Feminine

Pregnancy changes the body in profound ways. Among the most persistent, and least discussed, is what happens to the skin of the abdomen after delivery. For many women, particularly after significant weight gain during pregnancy or multiple pregnancies, the stomach skin does not simply spring back once the baby is born and the weight comes off. What remains is a softness, a looseness, a crepe-like quality to the skin that no amount of core exercise or clean eating seems to ful

This week, The Lancet renamed the condition formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Dr. Jan Dipasupil, medical director of Jan Medical Group, on what changed, why one in eight women in the Philippines should care, and the multisystem treatment that has always been the actual answer. On Tuesday, the world’s most respected medical journal made one of the most consequential nomenclature changes in modern endocrinology. After a four-year global consensus process involving 14

Giving birth changes your body in ways that no one fully prepares you for. Beyond the visible changes, many Filipino mothers experience shifts in vaginal tone, dryness, and bladder control that affect their comfort, confidence, and quality of life, often in silence. Postpartum recovery treatment is a growing topic of interest among Filipino women who want to address these changes in a safe, non-surgical way. As medical aesthetics clinics across Metro Manila expand their women