Essential oil suppository recipe for soothing vaginal tears
Some ideas on how to make a soothing, healing essential oil suppository for inner vaginal cuts and tears. Help your vagina to heal.
Perineal tears
Perineal tearing is usually from childbirth, where the impact of the baby coming out of the birth canal tears the posterior fourchette and perineum. These types of tears are on the rise, but it's unclear why.
How to treat vaginal tears caused by sex
Treating vulvar and vaginal tears caused by sex, fingering, masturbating or misadventure is usually pretty easy, but you need to know what you're dealing with before you try to treat it.
Can apple cider vinegar heal cuts on my vagina or vulva?
Apple cider vinegar can not heal cuts or tears, and in fact will only make it worse. See what your options are.
Allen-Masters syndrome
Allen-Masters syndrome is characterised by pelvic pain caused by trauma.
Help prevent an episiotomy (cut) during birth
There are no guarantees when it comes to preventing tears and an episiotomy during childbirth, but you can certainly up your chances of staying intact.
Treating mystery vulvar or vaginal cuts and tears
Sometimes the cause of our cuts and tears are not obvious, and require a bit of detective work with your health practitioners.
How to heal vaginal fissures
Learn how to heal your vaginal fissures.
Treating deep and nasty vaginal or vulvar tears
We run you through how to treat a deep and nasty tear, typically from an accident or childbirth. Deep and nasty tears are those that need medical attention.
How to treat a simple vaginal or vulvar tear
We run you through how to treat a simple vulvar or vaginal tear, from a split in the clitoral hood-labial connection to a split in the posterior fourchette.
Uterine inversion
A uterine inversion is a dangerous - but correctable in most cases - birthing complication whereby the uterus pops out after being dragged by the still-attached placenta.
Cervical stenosis
Cervical stenosis is the narrowing - for whatever reason - of the cervix, the neck of tissue that joins the vagina and uterus. A narrow cervix can create a few issues with in-and-out flow between the uterus and the vagina, including sperm, periods and babies.
Vulvar, vaginal and perineal injuries
Injuries to the vagina, vulva and perineum vary in their severity and the impact the damage has on the pelvic structures. Injuries range from straddle injury to urethral damage to deep pelvic trauma.
How to deal with cuts and tears from fingering and rough sex
Vaginal and vulvar cuts and tears are easy with fingering and rough sex, so while you figure out how to avoid them next time, heal them up quick with our suggestions.
Allergic contact dermatitis on the vulva
Contact dermatitis can cause itching, dryness, redness and soreness of the vulva - the inner or outer labia, or clitoris and clitoral hood. Vulvar contact dermatitis is caused by something that touches your vulva, like laundry detergent in underwear, toilet paper, or douches.
Vulvovaginal-gingival lichen planus (or syndrome) (VVG-LP)
Vulvovaginal-gingival syndrome (or vulvovaginal-gingival lichen planus) is a rare variety of lichen planus affecting both the mouth and the vulva/vagina.
Vulvovaginal lichen planus (LP)
There are several different types of lichen planus, a lichenoid condition that can affect the vulva and the mouth. Lichen planus can affect keratinisation of the skin on any part of the body, causing thickening and hardening of skin.
Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC)
Contact dermatitis of the vulva can result in what's known as lichen simplex chronicus (LSC), which is itchy, thickened skin. Removing the offending irritant is the best way to solve LSC, but additional creams or soothing ointments can be used.
FGM/cutting and genital modifications
A brief description of female genital mutilations and modifications.
Aunt Vadge: my boyfriend touches me and I swell up
Her vulva swelled up to four times its normal size after being fingered by her boyfriend. What has happened?
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