Labiaplasty and correction of labia tears and oversized labia minora

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD answers: Do I need labiaplasty to ever have good sex again?

My labia minora is torne in the middle but still connected to both sides if that makes since (i dont think i was sone up right after giving birth) sex is very painful and i just now relized that this was the problem and my daughter is 10 months old!! do i need labiaplasty is this my only to choice to ever have good sex again?


Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
6 months ago

The labia minora are subject to traumatic disruption and tearing with labor or intimacy.  Patients with enlarged or lengthened labia can benefit from an in office procedure to reduce labial size and protrusion. The procedure is safe and can be performed in an office setting with minimal anesthesia.

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A: No guarantee labiaplasty will improve your sex life

Leslie H. Stevens, MD
7 months ago

Labiaplasty has become a very popular aesthetic and functional procedure in recent years. 

Women relate to discomfort with exercise, sex and in certain clothing that comes with elongated labia minoras. 

Repairing a torn labia minor will certainly improve the appearance and symmetry of one's external genitalia and possibly alleviate the discomfort from it, but a surgeon cannot guarantee that this will give you a good sex life. There could be other factors that contribute to the quality of sex that you experience.

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