Some women experience some bleeding the first time they have sex, and some of them don't. Watch as Dr. Malik discusses the ...

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No, You can&#39;t &quot;Pop the Cherry.&quot; Doctor Reveals True Facts About The Hymen

did you know that popping a cherry is actually not a real thing I'm Dr Rena Malek urologist and pelvic surgeon and today we're going to talk all about the hymen what it actually is what the myths about it are and why popping the cherry doesn't actually make sense so the hymen is actually a thin membrane-like tissue that can cover part of the vagina and it's made up of sort of elastic and fibrous tissue and it can vary from person to person and how thick it is how much of the vagina it covers and the shape of it and it's not actually like a seal or something that you have to break through it's actually quite stretchy and so it can accommodate things like tampons or also allowing menstrual fluid to come out which often women have before having sex the first time the thought is that the hymen has actually evolved over time if you look at animals with hymens for example the cow hymen it's very thick and it does tend to really cover the most most of the opening of the vagina and that's to prevent things like bugs or or infections to get inside the vagina however it's now a very thin and elastic tissue and in some women very little actually exists it doesn't mean that the woman has actually already had sex or is not a virgin anymore and interestingly it can be stretched by a number of different things obviously things like tampons or inserting any sort of fingers inside the vagina can potentially tear the hymen or stretch the hymen and also if you're doing certain activities like horseback riding gymnastics or even playing Athletics that can also cause an impact on the hymenal's flexibility and stretchiness and can sometimes cause a little bit of bleeding that brings us to why popping the Cherry is not a real thing one there's nothing to pop and two not everyone will bleed at the first time of intercourse and that doesn't mean that there's some falsehood of if this is their first time having sex or not only about 50 percent of women actually bleed during the first sexual encounter and the reason women do bleed is because you may tear a little piece of that hymenal tissue or it may just stretch to the point where it's going to bleed and so that doesn't always happen and the ways to make first time sex more comfortable is to make sure one that the partner who is getting penetrated is sufficiently aroused as I've talked about before a big portion of getting the vagina ready for sex is during arousal arousal allows lubrication to be created also allows the vagina to lengthen and widen to be ready to accommodate the phallus or sex toy or whatever it is they're going to use so that's number one and number two using lubrication can make that stretching more comfortable so that there's no bleeding that does occur so hope you guys found that helpful if you enjoyed this video you may want to check out the video about wondering what happens to the female body during orgasm and as always if you enjoyed my content please make sure to subscribe and share this Channel with your friends and as always remember to take care of yourself because you're worth it

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