MRKH Syndrome: What It's Actually Like For Girls Born Without A Vagina

Scientists recently announced that they had successfully created lab-grown vaginas for a small group of women with a physical anomaly called Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. "Typically, women with MRKH lack a fully functional uterus, cervix and upper vaginal canal," explains Beautiful You MRKH Foundation. "They have normal external genitalia and breast development, and often have a small external vaginal opening, called a 'dimple,' that looks like a hymen." About 1 in 4,500 girls are bor...