The Flex Co.

Today I'm excited to share that all Flex Discs & Cups have been third-party lab tested and verified to be completely free of PFAS, lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury. If you know a tampon user and missed the news, toxic metals and PFAS (forever chemicals) have been found in organic and conventional tampons. The FDA does not require tampon companies to test for and disclose the presence of these toxins, and most brands merely state that their products are "made without" these toxins, as opposed to Flex’s ability to unequivocally state that its menstrual discs and cups have been tested by a third-party laboratory and DO NOT CONTAIN PFAS, lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury.  There’s no conclusive research yet into whether toxins in tampons are absorbed through vaginal walls, but it is well-settled that the mucosal membranes of the vagina are more permeable than skin. It raises the question: why aren’t more period product manufacturers and brands proving to consumers that their products do not contain unsafe ingredients? #toxicmetals #tampons #period #CPG #womenshealth #menstruation The Flex Co.

We are making 1 million more discs PER WEEK than we were in June 🤩 our partners at Target and Walmart have been working so hard to keep Flex in stock that even our packaging is feeling a little sleepy. 😂 To our faithful Flex customers: thanks for trusting my team and me with your period. We do what we do to serve you every single day. ❤️ Go check out your local retailer to find us. We have a store locator at flexfits.com and you can find our products in more than 30,000 retail stores including CVS Pharmacy Walgreens RITE AID Kroger and more. Our team and our partners are working overtime to keep shelves full for you 💪 The Flex Co. #cpg #periodproducts

We are making 1 million more discs PER WEEK than we were in June 🤩 our partners at Target and Walmart have been working so hard to keep Flex in stock that even our packaging is feeling a little sleepy. 😂 To our faithful Flex customers: thanks for trusting my team and me with your period. We do what we do to serve you every single day. ❤️ Go check out your local retailer to find us. We have a store locator at flexfits.com and you can find our products in more than 30,000 retail stores including CVS Pharmacy Walgreens RITE AID Kroger and more. Our team and our partners are working overtime to keep shelves full for you 💪 The Flex Co. #cpg #periodproducts

We’re back in stock! Flex is here just in time for your weekend Target run 🎯❤️ Huge thanks to our amazing Target partners and especially Esther Byon for working overtime to keep our products stocked. The Flex Co. 🙏💪💯

We’re back in stock! Flex is here just in time for your weekend Target run 🎯❤️ Huge thanks to our amazing Target partners and especially Esther Byon for working overtime to keep our products stocked. The Flex Co. 🙏💪💯

Hundreds of Target stores have sold out of Flex Co.'s top items -- reusable menstrual cups and discs, and disposable discs. It's after a study in July found concerning levels of toxic metals like lead in tampons. Certain Walmart and CVS locations have had out of stocks, too. I talked to Lauren Wang, the CEO and founder of Flex, about how shoppers are increasingly shunning tampons for alternative period products due to health and environmental concerns. Her company is quickly ramping up production to meet the spike in demand, including hiring production staff to work nights and weekends. Read more here.

Are we at a turning point for period care right now? The fallout from *that* tampon study continues with The Flex Co. the latest menstrual disc and cup start-up to report that it has seen sales rapidly increase in recent weeks. Founder Lauren Wang told Bloomberg that the start-up is now making a MILLION MORE disposable discs per week than just a month ago. And it's left us wondering: once users try alternative products will they go back to tampons - even if further research confirms that they are safe? https://lnkd.in/eRQbM8Ca ______________________________________ 📩 Want a free round-up of women's health innovation and FemTech news like this each week? Join 1,300+ others on the FutureFemHealth mailing list here: https://lnkd.in/dTrt-yYd  ______________________________________

In the FIRST STUDY OF ITS KIND, tampons were finally tested for toxic metals. The findings were shocking. 14 major tampon brands (incl. organic) were found to contain toxic metals like lead and arsenic. Researchers found that "metals were present in all types of tampons; no category had consistently lower concentrations of all or most metals. Lead concentrations were higher in non-organic tampons but arsenic was higher in organic tampons. Metals have been found to increase the risk of dementia, infertility, diabetes, and cancer. They can damage the liver, kidneys, and brain, as well as the cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine systems. In addition, metals can harm maternal health and fetal development." To UC Berkeley School of Public Health: my deepest appreciation for drawing the public's attention to this important topic. I started The Flex Co. because I was getting infections from tampons for 15 years. I felt that my concerns were brushed aside from doctors for years and I could never find any research on the issue. While not everyone has experienced negative health issues from tampons the way that I did, the fact remains that we need more research like this across all spectrums of women's health. I hope that our collective outrage will lead to more funding for research because we deserve better than this. We are your mothers, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, partners, spouses, aunties, cousins, friends, and mothers of your children, after all. https://lnkd.in/gXJCAR9f #tampons #womenshealth #periods #menstruation #cpg

We are less than 1 week away from announcing the new product drop that we’ve been working on for 2 years! 👀💕🤭 Any guesses what the new line could be? The Flex Co. #gpg #womenshealth #menstruation