They’re the most visible external parts of the vulva, and yet there’s still a lot we don’t know about the labia majora. There are a few different reasons for this, but it largely comes down to ...

The labia minora are having a moment—and it’s about time. It started with an Instagram video by Dr. Rachel Rubin, a urologist and sexual medicine specialist, explaining that “your labia minora shrivel ...

Inspection of the vulva is an essential part of a complete pelvic examination, and yet the area is often overlooked or given only a very cursory examination by clinicians. For their part, patients can ...

"Some women use the term 'vagina' to represent all of the female genitalia, but anatomically, the labia are part of the vulva," aka the external genitalia, says Sara Twogood, MD, assistant professor ...

Labiaplasty, a procedure done to reduce the size of the labia minora in women, is one of the most common female genital aesthetic surgeries, says Jennifer L. Walden, MD, a plastic surgeon with a ...

A June study in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology found there's a "wide range" of what constitutes a "normal" vulva—and no two female genitalia are exactly alike. In an ...

The difference in women’s vaginas is because of the size of the labia. Even as we attempt to categorise vagina types, the truth is no vagina is truly the same, these are broad generalizations. For ...