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Can hymen grow back?
I should probably know this given that I'm over 18!
So I am abit confused because I (thought) I'd broken my hymen because I've had intercourse with a few guys one being my boyfriend.
BUT he has trouble 'getting it in' each time we try to have sex. And I was to drunk with the first guy to remember what happened.
So I had a look and like theres loads of skin where the vagina should be with a tiny hole at the bottom. I'm SO confused because I thought it had broken? Can it grow back since its been a few months since I've had sex?
Also is this a silly thing to go to the doctor about?
Thanks
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I need you to visualize something to understand what may be going on. There is the normal vagina and there is whats called a septate hymen which you may have. To understand better, imagine an empty toilet paper tube with pantyhose stretched over the end. The tube is the vagina and the hoseiry is the hymen. Now imagine a small circle cut out of middle of pantyhose, smaller than the circumferance of the tube (vagina). this remaining skin around circumferance is the hymen and like elastic it stretches, doesnt Pop like a balloon. If new elastic/rubber band that hasn't been slowly stretched out is stretched beyond its limits quickly at first, it can tear. These tears are caused by an average size male forcing his way in too soon or someone bigger than used to now doing the same. Even experienced long time lovers can find their own personal lubricant low or missing and the friction then pulls at the skin of the male and female and can cause soreness and non visual beginnings of tears in the tender tissues that may just look pinker or redder than normal. Using a store bought lube can prevent this as soon as one feels it happening.
As with elastic bands in clothes that get stretched out, once stretched out, you can't make the hymen go back to its original tightness. The only tightness one may feel is if the female had learned to exercise her vagina muscles and squeeze them to create that tight feeling for her and her partner.
Now for a septate hymen, it would be one where instead of cutting one hole center, you cut two much tinier ones on each side leaving a strip of pantyhose going down the center of the circle. In essence, a female can have 2 openings of equal or more likely unequal sizes. These openings can be too small for most males to fit and trying to force ones way in results in great pain and tearing with lots of bleeding but the skin is still in place. I'd never heard of it before but have found it becoming a more common occurrence these days in young women...I don't know why.
If you continue to try and it still doesn't work, then yes, you may have to go see a doctor and I've heard its easily taken care of by an office visit, numbing the area and Dr. snips that extra strip of skin down the middle, away to leave one larger opening. From reading on line young females stories, recovery and healing is really quick with no lasting pain after the procedure, at least, so I've read. So if this is your problem, its not going to go away and I wouldn't wait for my next yearly visit unless that happens to occur in the next month or so. Otherwise make an appt. and tell Dr. what the problem is, that you are not a virgin. There is the possibility since you were drunk and didn't remember and the first guy may have been smaller than average in circumference that he was able to force his way in and due to being so drunk you were relaxed plus unable to really feel any pain/discomfort. You can search online too for photos of septate hymens to get an idea what they look like.
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No the Hymen does not grow back. There is a hole or holes in the Hymen by which the menstrual blood drains. The Hyman is made up of bodily tissue and can be elastic.
You may be one of the few women with a very elastic Hymen. Your partner may have been of average girth and your being drunk and relaxed at the time. May have resulted in the stretching of one of the holes to accommodate him rather than tearing the Hymen.
With future intercourses with men of average girth, being 1 to 1 1/2 inches around, it is possible they are able to slip through one of the holes in your Hymen.
Is this something to see your GYN about. Yes, but you don't have to make an emergency appointment. Make an appointment for a routine GYN exam. When your with the doctor advise the doctor you are not a virgin. The doctor will see your Hymen is still in place and advise you if it should be surgically removed. This is an office procedure that is done with a local anesthetic and is over in less time than it took you to read what I have written.
If you have not had a pelvic exam since starting to have sex then you need to have one and discuss with the doctor how often the doctor would like to see you such as annual exams or every couple of years unless there are problems.
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