Yes, I am almost like 100% positive that I'm going to get awful feedback for asking this. It sounds very childish. I thought this would make a good topic because my sister admitted to me that she isn't a virgin, but she swears her vagina re-closed after she got her cherry popped. She said that it hurt so much the first time she didn't have sex again for... I think she said like two weeks. She said she think it rehealed because she felt a rip and he couldn't insert his penis well the second time.

What are your thoughts?

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Yeah, Peggi and Yaoi Pervette covered most of it. The hymen just doesn't work the way fiction tells us.

I remember when I was in the hospital for depression some years ago, one of the girls in the ward with me insisted that if you didn't have sex again for seven years, you'd heal up and be a "born-again virgin." Sounded like crap even before I became more informed. less

You found the word I was looking for! Born-again virgin! Yes, that is what I was thinking of, about people who stopped having sex for a period of time, claim to become virgins again that has been driving me crazy all day! You made me very happy less

Yes, I am almost like 100% positive that I'm going to get awful feedback for asking this. It sounds very childish. I thought this would make a good topic because my sister admitted to me that she isn't a virgin, but she swears her vagina re-closed after she got her cherry popped. She said that it hurt so much the first time she didn't have sex again for... I think she said like two weeks. She said she think it rehealed because she felt a rip and he couldn't insert his penis well the second time.

What are your thoughts?

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No, a vagina can not close. In fact, a healthy girl is born with her vagina open and covered, partially or (rarely) fully by the hymen.

Having said that, a distant aquaintance, had a very large tumor (non cancerous) in her colon that had pushed into her vagina, making penetration impossible. She also develoved a fistula (pretty much a "tunnel") from the colon to the vagina (UCH!!!! You know what ended up in her vagina).

The end of the story is she had surgery to remove the tumor, close the fistula, get a stoma on her side because they removed so much colon) and nows she wears a bag on her side to collect feces. She is recvering well.

Her doc says that after healing (about 6--8 weeks) and when she feels ready, she should have no problems with penetrative sex. less

Kidding Now that I have gotten that out of my system...

The answer is no, your vagina can't actually close, however it can become tight if you are new to sex and/or haven't had it in a while. During sex, the hyman is torn, which causes the initial pain that some women feel during their first time. This can also be torn due to other reasons, such as playing sports, wearing tampons or horseback riding. Even foreplay like fingering can cause this.

Then, once it is torn, it doesn't regrow or heal over. What she most likely experienced was the initial tear, followed by a time of no sex, then followed by sudden restretching of the area. This used to happen to me when I would go for long periods of time in between intercourse, and sometimes I would even bleed.

For religious purposes some people will state that they (for the fact of me forgetting the actual term used I'll make my own up but it means the same thing) revirginize themselves. But medically, they aren't doing anything. less