YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for December, 2002: Re: Vaginal skin flaps

Re: Vaginal skin flaps

From: vw (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:07:50 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 10 Dec 2002, David wrote: >
>My girlfriend noticed a few strange looking flaps of skin at the bottom
>of her vagina, slightly inside, that come out when she opens up the
>canal. They are right at the bottom, up from the anus and slightly
>inside. They're shaped like flower petals and are small (about 1/4-1./2
>inch) and this has totally freaked her out. They are soft. She doesnt
>know if this is normal (I dont either) and now she is very scared.
>
>Can anyone tell me if this is normal, and if not what it could possibly
>be?
>
>Thanks

I assume these are the 'labia'. which are as we have all said completely normal, I used to worry that mine were a fair bit larger than the drawings in books. what really annoys me is that in books in shops, many diagrams make them much smaller than they really are, neat small things, and so many women are unsure and embarrassed about how normal their own bodies are. why is this allowed to go on? photographs of the labia spread out would give a much more real picture, but there seems to be a block to this being done often enough. yes, they look like insect wings, or flower petals, when spread out. and very delicate and thin. I didn't know that they got smaller after childbirth?

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