{"id":46975,"date":"2026-05-19T23:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=46975"},"modified":"2026-05-19T23:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:05:21","slug":"vaginamaxxing-explained-as-doctor-issues-sharp-warning-over-unsettling-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=46975","title":{"rendered":"\u201cVaginamaxxing\u201d explained as doctor issues sharp warning over unsettling trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new trend is spreading across social media, encouraging people with female anatomy to do something called \u201cvaginamaxxing.\u201d But health experts are warning it could cause serious problems.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"cdsqh6a0d83b343843\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.cdsqh6a0d83b343843 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.cdsqh6a0d83b343843 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.cdsqh6a0d83b343843 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.cdsqh6a0d83b343843 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.cdsqh6a0d83b343843 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Wanting to feel attractive and taking care of one\u2019s appearance is nothing new. Beauty trends have always come and gone, and standards of attractiveness have shifted dramatically throughout history.<\/p>\n<p>But these days, it has gone beyond hairstyles, workouts, or makeup. People are now changing their appearance with everything from fillers to cosmetic surgeries of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>Across social media, the term \u201c-maxxing\u201d has become attached to different ways of supposedly \u201cenhancing\u201d one\u2019s appearance. \u201cLooksmaxxing,\u201d \u201cJawmaxxing,\u201d and even \u201cBallmaxxing\u201d are terms many online users are already familiar with. These trends encourage people to alter their appearance in order to \u201clook their best,\u201d sometimes through methods medical professionals have warned may be dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Now, doctors are raising concerns about the new \u201cvaginamaxxing\u201d trend, which gained attention after self-described \u201cbiohacker\u201d Bryan Johnson shared his partner\u2019s \u201cvaginal microbiome report\u201d on X. According to \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/womens-health\/vaginamaxxing-explained-health-warning-doctor-641664-20260515?utm_content=tyla&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawR45nhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBiNHBQcEVmU2I3V3lsY0VPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHislnUcEO0gpYwBlWifa3Z3RlS4UzgokwJTT1gMH_6PKEMAb-ULQO3Fcqy9p_aem_cBkTgIhamPPw3XtUEuLElw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tyla<\/a>, the report showed a \u201c100\/100 score,\u201d with Johnson claiming her results ranked in the \u201ctop 1% of all vaginas.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-vaginamaxxing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is \u201cvaginamaxxing\u201d?<\/h2>\n<p>The post quickly went viral, drawing reactions and comments. One person reportedly wrote: \u201cLadies, get on with your vaginamaxxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another online user added: \u201cIf you aren\u2019t vaginamaxxing in 2026 as a woman, what are you even doing?!,\u201d while a third wrote: \u201cAre we vaginamaxxing now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ravina Bhanot, a women\u2019s health GP and founder of \u00a0The One Labs, told \u00a0Tyla that the term is rooted in social media culture \u2013 not\u00a0<a id=\"2420\" href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" type=\"post_tag\">medicine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She explained: \u201cIt refers to attempts to \u2018improve\u2019 the appearance, smell, tightness, grooming or perceived attractiveness of the vulva or vagina with beauty routines, supplements, procedures or products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This can include everything from excessive hair removal and whitening or tightening products to obsessive hygiene routines, vaginal steaming, deodorants, supplements, and cosmetic procedures such as labiaplasty.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-can-have-serious-consequences\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can have serious consequences<\/h2>\n<p>And Dr. Bhanot is issuing a sharp warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest concern is that it can medicalise normal female anatomy and create unrealistic beauty standards around female genitals,\u201d she explains, noting that female reproductive anatomy naturally varies in labial size and shape, skin color, symmetry, hair distribution, scent, and discharge.<\/p>\n<p>She added that social media and pornography can \u201cdistort\u201d perceptions of what is normal, potentially causing women to feel embarrassed about completely healthy anatomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can also affect women\u2019s mental health, from body anxiety to body dysmorphia or pressure to change normal vulvas just for aesthetics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She warned that some procedures and products linked to \u201cvaginamaxxing\u201d can lead to irritation, disruption of the microbiome, infections, burns, and other forms of damage.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-your-body-does-not-need-to-look-like-an-edited-image\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cYour body does not need to look like an edited image\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Since the vagina is self-cleaning, doctors say detoxes and extreme cleansing methods are not recommended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater is enough to clean the vagina,\u201d Dr. Bhanot says, adding: \u201cYour body does not need to look like an edited image to be healthy, attractive or normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA healthy vulva can be asymmetrical, have dark pigmentation, have hair, smell and can change with hormones, age or childbirth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also encouraged women with concerns about their vaginal health to speak with a medical professional rather than relying on social media advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are not sure about it, what\u2019s normal, talk to your doctor \u2013 they have examined hundreds of women and can tell you what\u2019s normal and what\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have pain, itching, abnormal discharge, bleeding or persistent concerns, see a qualified doctor or gynaecologist, not TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new trend is spreading across social media, encouraging people with female anatomy to do something called \u201cvaginamaxxing.\u201d But health experts are warning it could cause serious problems. 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