After Revision Thigh Lifts the Skin of Vagina is Being Pulled Open. Is There Any Chance of Fixing This? (photo)

I have seen this before on crescent medial thigh lifts. This results in spreading of the perineal and vaginal region. The solution is to reduce the tension in this area by mobilizing skin and fat. I would suggest a V-Y advancement flap, which is done by creating a V-shaped incision just lateral to the pubic hair and advancing the tissue into the perineal region. I have performed this on two patients and significantly improved their thigh perineal region. Thank... more

Medial thigh lift with a grion incision runs a small risk of the scar pulling on the labia and causes the labia to pull and open the vagina. This can be corrected, usually need good expertise, and knowledge of the anatomy. For your specific case, you seem to have had several surgeries, liposuction gone wrong aand 4 thigh lifts gone wrong???? Now it is time to look at the problem from another point of view. That is the correction of the open vagina, due to spread of the labia. correct... more

It is always more difficult to correct things that have gone wrong for whatever the reason. Most of the time it has nothing to do with the surgeon or the expertise but wound healing and scar contracture etc. First of all I would wait at least a year after the last surgery before even considering doing anything. I would then seek additional consultations to see if other procedures could be done to put additional skin into the area or re-suspend the thigh to the ligamentous... more