What is labiaplasty or female genital surgery?
Women are increasingly concerned about their intimate or genital area. Labiaplasty is a technique that consists of removing excess skin from the labia minora. There are many women who have a hypertrophy in this area and what we do is to remove this excess skin so that when they are standing not protrude at all and look like a much younger girl.
Who is labiaplasty indicated for?
Actually, labiaplasty is indicated for any woman at any age who is concerned about her intimate area, her genital area, since in most cases it is not really that she has an anatomical problem that gives her a great type of complication when having sex but, in most cases, simply an aesthetic problem. We have girls from the age of 18 to women in their 70s.
What type of anesthesia will be used for the surgery?
The advantage of this surgery is that since it is minor surgery we use local anesthesia. It is true that in many cases women take advantage of the fact that they are in the operating room to have a breast augmentation, liposuction, we also take the opportunity to perform genital aesthetics. But in most cases, local anesthesia is used and it is a very fast process.
How is the recovery after labiaplasty surgery?
It is between 7 and 10 days of rest. The first 48 hours you have to do a little compression to prevent bleeding and the woman practically performs her normal life after 15 days without any problems.
Are the results of the surgery definitive?
Yes, it is one of the surgeries that has a more definitive result. For example, if we perform a breast reduction surgery, because of the type of operation it represents, with time the breast, for example, has a tendency to fall a little bit and it is easy to have to do some retouching. In the genital area, once the excess skin has been removed, it is definitive and in more than 99% of the cases nothing more needs to be done.