vaginal discharge

No. It is not possible for a gynecologist to tell if someone has been sexually active, either with themselves or with a partner through an examination. The only exception might be if you were examined shortly after masturbating; the doctor might notice redness or irritation of the vulvar tissues...

This is actually a good thing! In general, the vagina is supposed to be a pretty wet environment. Even when a person with a vagina is not sexually aroused, they'll have cervical mucus and other vaginal discharge. It may be helpful to think about it as being somewhat similar to the inside of your...

Oh sweetie! Let's break this down and deal with one issue at a time here to see if we can't work this all out, shall we? First off, let's talk about this labia issue. How many real life labia (other than your own) have you seen up close and personal? I'm going to guess you probably haven't seen very...

I'd like to suggest that you try a little experiment... Next time you get out of the shower, skip the deodorant/antiperspirant. Go about your daily life for several hours and then take a quick sniff of one of your underarms. I can almost guarantee the results of this experiment. You'll likely find...

Not all people with vaginas bleed with first intercourse. Given your age at the time of your first intercourse, it would have been even less common for you to do so since by 26, it would have been more common for most of your hymen to have mostly eroded by then -- simply due to basic development...

No, panty crust is a normal result of vaginal discharge. Normally, it's just cervical mucus. If she has an infection, it may contain other things (like pus). Cervical mucus -- like all mucus -- dries out to a solid; there's not much of it left compared to its original volume since mucus is mostly...

Wearing tampons when you aren't menstruating isn't a good idea in terms of risks of TSS and uncomfortable vaginal dryness, but doing so won't have any sort of permanent effects on the vagina. Same goes with having intercourse: the vagina is a muscle, and use of it doesn't cause atrophy -- that doesn...