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Click here to sign up. Trending Topics. I rocked my 30s and fully expect my 40s to be even more productive, exciting and fun. So, all-in-all, I plan on embracing my 40s. There is one little wrinkle in my plan, however.
OK, make that a few wrinkles. You see, those fine lines around my eyes aren't looking so fine any more and parts of body are feeling less springy and a bit droopier. After an energetic ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro last year, the descent was so hard on my knees I practically hobbled down.
What's a newly anointed year-old to do? I decided it's time to start caring for myself in ways better suited to a woman of my "advanced" years so I asked an expert for advice. Who did I ask? Much like my hike up the African mountain, I went straight to the top: Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz invites three beauty experts to share the smartest ways to save money while looking fabulous starting from your hair and makeup tools to the beauty products you use.
Oz reveals what every woman over 40 needs to know about her vagina so she can have great sex in midlife and beyond. Thinning of the Vaginal Walls In your 20s and 30s, the vaginal walls are bathed in hormones making them strong and robust. Treatment Treatment for thinning of the vaginal walls includes estrogen creams or tablets that can be inserted directly into the vagina; an estrogen patch you can change weekly; or a vaginal estrogen ring made of rubber or silicone, which can be kept in the vagina for 3 months.
Vaginal Atrophy Reduced estrogen levels can also cause shrinkage of the vaginal mucosa, which results in narrowing of the vaginal opening called the vestibule. Treatment Vaginal atrophy can be treated with vaginal dilators — available in different widths and sizes — to help improve the elasticity and pliability of the vagina.
Medication and Its Side Effects Many common medications such as birth control pills, antihistamines and anti-depressants can cause vaginal dryness, which is already an issue after age 40, again due to lower estrogen. Treatment A variety of lubricants — oil-, water- and silicone-based — effectively combat vaginal dryness. Misconceptions About the Female Orgasm The better you know your body, the better your chance of having a fulfilling sex life.
Related Videos. True Beauty Winner: Barbara Burke. True Beauty Winner: Donna Deyhle. True Beauty Winner: Maria Michael. Beauty Shop: Get the Look for Less. Perhapsthat'sbecause men have 2. Sex, of course, is more than just thinking about it; it'salso about craving it. That craving originates in a part of the brain called the insula. Blocking messagesto the insula is one of the ways that cigarette cessation techniques work—goodnews for many, they don'tblock sexual craving messages; in fact, bupropion, thedrug we most often use in our breathe-free program with nicotine, actually increases libido in most people.
The insula rememberit from chapter 8? WOMEN: During sex, your pupils dilate, nostrilsflare, heart rate increases, oxytocin level increases,sweat glands open for cooling, breastsenlarge by 25 percent, and nipples increase inheight by half an inch. Infrared cameras alsoshow increased blood flow to the lips, nose, andlabia. All of these things happen as the sexualstimuli build up to the almighty orgasm see Figure Evolutionarily, it was one of the ways that women couldtell whether a man would be a good lifelong partner, because it could help womendistinguish between a caring, patient male and a selfish or impatient one.
Nevertheless,female orgasm can be so subtle that some women don'teven know whenthey'vehad one. During intercourse, your vaginal walls make fluids that let your partner'spenis slide with just the right amount of friction.
Together with the sights,sounds, and smells of sex, the stimulation to the clitoris, labia, and breasts allbuilds up a crescendo of intense physical sensation. This is about the time whenyour brain tells your vagina and nearby muscles to contract. To bring hispenis in deeper and increase the chance of his sperm hitting its target—the egg. In the process, some women even ejaculate. During orgasm, the uterus dips inlike an anteater and sucks up the semen into the uterus to further increase thechance of fertilization.
The female orgasm also causes hormones to increase contractionsin the vagina and uterus and help move semen into the uterus women who orgasm between 1 minute before and 45 minutes after their partner'sejaculationhave a higher tendency to retain sperm compared to those who don'thavean orgasm. The brain serves as the main conductor in this symphony,but it might involve many different instruments,sometimes including the area known as the G-spot,which is parallel to a gathering of nerves on the maleprostate.
Women usually do not have a single spot likesome magic sex-me-herebutton but rather a region of nerves likethose spread over the surface of the male prostate. That'sbecauseas a woman'sreproductive organs develop inutero, her rudimentary prostate moves away so thesenerves end up on the vaginal wall.
So if you insertyour index finger upward into the vagina and makethe "come here" movement, you will touch theG-spot region that exists in some women. The regionis often not that sensitive either, but you never know until you try. The fact that women can be stimulated to orgasmthrough not only the genitals but also the mouth, nipples, and other parts of thebody points to the complexity of the system—and reinforces the fact that the truebiology of sex really evolves within the brain.
One theory is that sexual stimuli arecarried from the cervix and uterus to the brain through the vagus nerve—one ofthe nerves stimulated during deep breathing and meditation. MEN: If you allow us a few moments to talk about the male anatomy, we think you'llbe pretty amazed.
Biologically, men's sexual organs are much different than those ofother species. For one, a man's penis doesn't have a bone, unlike those of other species. The bone makes for easy and fast access for males in the animal kingdom to inseminate their partners quickly ; men give up the bone but gain a disproportionatelylarge penis for their body size in return. The evolutionary implications: One,men use the penis as a tool of attraction, implying that women do place some value inusing it as a diagnostic for evaluating potential mates not so overtly these days.
Andtwo, the lack of bone implies that men do equate emotions with sex, since they mustbe aroused for an erection; instead of easy and fast access, which can be painful tothe females, it takes more care to have a sexual relationship between two people.
Another interesting observation: Humanshave proportionally smaller testicles than malesin other species; that's because other speciesneed to ejaculate more semen to fertilize partnerswho are in heat prior to other males of the tribeand ensure propagation of their genes.
Humanmales don't need the size because of the biologicaldrive to be monogamous at least serially. Now, it doesn'ttake a sexologist to know thepurpose of the male orgasm: Find the egg, fertilizethe egg, begin shopping for Barbies. Butwhat'sinteresting is that this mad dash to the eggisn'tsome New York City marathon where all thestarter sperm strap on their Nikes with the goal of making it to the finish line. Some of the sperm do that, but others are more likedefensive linemen.
Their job: to stop other men'ssperm from scoring. Somesperm even have a dual role—blocking other sperm but allowing their own spermwith their genes to penetrate more effectively.
Now, during a man'sorgasm, the brain is firing like a lit-uppinball machine,causing contractions in most muscles of the body. The purpose: Like a woman's,these contractions help increase the chance of pregnancy by enabling the penis topenetrate as deeply as possible. The glands that make semen, mostly the prostate,squeeze repeatedly, propelling sperm as deep and as far as possible.
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