This chronic, inflammatory condition tends to be under-diagnosed, but it can have a big impact on quality of life
Vulval lichen sclerosus is estimated to affect between 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 300 women
In Queensland, Australia, there is an aboriginal site known as ‘the wall of 1,000 vulvas’, a rock face covered with hundreds of prehistoric carvings unmistakeably depicting vulvas.
Closer to home are the Sheela-na-gigs of medieval times – stone carvings of naked women with prominent vulvas.