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Woman, 23, born without a vagina has become the first in the world to have one made out of FISH SKIN and she can finally have sex with her boyfriend

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Woman, 23, born without a vagina has become the first in the world to have one made out of FISH SKIN and she can finally have sex with her boyfriend 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 - meaning she will never have children. The procedure, performed at the Federal University of Ceara 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 - the first of four patients given the procedure - was discha...