Patient Info
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 34 years old
- Height:
- 5'3"
- Weight:
- 150 lbs
- Surgeon:
- Dr. Inessa Fishman
Description
This 34-year-old woman came to our practice interested in improving the appearance and feel of her labia minora, or inner folds of skin just outside the vaginal opening. She described feeling self-conscious about her intimate appearance, and worrying about her labial appearance during sexual intimacy and with waxing. She had no history of pregnancies or childbirth. She had also researched labiaplasty surgery for years, but was hesitant to proceed with it as she thought it would require general anesthesia in the operating room; and the patient’s family had some serious complications with general anesthesia in the past. On exam, she had excessively long labia minora tissue and a small amount of clitoral hood redundancy.
We treated this young woman with a bilateral (both-sided) curvilinear labiaplasty and clitoral hood reduction to take away the excessively long inner labial tissues and contour the too-long tissues around the clitoris for overall aesthetic balance. The patient is shown 7 months after her labiaplasty and clitoral hood reduction surgery, with a beautiful result and excellent healing progress. Her incisions are fully healed, and her clitoral hood reduction incisions are carefully hidden in the natural folds between the labia minora and majora, and are difficult to find both in these photos and in real life.
Our patient had her treatment awake and relaxed in the comfort and privacy of our clinic, and was thrilled to see her results immediately after surgery. She did not receive general anesthesia, and was vert comfortable with by-mouth relaxing medications and ProNox (laughing gas).
Labia and vaginas come in an wide array of normal shapes and sizes. While they have 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, growth factor injections for improved sensitivity and sexual health, and vaginal rejuvenation to achieve optimal intimate health for our patients.
Our Plastic Surgeon Dr. Inessa Fishman has extensive background and experience in aesthetics and surgery, having completed as Aesthetic Gynecology fellowship in addition to her plastic surgery training. Women’s wellness is both her passion and ours, and we take pride in caring for our patients with intimate wellness and sexual health concerns.