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Why does your vagina turn darken on the lips?

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Different skin: The skin inside your vagina has a different epithelium that does not have keratin, whereas the skin on the outside is different with pigment. It's the expression of different subcomponents of your skin layer with pigmentation determine the appearance of your skin.

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Answered 1/12/2016

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Is this normal? I have this skin hanging from my vagina area. It's outside, and its the skin that covers my clitoris, and it is under my lips. It's hands about 1 1/2 inches off of my vagina. It is normally dark in color, brown, or purple, and I am very se

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My partner has no history of an STD and neither have I we both have been together for 2 years now I wake up one day and my vagina has a white discharge swell up lips has small bumps on it and the lips are also dark and slightly itchy what could it be?

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