Better Than Expected - I Am over the Moon!!

It has now been 4 months since surgery and feeling great. I think my labia have continued to “tighten” as the appearance is a bit more streamline now. I love it. I have been having sex regularly since 10 weeks post-op and there have been no issues at all! My partner loves it & I love it & everything is fantastic. There was a bit of spot bleeding the first couple of times but other than that I have been having more frequent and intense orgasms which is unexpectedly wonderful! Couldn’t be happier with everything. Literally the only thing that isn’t “perfect” right now is I still have a cm or 2 of hardened scarring on one side of my clitoral hood reduction area, it feels like it is softening over time but very very slowly. :)

I’m now 38 days post-surgery, almost at the 6 week mark!!!!. Visually I still look the same as my last update - a bit swollen with little bumps along the suture lines. I’m healing well as the itchiness keeps improving. However I must say that while the itchiness is very infrequent, when it does come it is INTENSE! It’s as if I am being tickled from the inside. I think it’s because my stitches are dissolving and my body is rejecting them and they have been poking through my skin. it’s a similar feeling to when you have itchy hair regrowth in the area - but these “hairs” are thicker so are much more irritating.

I should mention here that 1 week ago I had a very sore “pimple” near my clitoral hood (P.S. I had a clitoral hood reduction as well as a labiaplasty). It felt kind of like a pimple, only much worse - at its worst I couldn’t even touch the area. One morning I got woken up from the pain and when I had a look, my ENTIRE vulva region was bright red. So I was worried it was an infection. I called Dr Choy and luckily he answered (even though it was a public holiday!) and texted me a prescription for antibiotics straight away, just as a precaution. I took the antibiotics and also applied antiseptic liquid three times a day, and it completely resolved after a day or two (it ended up “popping” and oozing a bit). After seeing Dr Choy we realised it probably wasn’t an infection but just my body reacting to a stitch being rejected, which can sometimes happen, and creates a “pimple” - and the reason why it was so sore was simply because it was right near my clitoris! So that’s something I thought I’d share for others to be aware of - there’s no reason to panic. :)

I can’t wait to exercise again but am being so patient. It can be hard sometimes not being able to run/skip/orgasm - I’ve had a couple of moments where I ate too much sugary stuff and the energy and agitation was very frustrating not being able to work it off. I’m trying to eat really light and clean so that I don’t have too much energy to burn. I really recommend for others to be really mindful of what you eat as I think putting on weight would only add to the burden of the recovery.

Itching has decreased now which is great. Still at times it can be very irritating. Healing is going well. I am no longer waking in the middle of the night with itching or stinging and I haven’t needed to use icepacks this week which is great.