Clitoral hood (prepuce)

Looks like

A fold of skin where the inner lips meet in front, arching over the glans and leaving it partly covered.

What it does

Protects the glans, which is densely supplied with nerve endings.

Keeping it well

Nothing needed. Smegma can collect under it; warm water is enough. A hood that will not move at all can make sex painful and is worth asking about.

Related conditions

• Bartholin's cyst and abscess
• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Female genital mutilation (FGM)
• Lichen sclerosus
• Thrush & bacterial vaginosis
• Vulval cancer
• Vulvodynia and vaginismus