ncontinence pads or bladder control pads are super absorbent pads designed to help protect against bladder leaks with added technology to help control urine odors and protect the skin. Incontinence comes with different types of fluids and odors than menstruation.
If you’ve been experiencing a little (or a lot!) of leaking due to incontinence, it may be tempting to grab a maxi pad from the bathroom cabinet and hope for the best. After all, a pad is a pad, right? Could there really be that much difference between a bladder leak product meant to protect someone with incontinence and a menstrual pad to protect someone who has her period?
The answer is actually yes! As it turns out, there is quite a bit of science that has gone into creating both types of pads and what they are designed to do is different enough that they are not interchangeable.
