• Performed in the office.
• A speculum is inserted so that your healthcare provider can look at your cervix with a special microscope and bright light.
• Aside from the discomfort of the speculum, colposcopy is not painful.
• If an abnormal area is seen, a biopsy will be taken. This involves a very brief sharp sensation, about like having blood drawn.
• Available at UVa Student Health
  
  

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