An absorbent product having an extent in a plane in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction when the product is positioned in a plane position and a thickness perpendicular to the plane. The absorbent product includes a backing layer and a top layer and between them an absorption body, the absorbent product being divided up in the longitudinal direction into a rear section, a front section and positioned between them a central section, and being divided up in the lateral direction into a first lateral zone, a second lateral zone and positioned between them a central zone. The top layer includes slits in an area which fully or partially encloses that part of the absorbent product that is formed by the section of the central zone and the central section, and which constitutes the wet area of the product.
