the vagina and on the skin of many women. It can develop when conditions in the vagina change – such as when taking antibiotics, when hormone changes occur due to pregnancy, when you have diabetes or if your immune system is weak.
3. Smelling fishy – can actually mean your vagina’s way too clean. If you notice a fishy smell down below, it could indicate an imbalance in pH levels – and might actually be caused by being too clean. Our vaginas naturally contain bacteria that keep them healthy, so if you douche, wash internally or use too much soap, you actually remove good bacteria and bad ones can take over which can cause that fishy unpleasant smell.
Leave your vagina to clean itself as much as possible, that means opting out of perfumed soaps and using more natural cleaners and even rinsing with just warm water.
4. A vagina can heal itself within 2 days tops! Your vagina is better than most other parts of the body at healing itself, as the cells replenish very quickly. Rips and tears can actually heal within 48 hours.
5. Your emotions are directly connected to your vagina. The vagina is essentially a tube, around 10cm long. When you’re relaxed, the walls touch – then when you get excited, they widen by 7.5cms and stretch 5cms longer, to allow penetration to come easy.
Vaginismus is a condition where