Age 27 – Before & After Cryotherapy
This is the cervix of a 27 year old woman before and after her cryotherapy. She has given birth vaginally 2.5 years before these photos were taken. She has never had any STDs. She typically has 27 day cycles and tracks her cervical fluid and basal body temperature. She is trying to conceive her second baby, though the doctor advised to wait until her cervical healing was complete.
A recent abnormal pap smear lead her to get a colposcopy and punch biopsy to sample the cells. The results showed acute and chronic inflammation (cervicitis), but no malignancy (cancer) and no HPV. The recommendation was for cryotherapy, a quick procedure in which a doctor freezes the abnormal cells hoping they will not grow back and healthy ones will grow in their place. About two weeks after the cryoptherapy, she had silver nitrate applied to her cervix to further cauterize the abnormal cells.
1 week before cryptherapy
Day 15 of cycle; egg-white cervical fluid; semen also present
Day of cryotherapy (before procedure)
Day 21 of menstrual cycle
7 days post-cryotherapy
First day of menstrual cycle; red menstrual bleeding
9 days post-cryotherapy
Day 3 of menstrual cycle
11 days post-cryotherapy
Day 5 of cycle; bruising visible around os
13 days post-cryotherapy
Day 7 of menstrual cycle
15 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 9; silver nitrate applied to cervix yesterday to cauterize glandular cells
17 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 11
19 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 13; egg white cervical fluid; bleeding from procedures; ovulation day
21 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 15
23 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 17
25 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 19
27 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle day 21
29 days post-cryotherapy
Cycle Day 23