labiaplasty
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Labiaplasty (also known as labioplasty, labia minora reduction, and labial reduction) is a plastic surgery procedure for creating or altering the labia minora (inner labia) and the labia majora (outer labia), the folds of skin of the human vulva. It is a type of vulvoplasty. There are two main categories of women seeking cosmetic genital surgery: those with conditions such as intersex, and those with no underlying condition who experience physical discomfort or wish to alter the appearance of their vulvas because they believe they do not fall within a normal range.
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- Result of labiaplasty (top, left-before then right-after) in combination with clitoral hood reduction (bottom)
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- Size of the labia
- Surgery
- Contraindications
- Feminizing surgery (transgender)
- Anaesthesia
- Procedures
- Edge resection technique
- Central wedge resection technique
- De-epithelialization technique
- Labiaplasty with clitoral unhooding
- Laser labiaplasty technique
- Labiaplasty by de-epithelialization
- Post-operative care
- Criticism
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Labiaplasty (also known as labioplasty, labia minora reduction, and labial reduction) is a plastic surgery procedure for creating or altering the labia minora (inner labia) and the labia majora (outer labia), the folds of skin of the human vulva. It is a type of vulvoplasty. There are two main categories of women seeking cosmetic genital surgery: those with conditions such as intersex, and those with no underlying condition who experience physical discomfort or wish to alter the appearance of their vulvas because they believe they do not fall within a normal range.
The size, colour, and shape of labia vary significantly, and may change as a result of childbirth, aging, and other events. Conditions addressed by labiaplasty include congenital defects and abnormalities such as vaginal atresia (absent vaginal passage), Müllerian agenesis (malformed uterus and fallopian tubes), intersex conditions (male and female sexual characteristics in a person); and tearing and stretching of the labia minora caused by childbirth, accident, and age. In feminizing vaginoplasty for the creation of a neovagina, labiaplasty creates labia where once there were none.