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Can A Hymen Repair Itself Naturally After Repeated Intercourse?
can a hymen repair itself naturally? I'm 18 5'2 and 98lbs. and me and my bf have only had sex a handle full of times (each time causing small spotted bleeding and discomfort at start). He was my first, but there's alot of time i between each time we have sex, like 3 weeks. and the other day we had sex, he caused micro cuts in me from getting to big inside me to fast, the bleeding scared us. so he took a look and said that it looked like my hymen had been repairing itself ( him and his family all have medical backgrounds). he said it looked like a spider web going towards the sides.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello and welcome,
After the first penetration act, the hymen is permanantely torn. It does repair itself but it will never resume its virgin state, meaning that the vaginal opening will permanently widened.
So this is not an unsual happening. There is no web or anything in vagina or even the hymen is not webbed if penetration has occured.
If you are experiencing bleeding then please see a doctor as if there is a deep cut it may require to be stitched.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
After the first penetration act, the hymen is permanantely torn. It does repair itself but it will never resume its virgin state, meaning that the vaginal opening will permanently widened.
So this is not an unsual happening. There is no web or anything in vagina or even the hymen is not webbed if penetration has occured.
If you are experiencing bleeding then please see a doctor as if there is a deep cut it may require to be stitched.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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