What is labiaplasty, why is it needed, types
Labiaplasty is a surgical operation that allows you to change the size and shape of the labia . Plastic surgery is needed for those with congenital anatomical defects and age-related deformities . Plastic surgery is necessary after serious injuries or childbirth resulting in enlargement of the labia.
According to experts, if there is an intention to do it in a tender place - it’s just nitpicking, then it is better to avoid surgical intervention. It is important to soberly assess the situation and take care of your health. Nature does not like changes; any operation can give unpleasant consequences, which may turn out to be unnecessary. The procedure can be laser or surgical .
How is the operation performed?
Any operation requires careful preparation: tests to identify contraindications, diseases and inflammations. If the surgeon approves, you must decide on the type of labiaplasty. It is performed under general or local anesthesia.
Surgical intervention:
- lasts 45−120 minutes . The operation is easy, but requires precision. The surgeon applies markings to cut off excess skin;
- A sterile scalpel and scissors . Once completed, the stitches are applied and dissolve on their own. Nerve endings and blood vessels are not affected , and there is no risk of decreased sensitivity of intimate organs.
Laser plastic surgery:
- lasts an hour ;
- laser and special laser clamps are used ;
- laser plastic surgery provides easy recovery, absence of scars , discomfort and pain;
- Sensitivity and protective function are preserved (complete removal of the genital organs is prohibited due to the risk of confirming infections and viral diseases).
Indications for the operation:
- physical discomfort while walking or playing sports;
- loss of aesthetic appearance of the genital organs;
- congenital asymmetry ;
- sudden weight loss, resulting in flabbiness and loss of tone .
Important! Labiaplasty of the labia is performed strictly a few days after the menstrual cycle, or 10 days before the onset.
Procedure process
How laser labiaplasty will be performed depends on the intended scope of the operation itself, as well as on whether the labia minora or labia majora will be involved.
Preparation
Laser labiaplasty does not require special medical training for the patient. However, before undergoing this procedure, the woman must sign a document confirming her consent to this operation. She should also be prepared that the finished result will not meet her expectations (in the case where the operation is performed solely for aesthetic reasons).
Laser labiaplasty procedure
Most often, the operation is performed under local anesthesia. After this, the gynecologist-surgeon excises excess skin using a laser. The excision technique depends on the characteristics of the tissues involved in the operation. With V-shaped excision, interfering flaps of skin are removed, and linear excision is used in cases where it is necessary to correct the shape or size of the labia minora.
Depending on the purpose of the operation, the surgeon may use various methods:
- liposuction (if necessary, reduce the volume of the labia);
- lipofilling or biopolymer gel, which, on the contrary, allows you to increase size.
The operation lasts no more than an hour.
Laser labiaplasty should be performed a few days after the end of the menstrual cycle or a maximum of 10 days before it begins.
Rehabilitation course
After surgery, the patient does not need to stay in the hospital. She can be discharged home within a few hours after labiaplasty. In the first few days after surgery, you should not spend much time walking or standing. It is better to give your body the opportunity to rest for 1-2 days.
Complete restoration of the labia occurs after a few weeks. At this time it is not recommended:
- visit a sauna or steam bath;
- be sexually active;
- smoke and drink alcohol;
- exercise.
Contraindications to labiaplasty, consequences
Indications:
- Desire to correct the shape or size of the labia.
- Stretching caused by age-related (hormonal) changes.
- Congenital anomalies .
This procedure is contraindicated for people with impaired blood clotting and diabetes mellitus. In addition, contraindications include:
- genital infection
- presence of sexually transmitted diseases .
Important! Minor girls, pregnant women and nursing mothers will be forced to postpone self-improvement.
Rehabilitation after labiaplasty
A hospital stay . Discharge is possible within a few hours after the operation . But it is important for the patient to give rest to the operated area . For the first 2 days you should not walk or stand much.
It is not recommended to sit and wear tight underwear to avoid tissue injury and seam divergence. take antibiotics for a week and treat the damaged areas with the solution every day.
Full recovery occurs after a few weeks . Until this point, it is important to follow the rules :
- refusal to visit the sauna and bathhouse;
- smoking and drinking alcohol;
- stop sexual activity;
- lack of sports.
Do the labia hurt after labiaplasty?
Almost every patient interested in labiaplasty asks about possible pain during and after the procedure. It should be understood that labiaplasty is performed with mandatory anesthesia, so the discomfort is insignificant. Touching is felt during the procedure, and after surgery, only some patients require emergency use of over-the-counter pain relievers. The next day you can return to your daily activities.
If the healing process is normal, swelling of the operated area may last 7-14 days, but it usually does not interfere with function or cause pain. If you have non-absorbable sutures, you may feel some discomfort when removing them.
Possible complications after labiaplasty
Complications are possible if recommendations are ignored during the rehabilitation period. These may include:
- hemorrhages;
- swelling;
- pain while walking;
- asymmetry of the external genitalia.
Significant changes in the sensitivity of tissues in the area of the external genitalia are possible The consequences of labiaplasty depend on the individual condition of the woman.
Carefully! If you discover the above complications, immediately contact your treating gynecologist.
Laser removal of tumors. Possible complications after the procedure
After surgery, you need to carefully monitor the operated area of skin.
Because after surgery, symptoms may appear that require immediate medical attention or additional treatment.
Symptoms:
- Itching, excessive wetting of the wound.
- Bleeding from the wound.
- Heat.
- Pus is released.
- Skin inflammation lasting several days.
Laser removal of tumors. Consequences
It happens that the healing process has slight deviations from the norm, but they can be eliminated with additional treatment.
Let's consider the possible consequences:
- Small blisters on the area of skin where surgery was performed. Occurs when exposed to particularly sensitive skin. Over time, the blisters are replaced by barely noticeable scars.
- The occurrence of hypopigmentation - a light spot forms at the site where the neoplasm was located. Such a defect is a consequence if the removal of the tumor somehow affected the deep layers of the skin and if the rule of prohibiting visiting a solarium and prolonged exposure to the sun is neglected. The white spot will disappear on its own within two years.
- Recurrence of nevus (moles/papillomas). This situation is possible if laser removal of a tumor is performed by an inexperienced specialist and the papilloma/mole is not completely removed. Do not be afraid, this case does not cause harm to health. If the tumor reappears, it can be removed again.
- If the patient has diseases such as herpes and acne, then activation of inflammatory processes is possible.
- The appearance of a depression at the site where the removal was carried out. The situation arises due to the low rate of tissue restoration. The scar is barely noticeable and does not require intervention, since it smoothes out on its own over time.
- The appearance of a bulge at the site where the removal was performed, darker in color than the skin at the site. If this phenomenon does not smooth out within six months, then you need to consult your doctor.
Source: unimedspb.ru
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Greetings, friends!
Today I would like to briefly cover the topic of laser correction. And since the topic is very broad, and I will touch on it in more detail at the webinar on myopia, now let’s deal with the myths around this. Go.
It’s not true, today the precision of excimer lasers makes it possible to eliminate almost any ametropia with some reservations in exceptional cases, but even low and high degrees can be eliminated with a laser.
And again a miss! The excimer installation eliminates myopia through controlled “evaporation” of the cornea, the laser, as it were, creates a sculpture from a stone of the desired shape, therefore it is incorrect to say that -12, -15 is absolutely impossible to operate with a laser. Modern technologies make it possible to eliminate more myopia than before, affecting less living tissue.
Before the intervention, a special device scans the profile of the cornea, the surgeon enters the data that we want to obtain after the operation - and we analyze how realistic it is to remove this type of deviation and what it threatens us with and whether it threatens us at all.
Therefore, everything is entirely individual, and in most cases, what I heard about the “impossibility” of correction were not very competent answers. In those cases, laser correction was even a more preferable option than all others.
The question is ambiguous, because regressions happen, but, firstly, the rollback does not occur by the same amount as it was, and secondly, this happens rarely, extremely rarely and often predictably, and the surgeon warns the patient about possible regressions.
Indeed, sometimes young women who have been operated on after childbirth and breastfeeding can experience some increase in myopia due to the peculiarities of the processes occurring, but again this is rare, secondly, this can most often be prevented, because the triggers for this increase are mostly known, thirdly, how says a laser surgeon I respect, additional correction in almost all cases is possible, accessible and safe.
The intervention itself lasts about 20 minutes from the entrance to the exit from the operating room, pain relief is provided by drops, you don’t hear any clanking steel knives, after the intervention it is a little unpleasant in the eyes, like after a dry, sultry wind. There are no total restrictions, I had repairs done the day after the operation (yes, I went through laser correction as a patient).
It’s not true, it’s just that those ophthalmologists who underwent surgery either wore lenses before, or appear before you having already undergone surgery. I personally know 5 ophthalmologists who underwent laser correction, this does not include me, and only 1 of them (this is, in fact, me) wore glasses.
Make up your mind, if you are already fed up with glasses and lenses, make up your mind tomorrow!
