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

asked 4 months ago by Question1234 in Boston, MA
Latest answer by Steven Schuster, MD
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Tags: botched, options, pain, pulled, vagina

I asked a previous question, but now have included photos. I have had 4 thighs lifts to correct botched lipo. These lifts didn't tighten the skin at all and now I'm left with horrible scars and my vagina is pulling open. There is no natural crease between my legs, and when I open my legs just a little, there is webbing of my skin.My doctor is the Chief of Surgery in a major hospital. I don't understand how a doctor of this skill level could not realize that this deformity could occur.What can be done now?? Am I forever deformed. It hurts as well.

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

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Correction of open labia after thigh lift(s)

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
Steven Schuster, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon
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Thigh lift

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
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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