedly reduce epithelial barrier properties in a three-dimensional vaginal epithelium model. Toxicological Reports. 2018; 5:134-140.
Wolf LK. Studies Raise Questions About Safety Of Personal Lubricants. C&EN 90(50):46-47. 10 December 2012.
