Personal hygiene is mandatory for female students to prevent many diseases. Personal hygiene helps females to stay healthy. Poor personal hygiene is more prone to Vulnerable infection. Good hygienic practices teach from their early life, and it helps to create self- awareness. This study was conducted to assess the practice of personal hygiene among female students age group (18 - 22) years at Sree Ramakrishna Medical College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences and Hospital, Kulasekharam,Tamil Nadu, India. The study units were female students age group (18 - 22) years. The study is designed as a questionnaire and is distributed to Female Students. Verbal consent was taken from the female students by explaining the purpose of the study. The total number of study respondents was 30. The questionnaire contains 30 questions. The Parameters of the questionnaire included sociodemographic information and hygienic practices. The hygienic practices included cloth hygiene, skin hygiene, oral hygiene, hair hygiene, hand hygiene, urogenital hygiene, ear hygiene, bowel hygiene, and mental hygiene. From this study the practice of personal hygiene about wearing washed clothes and regular head bath are satisfactory but scalp hygiene, water intake and sleep are very poor. Therefore, female students need more awareness about scalp hygiene, water intake, and sleep.

Keywords : Hygiene, Personal hygiene, Menstrual hygiene, Genital hygiene, Sanitation.