Dear dolphins_0123,

It's totally normal for healthy girls and women to have a vaginal discharge, also known as leukorrhea. Usually, it is either thick and whitish or slippery and clear. Typical vaginal discharge may have a particular odor — and that's normal, too.

Some girls who have a lot of discharge choose to wear panty liners — which are like thin maxi pads — to keep the discharge off their underwear. If panty liners are not enough to handle the amount of discharge you have, you may want to get checked out by your health care provider.

Hope this information helps!

Take care,

teenwire.com^® Editors

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