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To ask for Labiaplasty experiences?

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Ohhhthepain · 26/02/2018 12:43

Hi,

I don't want to say too much because of the Daily fail and I have NC for this post.

I am considering this operation due to pain and discomfort plus tissue damage caused by being longer than average, not because I want to look 'prettier' etc down there. This isn't a barbie doll wannabe, but I want to be pain free.

There are lots of stories online but its hard to discern UK experiences from the Gyn carried out operations in America etc so its really hard to gauge the pro's and cons. I won't give detail but I am very much aware that someone will always be the tiny percent where things go wrong so I have that to weigh up too.

Would really appreciate any experiences or to hear from people who work in this field and see results? I promise I am not after sordid details!

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shouldnthavesaid · 09/03/2018 15:53

No loss of sensation here. Some stingy bits where the stitches were (scar tissue) but definitely no loss of feeling, I can still orgasm. It actually got easier as less 'mess' in the way, iyswim.

I can sympathise on adjusting and sitting, I couldn't sit still at school as as a teen it was horrendous. My lowest moment I remember going to GP reception in tears, red raw and unable to walk. Horrible :(

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Ohhhthepain · 09/03/2018 09:41

Sorry for such a late reply, I forgot my log in!

Thank you all for your experiences, it amazes me how different peoples recoveries are.

I will be having a wedge with some reduction to the hood also as I have hypertrophy there too, that bit has never bothered me but my surgeon said if we don't tidy that bit too it will leave an odd look and its likely I would then want to sort that out. She is also very clear I won't achieve a completely tucked in look as I am quite long and she refuses to take that much away which is fine with me. When I raised the issue she stated that many women ask for the procedure and she turns them away as they don't need it as they are within normal parameters and was firm she would do the same with me if that was the case. She examined me and I think was a little surprised as I downplayed the issues I guess. Since then I notice how often I adjust how I am sitting, 3 times during a hair trim that took 15 minutes due to getting sore! I realise when I am alone in the office I sit with my legs spread to relieve the discomfort. Just the every day things I don't even notice myself doing, its a constant thing!

If anyone does come back to this, my biggest fear is loss of sensation, to finally get the extra bits taken away so I am comfortable being touched (I find sometimes they get in the way or caught up even in foreplay and it makes me nervous to get hurt) then lose my ability to orgasm. Has anyone had this? I have researched loads but there is one very unfortunate lady who posts a lot on the forums etc across the web, who has lost her sensation completely but as she appears on so many places you end up reading repeatedly of her terrible experience and it colours the negatives vs positives, if that makes any sense?

My surgeon has said she has never had a single patient lose sensation, I wonder if this might be as she takes as little away as possible, whereas ladies who I read who have had issues seem to have had the entire labia removed?

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justilou1 · 26/02/2018 22:57

I had it when I was twenty for medical reasons. You have to remember that it is erectile tissue, and the tissues either side of the scar swell during happy fun time, and the scar doesn't. It can ache a bit during and after special adult cuddles.

Also, it is not a clean area. I had a fairly major infection that involved me going into the surgeon's rooms at 7am for weeks, having it all swabbed out with iodine. Very dignified.

Long-term, I am alive (It was Paget's disease) 26 years later and the important bits are still in working order (thank gawd!).

Summercat · 26/02/2018 15:36

Go for it if you want OP, but be careful you don't have TOO much taken off!!!

I saw a programme several years back, where a woman had it done as she thought her labia was too big/long. And they took too much off!!!

What some people don't realise, is that the labia is there to 'funnel' the urine when you pee, and with the labia almost all gone, the pee went everywhere! All over the loo seat, all down the inside of her thighs, and over her underpants.

And there was no putting it back!

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. And I hope it goes well, and you are happy. Smile

shouldnthavesaid · 26/02/2018 15:31

I had one in 2011. Very, very painful and traumatic. Solved the pain I had before (which was excruciating) but I was still young - only just twenty- given no pain relief beyond paracetomal despite 35 stitches (extensive wedge resection plus clitoral hood reduction). Was done on NHS who willingly admitted they had very little experience and the nurses were taken aback at swelling and after effects (couldn't walk for a week).

But it worked to solve the damage, I can wear trousers and most knickers now without needing to readjust every few minutes. It needed doing, my GP was concerned what would happen in future.

They told me after in hindsight I should have been seen on a gynae ward , given a PCA and catheter - I was on a tiny day surgery unit on a trolley with not even a buzzer.

So if you do go for it I would make sure they look after you well - and be prepared to fight for it. I still get 'oh you've a designer vagina?' when I get internals now... It did make a difference to the long term problems though.

Rawhh · 26/02/2018 15:15

I had a non cosmetic labiaplasty.

It was fine. Some pain when weeing for the first couple of weeks but nothing like the pain I was in before getting it done.

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