ASK Dr Martin
Mar 17, 2022
2 minutes
Her bits are fused
Q My little girl is 18 months old and her vagina won’t open because the labia are stuck together. Is this normal?
Krissy, Sandbach
A This is called labial fusion, meaning her inner vaginal lips become fused together, and happens in around 3% of girls at this age.
It’s partly because she’s too young to make the hormone oestrogen, which lubricates the
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