Hooded clitoris picture

I'm 38 years old and I have noticed in the last few years that intercourse has become less stimulating and it is more difficult for me to orgasm when it never was before. I have read your site and I was happy to discover that I learned the rock and roll method to orgasm all on my own and it worked like a charm until about 3 years ago, when I began to need direct stimulation to my clit to get me off. This wouldn't bother me so much if I also didn't notice by chance that my labia minora which had always been very very small seems to have disappeared and that my clit has also receded, for lack of a better description. I can still feel it, but the hood will no longer fully retract -- it seems the hole has gotten smaller and only uncovers some of the gland.

While you might be able to just breeze into a mall and get your ears pierced on a whim, genital piercing requires a bit more expertise and research. Thankfully, Elayne Angel, a piercer who specializes in nipple and genital piercing and the author of The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing , is here to explain everything you need to know about clitoral piercings. She recommends going to an expert who can consult you and guide your placement options to determine the best for you. Vertical Clitoral Hood VCH : Angel says this piercing is the most popular among the clit piercings because many women are anatomically suited for it. With this piercing, the barbell passes through the clitoral hood vertically like a belly button ring moved way down south. The jewelry rests against the clitoris and can add extra stimulation during sex.

Unlike penises, which are front and center, the clitoris is often shrouded in folds of skin and remains a bit of a mystery. Science—let alone sex ed—hasn't exactly gone out of its way to understand this amazing organ until fairly recently. In fact, research shows the clitoris was even omitted in an early version of the gold standard medical textbook Gray's Anatomy, and no scientist bothered to create a 3D image of what a stimulated clitoris looks like until French researchers finally did it a mere seven years ago, in To clear up some common misconceptions and become more "clit literate," we enlisted the expertise of Leah Millheiser, M. Here are seven things you probably don't know about one of your most pleasurable parts.

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