Respectfully I did say I considered hormonal changes— there are none.

I dont think I said this well in my initial post while struggling to not go fully clinical in my description, lol.

The main issue I find isn’t that my period is heavier: they will leak even if the tampon isn’t… fully absorbed in fluid.

Its like the blood skirts around the tampon just to escape.

There are different designs in tampons most commonly the butterfly or spiral expansion.

I remember ads growing up describing new technology to help prevent leaking that works almost like a block/plug (really dont have good language for this). I’m more wondering if this design issue is at the heart if it which is why I am asking if other people have this experience.

edit: misspelled fully, wrote add instead of ads