Your hymen doesn't serve a purpose in your body or reproductive system. You may experience symptoms when your hymen breaks or you may not realize it has occurred. It can break from everyday activities, inserting a tampon or having sex. In reality, it's soft and elastic and doesn't necessarily block your vaginal opening. The hymen has a reputation for being an indicator of sexual activity - like a hard, seal-like covering that blocks your vagina - but it usually has no connection to whether a woman (or person assigned female at birth) has had sex. In rare cases, the hymen covers your entire vaginal opening and causes issues with menstruation. Other times it covers just the bottom of the opening of your vagina. When you're born, your hymen is usually a ring-shaped piece of tissue that surrounds your vaginal opening. The size, shape and thickness of your hymen are unique to you and can change over time. It's formed by fragments of tissue left over from fetal development. Your hymen is a small, thin piece of tissue at the opening of your vagina. The hymen is a piece of tissue at the opening of the vagina.
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