Saad was referring to hymen reconstruction surgery, or hymenoplasty, an operation that restores the hymen, the membrane that carries so much baggage as a symbol of virginity. There are two main ...

Dr Shirin Lakhani, a former NHS doctor and now physician at Elite Aesthetics in Kent, told me: “These gels tend to dry out ...

Northern Ireland is set to follow plans announced in the rest of the UK to ban a cosmetic surgery called hymenoplasty. It attempts to recreate a woman's hymen, which in some cultures is linked to ...

The government has promised to ban virginity testing and revirginisation surgery, known as hymenoplasty, in England "as soon as possible". Minister Lord Kamall called virginity testing a ...

Open image viewer Lilian's parents tricked her into travelling to Iraq when she was 13 and left her there. Image: Juha Kivioja / Yle MOT learned that several clinics in Finland offer hymenoplasty, a ...

“They said I was kicking them”. Despite the hymen repair surgery, also known as a hymenoplasty, Naz didn’t bleed on her wedding night. When she admitted to her in-laws that she had the ...

Legislation will also be introduced “at the earliest opportunity” to ban hymenoplasty – a procedure undertaken to reconstruct a hymen – in a further drive to prevent violence against women ...

South Yorkshire Police condemns "abhorrent" female genital mutilation crimes following landmark conviction Girls as young as six affected by illegal virginity testing & hymenoplasty, warn South ...