Bidets can enhance comfort and hygiene, but only if used correctly. Learning to use a bidet properly helps prevent irritation, infection, and overuse.

If you’ve ever traveled internationally, you’ve probably encountered a bidet — the bathroom fixture that’s standard in most of the world, but that we have, for some reason, mostly ignored in the U.S.

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A smart bidet sits in a bathroom at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home on the University Illinois campus in Champaign, Ill. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette) NEW YORK — Once considered an oddity in American ...