Inside my outer labia on one side there is a kind of hard bit of skin that has gone white, its not round like a spot, its a line, it doesnt hurt or anything but it was never there til recently!
also just on the entry of my vagina there is a patch of white rough skin, made up of tiny spots, and just slightly inside but still visible from the outside- there are more bumps but these are pink (normal vagina skin colour) these also dont hurt but when i touch them they itch a little.
there is no abnormal smells or discharge, im 17 and sexually active, have been with my boyfriend for 10 monthes and these spots have only just came up so i dont think its an STI?
please help im too embarased to go to the doctor about this!!
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Unfortunately, without a photo it is very hard to understand what you are describing. The hard bit of skin which has gone white and is irregular in shape sounds like a scar. Any chance you cut or scratched your self 'down there' without realizing it?
The bumps you are describing sound like vaginal warts, which is an STD. Keep in mind I am not physically examining you so I can not be sure. This is an educated guess based off of your symptoms.
Here is a truth I want you to understand. Condoms only reduce your risk for catching an STD, they do not eliminate it. This means you can have sex with your boyfriend twenty times and one of those times you contract an STD. The other thing you need to understand is that STDs are not like colds, they do not suddenly appear the next day. Many STDs take months to develop symptoms which you can notice. The last and most important thing you need to know is many STDs can cause damage to your reproductive organs without you realizing it. Genital warts can be caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which is known to cause cervical cancer.
I understand you are embarrassed to talk to a doctor about this. However, for your health and safety, you need to see a physician and you need to be honest about your sexual history so the physician can properly diagnose what is going on. What I tell young girls I see is; if you feel you are adult enough to engage in sex then you have to be an adult about things happening in your body. Do not let something that can be caught and managed now one day prevent you from having children or become life threatening cancer. My sister did this. She is 25 and married and due to untreated HPV she has had to have large sections of precancerous growth removed from her uterus. This un-fixable damage to the uterus. She has been told she is unlikely to have children. Please do not let this be you, see a doctor, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner.
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