'The moisture your vagina creates is less acidic and the whole ecosystem (the millions of healthy bacteria which live there) in the vagina is disturbed,' she says. Morton also notes that older women can become more prone to bacterial infections such as Bacterial Vaginosis or yeast infections such as Thrush with age. The foreskin usually rolls itself back when you’re 6 years old but in some cases it takes a bit later (teen or late teens) like 13-17. Naturally curious, we flipped it open and began thumbing through glossy photos of girls in anything-but-natural poses. Three years ago, my friend Melissa and I stumbled onto a Playboy magazine in her apartment. If you have problems pulling your foreskin back, you should talk to your doctor or physician about that. I Threw A Party To Find Out What My Friends’ Vaginas Look Like. I'm not going to lie, I'm having awful images of this, but it surely can't be that bad or I reckon we'd have heard worse things before, no?ĭr. It all depends on your age and different components like if you’re circumcised or not. No man can ever see every vagina, just like he cannot see every star, but he will gaze. This will prevent the spread of the infection. There are so many vaginas out there and they all look different, like flowers, or Georgia O'Keeffe paintings. After menopause, when there is no oestrogen about, the vaginal lining gradually becomes paler due to a reducing blood supply, as well as flatter and less stretchy,' she goes on to explain.Īnd we're designed to be 'stretchy' so we can have sex and give birth and stuff, but that elasticity reduces with the drop in hormones that comes with 'The Change'. Vaginal infections Do not have sexual contact or activity while waiting for your appointment.

'The skin inside the vagina is as pink and moist as the inside of your mouth. 'The lips (labia) surrounding the entrance to the vagina and the vagina itself are kept healthy by oestrogen which comes through the blood stream from the ovaries. In the same way as our skin loses elasticity through the years, our vaginas do the same - and we've got hormones to blame, says Dr.

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