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Help! Am I ugly ‘down below’?

Q I’m 53 and just back on the dating apps. Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I took a look at my ‘bits’ by opening my legs and posing in front of my full-length mirror. Now I’m sorry I did. I’m red and wrinkly down there, like a plucked chicken – and I’m convinced that no man will want to make love to me when I look like that. Can you help at all?

SUSAN SAYS

As you’ve never seen your genitals before – in fact, may not even have seen pictures of women’s genitals before – you likely don’t realise you’re normal. Yes, everyone’s genitals – female and male – are ‘red and wrinkly’.

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