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Hymenorrhaphy or "hymen reconstruction surgery" is the surgical alteration of the hymen, with the goal of producing bleeding on intercourse and a tight vaginal introitus, falsely believed to indicate virginity. The term comes from the Greek words hymen meaning "membrane", and raphḗ meaning "suture".
Reconstructive surgery may be performed to restore what was lost, often with techniques similar to those used in gender-affirming surgery. During childbirth, an episiotomy (cutting part of the tissue between the vagina and the anus) is sometimes performed to increase the amount of space through which the baby may emerge.
Signs and symptoms include: abdominal pain, bleeding, bruising, faintness, vaginal discharge, embedded object in the vagina, genital pain, swelling, vomiting, painful urination, inability to urinate, presence of a wound, report of sexual abuse, and blood in the urine. [7] A hematoma can form after vaginal trauma. Imaging can identify the ...
The pain that Shields experiences from sex comes as a result of a non-consensual and irreversible vaginal rejuvenation procedure that was originally meant to reduce the size of her labia.
After giving birth, I felt detached from myself and knew I needed to make changes. Giving birth became the fuel I needed to start hormone replacement therapy finally. My morning sickness began at ...
A study of adolescents in Ethiopia found that among those who reported being raped, 17% became pregnant after the rape, [7] a figure which is similar to the 15–18% reported by rape crisis centers in Mexico. [8] [9] Experience of coerced sex at an early age reduces a woman's ability to see her sexuality as something over which she has control.
Cher is opening up about losing her virginity as a teenager.. In her new memoir Cher: The Memoir, Part One, which was released on Tuesday, Nov. 19, the singer and actress recalls the circumstances ...
Intersex medical interventions (IMI), sometimes known as intersex genital mutilations (IGM), [1] are surgical, hormonal and other medical interventions performed to modify atypical or ambiguous genitalia and other sex characteristics, primarily for the purposes of making a person's appearance more typical and to reduce the likelihood of future problems.