What age were you when you started using tampons?

Question

What age were you when you started using them and how long before that did you have your period? Also, did you go straight to tampons or start with pads?

Answer 1

I got my period when I was 11 but did not start using tampons till I was 15 or 16. I was not sure how to, and kinda struggled.

And I use both.

Answer 2

I got my period at age 10.. (yes kind of young!) I used pads until I was about 15 or so..  

Answer 3

I started my period at 11 years of age.I started using tampons at 18.My family didn't believe in using tampons so up until i was able to purchase them with my own money,they purchased pads for me.I transitioned.The first couple times i wore a tampon,I used a pad for light days just in case it leaked.

Answer 4

I was 12.

Answer 5

I'm 14 and I got my period almost exactly a year ago. I mostly always use pads but have used tampons only a few times.

Answer 6

i only started using tampons this year because of swimming for PE & other sports..well, i'm 15 now and got my period when i was 9 (suuper young)

anyway, i used pads but if you are going to use a tampon i recommend putting a pad underneath because you never know if you will leak

also, i only use tampons for the first 2 days when my flow is really heavy

because when you take out a dry tampon it hurts like helllll

Answer 7

I started when I was 13, started using tampons at 15.

Answer 8

when i was thirteen, which was when i got it.

i started on tampons straight away, but pads too.

Answer 9

I started at age 10, when I got my first period. I have hardly ever used pads.