can inserting a tampon few times rip a hymen?

In some conservative cultures, breaking of the hymen (irrespective of how it is broken--whether doing physical activity or having sex) WAS/IS considered loss of virginity (I am not sure if this stereotype still exists, it probably does). This may look illogical to some of you, but this was/is considered the only way to determine whether the girl is sexually pure or not. So, after marriage, usually after the first night, the husband himself would expect to see blood on the bedsheet (which would be the result of the hymen breaking during penetration). If he doesn't, he might get suspicious and the girl would be subject to all sorts of humiliation and embarrassment, either from the family, the husband, or both! This probably sounds ridiculous, but believe it or not, it is true and has happened before!! 

My experience was that using my first tampon did in fact tear my hymen. My first sexual experience there was no difficulty or pain but putting that first tampon in was very difficult. Everyone's physiology is different.

This is what happened to me too. I wanted to go swimming so I used a tampon.

Uhhhhhh why so many mixed results? I'm confused about this also. Friends, PLEASE only answer if you know what you're talking about. Thank you. :)

I'm 17 a virgin and last night I broke my hymen. With a tampon. Not meaning to. I had just put a tampon in and felt like it was already full so when I went to take it out I had horrible pain. As soon as I got it out a rush of blood like a bloody nose came out and it didn't stop for a few seconds. So you can tell the difference from breaking the hymen with a tampon and your period. Yes this isn't a usual occurrence but it is possible. It hurt like hell for a while but after a little while it stopped bleeding. Mind you it was the second to last day of my menstrual cycle also. So I wasn't bleeding very much at all. It was quiet obvious to me and my mother who works at a gyno clinic that I did break my hymen. Cramps are completely normal. Painful and normal. Best way to deal with them is acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Midol and Pamprin work for most people. I have terrible cramps so I have to take a different medication.  Heat pads are also very nice. Hot bath works as well. anything hot really helps with loosening the muscles around your pelvis. 

a tampon can cause pain if you are using the wrong "size" fyi the size is only in reference to how much it absorbs not the size of anything else. read the facts sheets in the box and a lot of brands have websites with more facts and useful information

It is very rare that you will ever break your hymen by inserting tampons! Some people are too tense or are aiming wrong or are in the 2% of teens with an abnormally small vaginal opening and they are the ones who might

Also if the tampon makes you feel physically uncomfortable, it's not in far enough or might be too large.

are you trying to scare eople to death!!! you could have sugar coated that a bit dont ya think!

Well if you insert two fingers it my break, by the way the hymen covers 1 part of the vagina and it's around the edge of the hole and if you push that out and it will make a bigger hole and if you don't do it often or it will close in more but not all the way. :)

It is disappointing to to see people spouting the same marketing garbage we get from the tampon manufacturers about, tampons can't damage your hymen, and a hymen doesn't equate to virginity anyway.  

The reality is eveyone's body is slightly different (and maybe their view of virginity is too).  Beyond urban legend, there have actually been scientific studies on this.  (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14993089).

Interestingly, the facts show that 97% of girls in the study that had never had sexual intercourse also had intact hymens, suggesting that there is some credance to the traditional association between hymens and virginity.  Also, 100% of those virgins that did not have intact hymens tore theirs due to tampon use (not bike/horse riding or gymnastics, etc.)

Another study showed a 14% chance of tearing your hymen with tampon use.  Which sounds like good odds, but think about it:  If some one said you had a 14% chance of losing your right arm by crossing a road, as opposed to a zero percent chance by taking a less-convenient foot bridge.  Would you still take the risk?  How much do you value your hymen?  Is it worth eliminating all risk to damaging it?

I never used a tampon before I had sex and never bled. Some people don't bleed. It is normal either way. Who wants the embarrassment of bleeding on somebody anyways? Yuck. The first time is awkward enough without that mess.

So from reading the previous responses...there seems to be VERY MIXED messages. About half of the people who responded said a tampon cannot rip your hymen...and many emphasized this by saying something like...there's no way a tampon can rip your hymen...it's stretchable/elastic, there's enough of an opening, etc.

Then, about the other half of the people who responded said, yes I ripped or tore my hymen from using tampons...this ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME.

Well, obviously we know which answer trumps which answer...the girls who all said they ripped their hymen from using tampons aren't all just conspiring and making this up...it obviously has to happen with some and from reading the responses seems often enough to be of significance. Also, women are born with many different kinds of hymens, among them are annular, cribiform, septate, microperforate…all of which can cause tampons to be uncomfortable or break the hymen.
I am a guy and to me this would be a very important issue...not only with my daughter, but also with my wife...that we see eye to eye on this issue and the fact that because of what could possibly happen with tampons, that it is best to use pads until sexual activity....or at the very least have an informed, heart to heart discussion with your daughter so she fully understands the possible implications of using tampons.

I am a single father of 2 daughters and as much as this sucks to read , I appreciate the forum becuz my mother is giving me all kinds of c**p becuz i have had my oldest use tampons 1st and now my youngest is about to start using them (w/applicator) an my old school mom us very vocal about this "ruining her virginity). It did NOT affect my oldest daughters but I wanna make sure that I am still doing the right thing for my kids and be as informed as possible when discussing this even though I'm a father , I need help in some of these type of situations, so I'm goin with "its possible , but extremely rare, and since she's very athletic it can break anyway thru that, it's not necessarily a risky oprion i just believe pads are more difficult for little girls to manage and can lead to more mishaps than tampons "

Can I wear a tampon with a laceration in my vagina and a ruptured hemorrhagic cyst? I am bleeding heavily and want to wear tampons.