How Menstruation Stops
How Menstruation Stops
As soon as each area of old lining has been shed and washed away, the blood vessels in that patch return to their original size, become sealed, and are again closed. Finally, only a few patches remain to be cleared away. The flow then tapers off and ends. What had been a deep-red spongy lining is reduced to a smooth pink surface, ready for new growth. This is how menstruation begins and then ends, for the first time, in adolescence, and each time thereafter until menopause.
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