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Can this cream be used in a vagina?

My wife's osteopath is using this cream when inserting his fingers into her vagina. Is it OK?
https://www.nivea.ph/products/nivea-soft-40058088905070264.html
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134578 tn?1693250592
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Nivea is not dangerous or anything, especially if it is clean (squirted out of a bottle versus dipped out of a tub). But it does not seem very clinical. Why does the osteopath put his fingers in her vagina, is it a once-a-year or once every three years thing like a pelvic exam? I have only once or twice had a doctor put actual fingers in my vagina, the older-fashioned kind of pelvic exams used to involve a little of that for the reason of feeling the ovaries by pushing on the same time at the outside of the abdomen. Is that what the doctor is doing?
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3191940 tn?1447268717
Why would someone use a face and hand cream, which is intended for external use, to do a pelvic examination? It might not hurt her, but it is definitely not a product designed for that use.  There are purpose-designed products, like KY Jelly, that are intended to be used as lubrication when inserting anything into a woman's vagina.
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