One of my most unforgettable patient encounters happened about 6 years ago and involved a 12 year old. I don’t even remember why she was referred to me, but I’ll never forget how she answered a very routine question I asked: Have you had any romantic relationships or...
When you started your period…did someone say something about becoming a woman?? The day I got my first period, I thought I was dying because what I saw in my underwear didn’t look like what I expected a period to look like. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on, but...
In another “episode” of girls vulvas are different from women’s vulvas – let’s talk about vaginal yeast infections. For adult women, yeast infections are common, annoying, but often fairly easy to treat (IF the diagnosis is correct. But if you're self...
With warmer weather and Spring Breaking, it seems that many of you are thinking about (and stressed about) your daughters' bathing suits. We get dozens of questions on this topic every year, and the range of questions is as varied as the range of very strong opinions...
When I was in the 4th grade, I got called “Nipsey Russell” by the boys in my class (I’m dating myself, but Nipsey Russel was a TV comedian waaaayyyy back in the day). Obviously, my attempts to hide my budding breasts under baggy shirts wasn’t working, and I finally...
