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Vulvar and Vaginal Health | 24 hours a day
Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦
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Join us at The Endometriosis Film Festival on October 10 at 2:00 pm PT

This day will be about showcasing the deeply personal and often untold stories surrounding endometriosis.

We will be gathering in-person at the UBC Robson Theatre as well as online, so you can join us no matter where you are or how you feel that day 💛

Get your ticket in bio. See you soon!

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HAPPY VULVAR AWARENESS DAY. Education on vulvovaginal disorders is neglected even in the training of OB/GYNs.

Vulvodynia remains disturbingly understudied despite affecting a similar percentage of the population as prostatitis. The disparity is staggering: 1,300 PubMed hits for vulvodynia versus 311,000 for prostatitis.

Given these facts, it is logically impossible to claim that biomedical causes of pain are being ‘ruled out’ by the average practitioner. If physical pathology cannot be ruled out due to systemic medical neglect, then claiming the pain is ‘psychogenic’ or ‘neuroplastic’ is a mathematical fraud.

Promoting the ‘mind-body’ narrative under these conditions is not medicine; it is medical misogyny. Until 100% of gynecologists are trained in vulvar disorders and research and funding reaches parity with male-predominant conditions, any claim of ‘psychosomatic pain’ is simply a cover for ignorance.

#Neohysteria #Vulvodynia #MedicalMisogyny #MedicalGaslighting #mindbodysyndrome

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Join me! I will be speaking at the 2026 LP Roadmap Virtual Summit, presented by LichenS Support Network, a nonprofit patient advocacy and education organization.

This opportunity brings together experts for three days of patient-centered education specifically for people living with lichen planus.

Sessions will cover:
Skin (Cutaneous) LP • Oral & Esophageal LP • Drug-Mediated LP • Penile LP • Vulvovaginal LP • Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) • Nail LP

Patients can hear directly from experts, participate in live Q&A, and connect with others who understand in private, unrecorded peer rooms.

📅 September 25–27, 2026
💻 100% virtual
🎟️ Live Pass: FREE
Learn more and register:
aboutlichenplanus.com/lprsm1

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Class is back in session.

Lesson 2: The voluptuous bulbs.

Yep. You have erectile tissue too.

The clitoral bulbs are hidden structures made of erectile tissue that sit beneath the labia minora, connected near the base of the clitoris.

When arousal kicks in, the bulbs fill with blood and swell. That increased blood flow can cause the labia minora to become fuller, change colour, and feel firmer.

So while you may not be able to see the bulbs doing their thing… they’re very much part of the party. 😉

And this is just one piece of the incredible anatomy behind sexual pleasure.

Check out @dameproducts to help you ignite your bulbs 🥰

#Women #Queer #SexualHealth #Pleasure #SexEducation Anatomy WomensHealth

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Everyone’s talking about how we were never taught about our bodies…

It’s true, BUT, let’s change that.

One lyric at a time.

Share it. Repost it. Teach someone something they should’ve learned years ago.

#change #sexed #anatomy #women #queer

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Vulvar Derm Lexicon, Entry 02

Scale and crust may look similar at first, but they’re made of completely different things—and they point you toward different disease processes.

🔹 Scale = accumulated stratum corneum (keratin) 🔹 Crust = dried exudate (serum, blood, and/or purulent material)

Learning to recognize this distinction strengthens your lesion descriptions and helps narrow the differential diagnosis.

Whether you’re a dermatologist, gynecologist, family physician, advanced practice clinician, resident, or medical student, morphology is a skill that improves with practice.

My hope is to make vulvar morphology more approachable so clinicians feel confident recognizing and describing these conditions so we can improve access to knowledgeable care for patients.

What terms do you want to know more about?

#VulvarDermatology #Dermatology #MedicalEducation #gyn #womenshealth

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Looking out for our health includes looking out for vulva cancer!

💁‍♀️ Vulva cancer is one of the least talked about of the gynecologic cancers. (But we want to change that!)

ℹ️ It develops on the vulva, the front of the pelvis and the skin between the legs—roughly where a bikini 👙 might cover.

📋 It’s quick & easy to monitor ourselves for symptoms—much like we do for breast cancer!

Here’s an easy self-examination guide ESGO, ENGAGe and ISSVD prepared that you can follow! 👉https://bit.ly/CheckVulvarCancer

#womenshealth #healthcheck

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She’s tried calling & manifestation. Now she’s trying funding.

- more people with clits are doing the research that Gray’s Anatomy has been missing for decades

- every mug funds more of it

- enough evidence eventually gets impossible to ignore

https://captainclitoriaco.etsy.com

#funding #health #research #education #change

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We’re excited to share this clip of Dr. Melanie Altas speaking about vulvar pain. If you’re interested in learning more, please visit the SHAPE Hub resource portal on the SIECCAN website.
The SHAPE Hub Resource Portal is a knowledge-mobilization project co-created by researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience of sexual dysfunction and genito-pelvic pain.

The portal offers evidence-based resources for patients and healthcare providers, available in both English and French, and grounded in a biopsychosocial approach to care.
Built through co-production, the portal helps close gaps in care and share knowledge in accessible, meaningful ways.

Explore the resources: https://www.sieccan.org/shapehub

#sexualhealth #vulvarpain #genitopelvicpain #sexualhealthawareness #sexualdysfunction

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One of the themes you’ll hear again and again on this page is how often women’s symptoms are dismissed.

“Just relax.”

“It’s probably stress.”

“It’s normal.”

Sometimes it is.

But too often, women are left feeling unheard.

Pain during sex is common. It is not something you should have to live with.

💬 What’s one thing you’ve been told that made you feel dismissed?

Follow @drselkdownthere for evidence-based women’s health information.

#PainWithSex #WomensHealth #OBGYN #Menopause #PelvicHealth

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So no matter what you do, it can be framed as you causing yourself pain. 😒 I call BS!

This video depicts a rhetorical strategy built on unfalsifiability in “neuroplastic pain,” “TMS,” and “pain reprocessing therapy” circles, where pain can always be framed as caused by the patient’s behavior and emotions; whether you talk about pain or don’t (repress it), your actions can be labeled as a cause of your suffering.

🌟 Also, neither claim—that repressed emotions directly cause physical pain, or that talking about pain makes it persist—is supported by established science.

In fact, research on emotional expression and social support suggests that expressing pain to a supportive listener can reduce stress physiology and emotional distress. 🤗🧑🏼‍❤️‍💋‍🧑🏾

❤️Fund the research. Educate providers. Improve healthcare access. Increase social support. Reduce stigma. Stop psychologizing chronic pain and illness.
#chronicpain #toxicpositivity #neuroplasticpain #drsarno #curable

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As a vulvar specialist, the things patients apologize for are often the EXACT things that help the most:

📸 Pictures of the flare (but don’t post here or send over email. HIPAA compliant communication only)!!
📝 The hyper-detailed chronological timeline
🧴 Every product you’ve tried
🕵️ “One more weird thing…”

This is detective work. The details matter.

Because somehow the vulva often behaves PERFECTLY during the appointment and chooses chaos literally every other moment of your life.

You think you’re being “too much.”
We’re over here connecting clues like masterminds. 🔎✨

#labialogic #vulvarhealth #vulvaspecialist #vulvarpain #dyspareunia

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