19 Years Old - Finally Got Labiaplasty - Calgary, AB

My labia minors was always pretty normal until I hit puberty. I noticed it became larger and protruded from my labia majora and I became very aware of it. Apparently hormone changes can cause this rapid growth and that's probably what happened with mine. It slowly grew larger throughout high school and I was very self conscious about it, I waited a year and a half of dating to have sex with my first serious boyfriend because I was so afraid he wouldn't like it. He never said anything about it but I noticed it made sex difficult sometimes because it got in the way. In grade 12 I dated a really mean guy, and he pointed it out right away and told me I had "beef curtains". I didn't open up sexually for a long time after that became I was so embarrassed about it. Once my labia stopped growing I noticed it was at the point where it would get in the way of wearing a bikini, cute underwear, and tight leggings. It was also hard to clean and caused a lot of discomfort if my clothing pulled on it or I wasn't very careful during sex. I knew I wanted Labiaplasty for quite a while and finally did my research on it this year. Today I had the procedure done and I have to admit it wasn't very painful, and it went by very quickly! I was super prepared with polysporin, gauze, pads, loose sweatpants, and large underwear. I bought a blow up donut thingy to sit on in my car so I could drive home afterwards and the drive started out alright. But as I was driving the local anesthetic wore off and I've never experienced that kind of pain in my life. I took T3's before the numbing went away but they didn't seem to help. I came home in tears and could hardly walk, going downstairs was a nightmare as well. I had to use the bathroom and everything down there is so bloody and swollen I couldn't figure out how to wipe and clean it off. I've now been laying in my bed for 2 hours crying and unable to nap from the pain. I took my antibiotics and a couple more T3's and propped my knees up a bit with a pillow, but the burning pain still hasn't gotten any better. I was planning on missing school tomorrow but I thought I could go to school on Thursday.. I don't know if that's happening anymore. I really hope the pain doesn't get worse from here because I don't know if I can take any more.

Finally I was able to get a few hours of sleep, my T3's kicked in and as long as I didn't move the pain was just a small ache from the swelling. I woke up because I needed to use the bathroom really bad and I have come to dread this part. This is the third time I've gone to the bathroom since I got home and it's the worst part. It burns to pee and I still can't figure out how to clean it because it's all so swollen. It looks like a mangled grapefruit down there. I tried gently pouring lukewarm water over it because I read that someone else did that when they went pee, but that just caused the stinging and bleeding to start all over again from my stitches and I don't think it cleaned anything because the swelling got in the way. I've tried three times now to apply a little bit of polysporin on my labia but it's bleeding too much to stick, so I think the polysporin won't be going on until things have clotted and the bleeding stops. I tried using saline spray as well and it just hurt a lot. Every time I stand up I get super nauseous and I'm guessing that's from the T3's. I probably should've bought Gravol to help with that but I didn't think of it. I'm back in bed now and I'm in that same position where I lay on my back and have a pillow under my knees with my legs slightly spread apart. I will probably have a decent sleep tonight but I'm scared for tomorrow. If the swelling gets worse I'm going to try gently icing it by placing a frozen facecloth over it. Goodnight for now!

Today was a much better day than yesterday. I got myself a spray bottle and some Gravol. I'm no longer nauseous at all and the pain is very minimal. I am only laying down or sitting on my blow-up donut so I don't cause any extra pain to my incisions. I'm finding the spray bottle filled with lukewarm is helping clean the area a lot after going to the bathroom. I've been taking my T3's, Gravol, and antibiotics regularily. I'm going to make sure I eat yogurt all week as to avoid a yeast infection. I'm so swollen and bruised down there but it's weird because it's mostly on the left side and almost no swelling on the right side. I'm going to take my first shower since the surgery tonight and I'm nervous that it will cause bleeding. The bleeding thoughout the day hasn't been too bad, but it's steady. It's really hard for me to walk because of the swelling so I'm anxious for the swelling to go down.