Self-examination and mirrors

To the females at there -

Did you ever self-examine with a mirror, even out of mere curiosity? At what age?

I'd say in early teens certainly and its a good thing to do. Why shouldn't a girl be fully aware of her anatomy and actually see it.

It something that should be encouraged. When my two were at the age wanted to Starr using tampons i said they should do exactly that privately of course to actually see anatomy makes it a lot easier.

I think I was around 8 or 9 when my mom first used a mirror to show me my vulva. After that, I used a mirror from time to time out of curiosity. I started masturbating pretty young so I'd always had a natural interest in what was going on down "there".

Yes, I do self examine!

Yes, I have a mirror that I put on a table, then spread wide to self-examine, with speculum too

I am high risk for developing melanoma, deadly form of skin cancer. Yes, yes I have more than just one lovely mirror and I know my body very well. I have since I was a youngster as mirrors and my body have always fascinated me.

Yes I have used a mirror to look at my vulva numerous times. First was in early teens, more out of curiosity than anything else, as I wanted to see what I looked like exactly. I've done so since for health reasons or just simply for the enjoyment of seeing myself in aroused or non-aroused states.

I did it early teens and still do.

Yes I have done it a few times.

I often place a mirror between my legs . I like to look ok at my labia and open up and check my vagina . I sometimes squat over the mirror so I can see my anus as well . It almost always ends in madturbation .

I started to use a hand mirror to look at everything from right underneath when I was about 11. I think it is important to know your own body and it can not be done by looking just at the front in a full length mirror. The best way to do it, I think, is lying on your back on your bed and bringing your legs up and spreading them. You can see your pussy in the mirror very well if you do that. You can see your anus too in the mirror just to check it looks like it should. When I was growing up I did this some times I saw how my pubic hair was growing, how my labia were growing too, so the mirror was a help. Yeah, a mirror can be squatted over too and I some times do that.

My husband looks at me between my legs very carefully every month because he knows my body very well and I am sure that he would spot anything wrong but I still self examine too and the mirror helps.

On some videos on youtube, the doctor provides a mirror for the patient to look around while certain parts of the exam are going on... has that happened to anyone? or is that simply for instruction aspects on videos?

On some videos on youtube, the doctor provides a mirror for the patient to look around while certain parts of the exam are going on... has that happened to anyone? or is that simply for instruction aspects on videos?

It's real.

I am not sure when I looked exactly first time. It was ariund the time I had my first bf and I wanted to know why he was so curious looking there. I liked what I saw and even now I stll grab a handmirror from time to time to take a good long look. I like looking at me there.

My girlfriend in college told me that she first used a mirror to look at herself in high school. One day when I was licking her bottom hole I told her that I noticed she had a little bump on her anus, more like a bit of extra skin I guess, because it was very soft. She said it's a skin tag and that she'd noticed it the first time as a teenager. She said one day her anus was very itchy so she bent over in front of her mirror and spread her cheeks to look and that she noticed the little bump. She told her mom so they asked her doctor and he said it's nothing dangerous, common in fact, and he said it's called a skin tag.

Not as much as when I was younger. I used to be almost obsessed with examining myself. I mean, I was the first person I saw naked and found it both exciting and embarrassing, just couldn't stop. When I started playing doctor later on with friends, it was so interesting and erotic to see their private parts, how similar, how different too.

I did that a lot as a teen and still do it sometimes now. I mostly used a smaller hand held mirror and used it to look at my vulva and sometimes my anus. I would often get turned on imagining someone else seeing me like this and usually I masturbated afterwards.

More so as a teenager but yes I did a lot out of curiosity, sometimes I'd masturbate like that. Used to wonder what the doctor was looking at and for...

Only self examination I do / have done is breast exam. Sometimes in front of mirror but usually whilst in shower

Only self examination I do / have done is breast exam. Sometimes in front of mirror but usually whilst in shower

@Secret_sub It is a very good idea to do that on a monthly basis, get to know your own body both visually in the mirror and by feel. That way you will be more aware of any changes. I read somewhere that a few days after the woman's period ends is a good time as the breasts are more relaxed at that time of the month...

@Dr_Philip I check them weekly. But not always in front of mirror

I know my body extremely well!😉

I am 24

I was recently told by someone about self exam with a mirror being a genuine thing

Till then I thought only breast self exam is there. Because for that more public awareness is created

Anything down there is only done by doctor I used to think

On coming to know it's a real thing I tried checking myself with a mirror but couldn't do it

Self-examination is definitely a genuine thing with various different reasons supporting its use. Important to be clear though that examination of the external genitalia - the pubic area, vulvae and inner labia (inner lips) is more straightforward than a vaginal self-exam.

A back-supported semi supine position with good light and a largish mirror, either hand held or stand supported will work well. A phone camera with stand also works.

Vaginal self exam requires a speculum to open and spread the labia and vaginal walls. Difficult to accomplish and visualise alone but do -able.

You'd find plenty on this site who I am sure would help you!

@EmmaX Me too!

We also need to encourage males to self-examine. Many don't which leads to things being missed...

I examined myself when I first got my period at age 11.