Turning Pain into Purpose: BV, Vaginal Health and the Rise of Pinc Wellness with Sarah Galloy

Vaginal health is central to a woman’s life, from her first period to her last hot flush – yet it remains one of the most dismissed, misunderstood and under-researched areas of healthcare. In this powerful conversation, we sit down with Sarah Galloy, founder of Pinc Wellness, to unpack the reality behind recurrent BV, UTIs, thrush and the emotional toll of not being believed.

If you’ve ever been dismissed by a doctor, struggled with recurring infections, or simply felt you “should know more” about your own body, this episode will leave you informed, validated and ready to join a bigger movement for change.

Key Takeaways:

• Find out how Sarah’s personal battle with recurrent BV, UTIs and thrush pushed her from repeated medical gaslighting to founding Pinc Wellness in the first place
• Discover what bacterial vaginosis (BV) actually is, how the vaginal microbiome and pH shifts trigger it, and why so many women have it without obvious symptoms
• Understand how male partners can carry BV-causing bacteria like Gardnerella without symptoms, and why treating only the woman often leads to endless recurrence
• Learn why antibiotics alone rarely solve recurrent vaginal infections, and how rebuilding a healthy vaginal microbiome with probiotics and acidity support can change everything
• Find out which Pink Wellness products women are turning to most like vaginal probiotics, gentle washes with boric acid and vulva oils and what specific problems they help address
• Discover how social media censorship of words like “vagina” and “vulva” shapes what women see and learn online, and why educational femtech content gets punished while pure product posts thrive
• Find out what Sarah’s new Pink Bloom platform will offer from vaginal microbiome testing to telehealth with gynecologists, naturopaths and sexologists across every life stage
• Discover what needs to change in healthcare, education and at home so that parents can confidently teach their daughters about vaginal microbiome and intimate wellness from day one

Resources:

Sarah Galloy: LinkedIn

Pinc Wellness: LinkedIn | https://www.instagram.com/pincwellness/

Pinc Wellness: https://pincwellness.com/

Maaike Steinebach LinkedIn

Website Femtech Future: https://www.femtechfuture.com

Instagram Femtech Future: @femtech_future

In a world where vaginal health is still treated as niche, shameful or “too much for the workplace,” conversations like this one are how change begins. Sarah’s journey from gaslighting to founding Pink Wellness and now building Pink Bloom proves that women’s intimate health is not a side topic; it is central to our physical, mental and sexual wellbeing.

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