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Vaginal Health

3 carefully researched articles, written to help you understand the evidence and know when medical advice comes first.

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Vaginal Health

Menopause, Oestrogen and Vaginal Elasticity: The Cause That Is Not Childbirth

Vaginal laxity is filed culturally as a birth injury, yet menopause carries adjusted odds of 2.23 in its own right: here is what falling oestrogen does to the collagen and elastin that give vaginal tissue its give.

28 July 2026 · Read article

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Vaginal Health

Childbirth and Vaginal Laxity: What Each Birth Changes

Some looseness after a birth is expected physiology rather than damage. This is what pregnancy and a vaginal delivery actually do to pelvic muscle, connective tissue and nerve, and why the effect builds with each birth.

14 July 2026 · Read article

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Vaginal Health

What Is Vaginal Laxity? Anatomy, Causes and What It Is Not

Laxity is a sensation rather than a measurement, and it is not prolapse. Here is what changes in the muscle, the fascia and the collagen, and what makes it more likely.

30 June 2026 · Read article