Labiaplasty

Pre-Operation

• In-depth consultation with Dr Georgina Konrat. Examination and discussion of your desired outcome in a confidential relaxed atmosphere. Dr Konrat will explain the procedure in detail. We understand that you may not remember or understand everything you hear in your consultation, so we encourage you to take notes to review at home, and to call or email Dr Konrat with any questions or concernt you may have about your intended surgery.
• Pre-operative blood tests.
• One week prior to your surgery, you will commence taking Kellogs Guardian Flakes to assist with ease of bowel action. You will continue this for three weeks after the surgery for the same reason.
• This surgery can be undertaken during your menstrual period, so you should have no concerns if it coincides with your surgical booking.

The Operation

• The surgery is performed as day surgery in an accredited Day Surgery facility and is performed under local anesthetic with sedation (twilight anesthetic).
• When you arrive you will be admitted by one of the operating theater nurses. Local anesthetic cream is applied to the area. This makes the area very numb.
• Pre-operative photos are taken and special surgical drawings mark the areas to be treated.
• You will be very sleepy, and throughout the procedure you will be entirely comfortable. At times you may even drift into a deep sleep.
• Long acting local anesthetic in infiltrated into the area to be treated. At no time is there any pain or discomfort associated with the surgical procedure.

Post-Operation

• During the first twenty-four hours after the operation, you will be quite uncomfortable, but this is well managed with pain relief medications prescribed for you and by using ice packs to help reduce swelling and inflammation in these delicate areas..
• There will be a number of tiny dissolvable sutures in the skin, and also some just inside the opening of the vagina. Although these are dissolvable, most of the stitches will need to be removed gently at around 10 - 14 days after your procedure.
• You will wear a mini-tampon to keep the area clean and dry for one week after the surgery.
• You will be prescribed antibiotics to take orally for at least one week after the surgery.
• Two weeks after the surgery, a special cream is prescribed to apply to the area (this aids healing after the surgery).
• Even though the sutures are dissolvable, some of the sutures will be removed approximately 10 days later, and any obvious un-dissolved sutures will be removed after two weeks.
• Most women find they can resume normal activities after 5 days.
• Usually sexual activity may resume in 6 weeks.
• The first 7 - 10 days is quite uncomfortable and it is recommended not to wear jeans, tight pants or other restrictive clothing during this time.
• It is highly recommended to take at least 3 - 4 days to spend most of the time just resting following the surgery. After that, for the next week, it is recommended to gradually return to gentle daily activities. There are many tiny sutures in very delicate skin that will require at least two weeks to heal well.