![]() ![]() Just like a good bar of chocolate should smell like…well, chocolate. I invite you to work on loving the unique vagina you were born with and celebrating its unique shape, size, color, and scent.Ī healthy vagina should smell exactly like a vagina. Some like a full bush, others prefer trimmed hedges. Some folks find longer, more “flowery” labia to be a huge turn on. There is an equal degree of diversity among vagina enthusiasts. They are complex and diverse, just like the women to whom they belong. Which brings me to my next point: what your vagina looks like is less important than what it can DO! Vaginas are pretty amazing: they can bring us sexual pleasure, give sexual pleasure to others, open to bring babies into the world, and give us a sense of connectedness to other women. What’s the good of having a “perfect-looking” vagina if you can’t have as much fun with it? Translation: sex won’t feel as good if you get plastic surgery on your vagina. Second, so-called vaginal rejuvenation surgeries can damage the blood and nerve supply. First, it shows that many folks think their vagina is shaped wrong, when in reality there is a wide range of normal in terms of vagina shapes. Many women worry that there’s something wrong with their inner labia because they “stick out.” Some people feel badly enough about the shape of their vagina that they consider having surgery to “fix” it. Many women’s sense of what a vagina is supposed to look like comes from some pretty dubious sources: porn, the locker room, and taking care of babies or small children. It also increases friction and lubrication during sex, which for many women increases sexual pleasure. In addition to being nice window dressing, the vulva serves some pretty useful functions: it acts as a protective screen, keeping unhealthy foreign bacteria out. Labial colors can range from black to brown, peachy to pink, purplish-violet to blue! Many women will have some combination of these colors. Arousal brings a tidal wave of blood flow to the area, increasing sensitivity and size. But just like the penis, vaginal tissues can change in size when they’re turned on. On average, inner labia are about three-quarters of an inch long to over two inches long at the longest point. Some have very long inner labia that protrude like flower petals from within the outer labia. Some women have tiny inner labia you can’t see from the outside. Some have narrow outer labia, and others have big juicy lips. That’s kind of like asking, “What does a healthy nose look like?” Like women, vaginas come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and styles. What does a healthy vagina/vulva look like? This blog is an excerpt from the book A New Cycle - Your Guide to a Better Period, Naturally. Luckily, these studies seem to confirm what we already knew: when it comes to vulvas, "normal" is a varied and unique experience.How to Keep Your Vagina Healthy, or How to Properly Tend Your Vagina Garden The study noted a rise in women seeking cosmetic genital surgery, or labiaplasty. Newsweek also pointed to a 2004 study that measured vagina size, color, and smoothness of women undergoing gynecological surgery. Alexes Hazen, MD, previously told Teen Vogue. These are all things we need to keep in mind when we're thinking about who's setting the standard of what is or isn't normal.Ī scientific finding that no vulva is normal or not normal is important because there exists a perception that some vulvas are somehow “ugly, which is most likely a result of images in TV, movies, and pornography, as Dr. Black women are three to four times more likely to die during childbirth than white women, and people of color in the United States generally experience more illness, worse health outcomes, and early death, than white people do - all which Harvard Health notes may be the result of an inherently racist health care system. ![]()
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