Welcome to VHAC. The first charity in the world for vulva health awareness and the only UK charity to provide a dedicated helpline for women with any vulva disorder. No matter what your vulva diagnosis or problem is, the VHAC helpline is available to support you. (+44) 07765 947599. For more information on the helpline click here.
IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH
Channel 4 TV's Embarrassing Illnesses programme will include an item on vulva examination. Watch the show at 9pm on Wednesday 30th April 2008. The Channel 4 website has just launched a video on how to check your vulva. Please make sure that you visit this link to see the video.
http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/video/how-to-check-yourself/how-to-check-your-vulva/
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At what age can a woman be affected by a vulval health problem?
Vulval health conditions can affect a female from as young as 2 years old (when lichen sclerosus is diagnosed), a young woman in her teens or twenties (when vulvodynia is diagnosed) or a woman from 30 to 80+ (when vulval cancer is diagnosed). Vulval Health affects women at any stage of life. Be vulva vigilant.
What does a normal vulva look like?
There is no one answer to this question! As females we are all born with the same equipment but it is presented differently and uniquely in all of us. To help you see just how different and 'normal' all women are you can see a variety of vulvas at
http://the-clitoris.com/n_html/v_image3.htm
The ISSVD website gives an article about the normal vulva read it
here.
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The World's first vulval health awareness campaign