Cleaning the Vulva with Cetaphil Update

My gynecologist gave me instructions on how to clean the vulva in the shower:
  • Use Cetaphil, a cleanser super-easy to find and super gentle;
  • Gently apply the cleanser and rinse.
Until she told me this, I had been using no soap to avoid allergies and then washing the hell out of the vulvar labia trying to get "as clean as possible" given I wasn't using soap, and trying to make sure my adhesions would not return by (almost) ripping the skin around my clitoris apart.

Gentle, gentle, gentle.

I still don't feel as clean as I would like to with the Cetaphil, but them's the breaks.

UPDATE
I found something so much better: Johnson's Baby Naturals Head-to-Toe Wash. I use it gently. I find it much better than Cetaphil (which has sodium laureth sulfate which is a skin-irritant) in it. It burns not at all on me and I feel cleanner, too. 

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