Defloration is a term that means the rupture of the hymen. The hymen (from the Greek hymen) is located at the mouth of the vagina and is a thin fold of the mucosa. The colloquial term for defloration is virginity.
There are several types of hymen: marginal – located only at the edges of the entrance to the vagina with a large hole in the center; crescent-shaped – of various widths, usually pain-free on the first intercourse; perforated – with several small openings separated by strands of mucosa; and sitkowate – which close the entrance to the vagina almost completely, but allow menstrual flow to flow out.
Defloration it usually happens during the first intercourse, but not always. The hymen can be torn or damaged, for example, through the use of mismatched tampons, masturbation, and even from some sports such as stretching gymnastics or other strenuous sports. On the other hand, when the membrane is very developed, defloration can only occur with one of the next relationships. It is possible too defloration at the gynecologistwhen the doctor carries out the examination without first confirming that the patient has already been sexually active. There are also problems with defloration, in such a situation defloration must be performed by a gynecologist by incising the membrane due to its large thickness, which may prevent intercourse.
It may also happen that the membrane is so flexible that it remains intact during intercourse, but it is destroyed only in possible natural childbirth.
Depending on the anatomy of a woman, the defloration process may be painless or associated with profuse bleeding and discomfort, which in extreme cases makes it impossible to continue intercourse.
There is also, but extremely rarely, the absence of a hymen when a female child is born without it.
It is known to arise in the fifth month of fetal development and completely cover the vaginal opening, and the opening that appears moments before birth grows larger over the years. Therefore, most researchers believe that it is only a residue of fetal development and that, like the navel, it has no biological function. Although there is also a body of scientists who believe that it is designed to protect against vaginal infections.
In many cultures, the hymen was evidence of the chastity of a young married woman, and was often the “value” of a woman. Nowadays, this topic, as well as general female sexuality, is explored to a greater extent, which avoids many absurd and harmful situations.
Currently, it is possible to recover the hymen by restoring the membrane from a fragment of the vaginal mucosa, but it is not a very popular procedure, which, like any surgical procedure, can lead to a number of complications.