By Korin Miller
It’s time for some real
talk.
Your
vagina is an important part of your body—obviously. But, while you’ve probably
been pretty intimately acquainted with that area since practically forever,
there’s one major thing that a lot of women get wrong about it: what it’s
called.
We
tend to use the word “vagina” to describe everything that’s down there, but
that’s not really accurate, points out women’s health expert Dr. Jennifer
Wider. Your vagina is actually the muscular canal that connects your uterus to
the outside of your body (like, where you put a tampon, where a baby comes out
if you have a vaginal delivery, and where a penis or internal sex toy goes
during sexy time).
Everything
else “down there” has a specific name, and the things you most commonly refer
to as your vagina technically are something else. For example, your inner and
outer lips are your labia (specifically the labia minora and labia majora) and your
vaginal opening is your vulva. It’s important for you to know what’s what when
you’re treating stuff on your own, like a yeast infection, Wider says.
Pharmacies sell vulvar creams (which go on the outside) and vaginal cream, and
they’re two totally different things. You don’t want to mistake those!
Granted,
your gynae isn’t going to keel over if you refer to the whole area as your
vagina. Heck, they probably do it when they’re talking to their patients,
too—it’s just something we’ve become conditioned to say. But if something is
wrong down there, it’s helpful for your doctor to know what area you’re talking
about so they can recommend the right treatment. An itchy vagina, for example,
could be caused by something totally different from an itchy vulva.
Plus,
your vagina and vulva both deserve to be called by their actual names. “A rose
by any other name…,” right?
Okay,
now that we’ve got that settled, it’s time to learn five more vagina-loving
facts! Check out the video above in which Dr. Michelle Metz, an gynae based in
New York City, answers the questions you’ve always wanted—but been too shy—to
ask.
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