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If I'm going to try buying a different brand of tampons, I should make sure the picture on the packaging shows a *rounded* insertion end on the applicator. Some are only a plain cylinder with the tip of the tampon sticking out the end. I think I made this same mistake once before already. Gah. I'm not sure which is worse, trying to push a non-rounded cylinder end into my vagina after pushing the tampon back into the cylinder, or leaving the tampon sticking out, and trying to push dry absorbent fibers up my vagina. Even though my flow is heaviest right now, both ways were painful and unsuccessful. I'm glad I still have my normal tampons.
The image on the packaging of my normal brand is too small to see details like that, and the text doesn't mention the rounded end even though it's there. But I need to remember that's not always and maybe not even most often the case.
This page seems to indicate that only plastic applicators can have rounded ends, which is most assuredly false especially as their top photo is of a cardboard applicator with the rounded petal end:
What are the Different Types of Tampon Applicators?
The image on the packaging of my normal brand is too small to see details like that, and the text doesn't mention the rounded end even though it's there. But I need to remember that's not always and maybe not even most often the case.
This page seems to indicate that only plastic applicators can have rounded ends, which is most assuredly false especially as their top photo is of a cardboard applicator with the rounded petal end:
What are the Different Types of Tampon Applicators?