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Woman, 23, born without a vagina has one made out of FISH SKIN

A woman born without a vagina has become the first in the world to undergo reconstructive surgery to have one built out of fish skin.

Jucilene Marinho, 23, from Ceará, Brazil, underwent a neovaginoplasty in April last year after being born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hause (MRKH) left her with no cervix, uterus or ovaries.

The procedure, performed at the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, involved creating an opening where Ms Marinho’s vagina should have been before inserting a genital-shaped mould lined with the skin of the freshwater fish tilapia.

The fish skin was then absorbed into her body and transformed into tissue that lines the vaginal tract.


After spending three weeks in hospital, Ms Marinho was discharged and is thrilled with the results.

She said: ‘My family and friends took me out to “toast” my new vagina!’

Ms Marinho, who spiraled into a deep depression when she thought she would never have an intimate relationship, has even been able to have sex for the first time with her boyfriend of over a year Marcus Santos, 24.

She added: ‘It was a wonderful moment because everything worked perfectly. There was no pain just a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction.’

‘I thought my world had ended’

Despite being born with MRKH, Ms Marinho was not diagnosed until she was 15 years old.

She had a normal puberty and even experienced menstrual cramps despite never having a period.

Speaking of her diagnosis, Ms Marinho said: ‘I cried a lot when I found out.

‘I thought my world had ended.

‘I’d always dreamed of having a baby of my own now I had to accept that wouldn’t be possible.’

After having the operation, Ms Marinho experienced minor internal bleeding but was told she could have sex at the end of last year.

She said: ‘At first I was very scared to do it because I thought it would hurt and I was worried it might damage the opening.

‘I didn’t feel any discomfort and there was no bleeding.

‘Everything felt sensitive in what I’m told is the right and normal way. It was perfectly natural like the opening had always been there.

‘It felt so good to have something the majority of women take for granted.’

Surgeons at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School, Brazil, have performed vaginal reconstruction surgery using fish skin in four women born without a cervix, uterus or ovaries.

Before being used, the fish skin undergoes a special cleaning and sterilisation process followed by radiation exposure to kill any viruses.

The process removes all the skin’s scales and odour, leaving behind a light-coloured gel dressing that can be stored for up to two years in refrigerated, sterile packaging.

Why is the fish-skin method used?

The ‘fish-skin method’ is considered less invasive than the traditional technique of creating a vaginal canal using skin grafts from patients’ groins.

Dr Leonardo Bezerra, from the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School, said: ‘This procedure can be time consuming and painful as the patient needs to recover from a large incision which leaves a scar that can be unsightly and stigmatising.

‘There is also the possibility of discomfort with the reconstructed tissue.’

The fish-skin surgery also has a faster recovery rate with no visible scars, or risks of rejection or infections.

Patients are typically able to walk after around 12 days, with the mould being replaced with silicone or a sponge for comfort.

Traditional surgery requires patients to spend weeks in hospital and essentially relearn how to walk.

What does the procedure involve?

Dr Bezerra said: ‘To make the “new vagina” we insert a vagina shaped acrylic mould, lined with the skin of tilapia, into the space created between the bladder and the rectum.

‘The device remains there for 10 days to prevent the walls from closing.

‘During this period the skin of the tilapia is absorbed, and the cells and growth factors released by the

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