Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 54 years old
- Height:
- 5'2"
- Weight:
- 120 lbs
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 54-year-old woman came to our practice interested in labiaplasty, with a goal of improving the appearance of her inner labia (inner folds of skin around the vaginal opening).  She disliked the darker colored edges of her inner labia, and felt they were too long. She had gotten divorced a year ago, and was now returning to dating, and wanted to feel more confident in her appearance.  On exam, she had moderately long labia minora tissue, a moderate amount of clitoral hood redundancy, as well as perineal laxity from previous childbirths.
We treated this patient with a bilateral (both-sided) curvilinear labiaplasty and clitoral hood reduction to take away the excessively long inner labial skin and contour the too-long tissues around the clitoris for overall aesthetic balance. We also performed a perineoplasty to tighten the perineum (the space of tissue between the vagina and anus). The patient is shown immediately after her labiaplasty, clitoral hood reduction, and perineoplasty surgery, with a beautiful result and improved symmetry. She has normal and expected post-operative swelling, and her tissues will continue to become less puffy in appearance over the next 6 months.
Our patient had her treatment awake and relaxed in the comfort and privacy of our clinic, and was excited to see her results immediately after surgery. She did not receive general anesthesia, and was very comfortable during her treatment with relaxing medications, ProNox (laughing gas), and injected numbing medicine.
Labia and vaginas come in a wide array of normal shapes and sizes. Even with normal anatomy, some women feel uncomfortable with too-long or stretched or asymmetric labial tissues, which can develop after puberty, weight changes, pregnancy, or childbirth. We frequently combine labiaplasty procedures with clitoral hood reduction, perineoplasty, growth factor injections for improved sensitivity and sexual health, and vaginal rejuvenation to achieve optimal intimate health and self-confidence for our patients.