Woman heads to Embarrassing Bodies to fix 'broken vagina' with 'vampire' treatment

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Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies.Sam, aged 44, shares painful details about her “broken vagina”, caused by an incurable inflammatory condition, on the first episode of the no-holds-barred show.

And the mother-of-one from Essex is delighted when she’s offered so-called “vampire” treatment to ease the chronic Lichen sclerosus that has plagued her for more than 30 years.Sam opted to have a filmed consultation with Dr Jane Leonard, one of three new doctors fronting the popular programme that’s making a welcome return after seven years, even though it meant “getting your bits out on national television”.GP Dr Jane, 38, manages to secure Sam some Harley Street specialist treatment involving platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in her vagina, which work on the same basis as “vampire” cosmetic facials used by names like Kim Kardashian.Sam had suffered from soreness and vaginal dryness since she was a teenager, and it’s had a devastating effect on her social and sex life.Lichen sclerosus can affect any area of the body, but is more common in the genital area, causing sore and itchy white patches and skin that can bleed and split open.Sam, who lives with her partner and their 17-month-old child, says: “I used to get it so badly I wouldn’t want to go out.

I couldn’t wear tampons, thongs or jeans. “I’d have to just keep still because it was so uncomfortable, and that went on for years.“I went to the sexual health clinic and to see doctors but was constantly told it was thrush and advised to use creams such as Canesten.”Then in 2011 Sam became desperately worried when her skin split during sex while she was away on holiday.