I have wanted a labiaplasty since 2014 after seeing a friends results, after researching for years and one consultation I decided to finally make an appointment to speak with Dr. Hadi. I worked up the courage to finally do this! Dr. Hadi was extremely thorough, warm, understanding, and experienced. I felt trust and confidence in her which is important in my decision-making when choosing my surgeons and I always choose a specialist in the surgery I’m seeking. Before I could procrastinate any further I booked the procedure.
On the day I showered before my appointment and was given numbing cream and local anesthetic injections as well as gas and a pad to place in my briefs. I did not feel a thing and watched a tv show on an iPad given to me and chatted to Dr. Hadi. Time went very fast! I like being awake during a procedure, the recovery is so much easier. I was given vaseline and instructed to apply gauze that has been soaked in ice to help with swelling for the next two days and a small amount of vaseline to my incisions two to four times a day (I did this until about 3 months p/o as it assists with softening the labia and in the earlier stages it protects sutures).
While this was one of the most uncomfortable surgeries I’ve had, and I’ve had a few, I have always been very sensitive in this area and did ask for a lot of adjustments to be made. I had my clitoral hood pinned down at the sides, a wedge resection, and two stitches put in the bottom (which caused the most discomfort as this is where you need to sit and can feel most when you walk). I could have opted for a U shape trim in this area but glad I went for as much as possible as I might have regretted it later if it didn’t look neat and perfect. After the first-night thing was much easier and you must note that I always make the mistake of eating salty food after surgery which created a lot of swelling (I did this after liposuction but clearly didn’t learn my lesson!). I was shuffling around slowly and slightly hunched until about 8-9 weeks post-procedure, however, my friend had her procedure with Dr. Hadi two days prior to mine and was walking around fine after 3 days! Everybody is different. She was able to resume intercourse 5 weeks after and I wanted to wait longer and felt ready at 9 weeks post-procedure. She had a little pain when she had sex at first, I had no pain but things felt very tight like a stretching feeling.
Dissolvable sutures were used and after 6 weeks I started salt baths, before that I had quick showers twice a day. My husband could still feel a few stitches when we resumed intercourse but they can take some months to completely dissolve. I would recommend to anyone to place all of your daily items you’ll need at arm level, use a blow dryer on low to dry the area after showering, I used a nasal douche to squirt water to clean after the bathroom and/or just cotton makeup pads to pat dry. Baby wipes (unscented) for cleaning as necessary and maxi pads for ooze and blood. I later switched to panty liners. I bled a lot for a week however my friend had hardly any bleeding at all. I’d also recommend a gopher reacher to pick things up off the floor, the most difficult thing to resist is bending down to pick things up off the floor. Going to the bathroom was fine, I used soap free body wash for the first six weeks to avoid early dissolving of the sutures. I had one part of my labia where a suture was that looked a little separated but it healed fine as Dr. Hadi said it would. My results look so natural, I can not see the scars at all, I feel much more confident, feminine and pretty even though no one else can see, no more readjusting my briefs! I’d like to do some laser in 12 months to make the labia more pink once all the swelling has resolved (it takes time, like a rhinoplasty) and once the colour has gone back to normal (with a wedge resection it can be pink in some areas and darker in others).
So pleased I chose Dr. Hadi, thank you so very much! Truly a life changing procedure, I’m glad I waited until I met Dr. Hadi years after my first consult with another surgeon as I would have gone for a trim technique with the other surgeon and I’m very happy to have no loss of sensation or prolonged pain especially during intercourse. I also needed to be mentally prepared, it is a mentally challenging surgery because of the area that it is, it can be hard to be patient but everything turns out great in the end. The swelling is very, very ugly so be prepared but 100% worth it and such great value!