While there was said to be no cure or treatment for blue waffle, there were ways to help fight the disease and provide relief for some of the symptoms, including multivitamin supplements, antibiotics, tea tree oil, and yogurt containing probiotics. Some of these include vaginal inflammation, itching, and burning, as well as red rashes surrounding the affected area and vaginal secretion of an odorous liquid. While the vulva and labia turning blue was a consistent symptom across the board, other supposed symptoms of blue waffle varied depending on the source, with details changing over time like a giant game of telephone. Other factors that allegedly increased risk included having sex with open scratches, cuts, or other vaginal wounds and having multiple sexual partners. People who failed to regularly change their menstrual products, wear clean underwear, or clean the genitals properly and regularly were supposedly at a higher risk of contracting blue waffle. The so-called STI was said to be caused by bacterial growth in the vagina as a result of unprotected sex or improper hygiene. Tricking people into finding these images online was how the myth initially spread in the late 2000s, causing widespread panic among Internet users due to the shocking nature of the edited images. The name “blue waffle” comes from a slang word for vagina (“waffle”) and the alleged symptoms resulting in the genital area turning blue.
This fictional sexually transmitted infection (STI) began as an Internet prank when someone posted a digitally altered photo online showing an inflamed and infected vulva and labia with a strong blue coloring. It’s an urban legend, a myth, a tall tale, a rumor, a hoax. “Blue waffle,” or “blue waffle disease,” is many things, but real isn’t one of them.
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