Am I Recovering Ok? - Quebec, QC

Thank you, I'm not so worried about the pain...just how the end result is going to be, I'm scared its never going to look nice, one side is way bigger than the other, and my clitoris hood is huge now:( I'm 23 years old, so it's a big deal...I just want it to look pretty and I want to feel good about it

I'm sure it'll look and feel much better when the swelling has all gone down and stitches are out. Please keep us updated as it's impossible to find people updating with pics etc. during their recovery it all just seems to be before and after.

I hope so!!! My stitches are annoying tho, still can't wear underwear or tight pants! It's day 9 now, some stitches have fallen out, still looks horrid:( but I could not find any pics of recovery! That why I'm so nervous I have nothing to compare to!!!!

I was put on pro naproxen ex 500mg which is an inflammatory and stated 5ng which is a pain killer

My stitches were reallyy painful a couple of days after surgery then I was put on naproxen too.. I just finished the seven day dose and am still extremely swollen, stitches have fallen out, gotten re-stitched, worried. I think what you're going through is normal. Also, nobody posts pictures immediately afterward with stitches and swelling, so you prob haven't seen many that look like yours does right now..we usually see pics once the person has healed. It looks to me like your clit is def. swollen and will go down. I have worried for the past two weeks, and have had to take extra time off of work..also (im 20) have taken extra time off of college course work and am falling behind. I feel your pain, it's good to know someone is going through the same thing right now!

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one hating my life right now!!!! But my clit for sure looks terrible, I'm Jude nervous about one side being way bigger than the other that's for sure :(, my appointment is in 6 weeks so I'm hoping everything is just so swollen and in 6 weeks ill have a normal looking pretty vagina haha. And ya I have not seen any pics the weeks after surgery is its annoying not being able to compare!!!, and with the antibiotics I took and got vaginoisis as well! Perfect keep the bad news coming. I just hope in the end the it's all worth it! I hope you feel better as well...but did urs look as gross as mine did? :(

I have pictures if you want to look...I had a different problem. Extreme swelling, bruising, and stitches tearing out, getting re stitched, falling out again..Now a gaping hole inside my labia minora where the skin should be held together with stitches. But nothing to now now except wait

Also, It's good that your labia minora is small now! If you want to go back later and have the clit hood reduced that is pretty affordable. My doc did some sort of reduction where there are stitches in between my inner and outer labia, he called it "lateral reduction of the hood"...But i had a huge clit, still do, and don't know if it's just swollen! Feel better

I'm Canadian everything is free for me:) so that's good haha, I just checked our ur pictures. Do U have any stitches? You seem so swollen!!! Are you in pain? I just don't get why he's cut off my lips but not take any skin from my clit!!! But as this point I'm pretty sure he didn't no what he was doing lol. I still can only sleep on my back, and I have to be on my hardwood floor with a blanket or else my stitches get irritated. It's 1 week tomorrow since I got it done, and I'm just ready for this experience to be over. I can't even show my boyfriend I'm sure he'd run for the hills.

I do have stitches, but they're not really visible in the pictures because I got the wedge method done. You got the trim method, that is why there are stitches along the edge of each of your labia. The stitches on my left side inside my labia..you don't have stitches there..came out and there is a gaping hole. I have now read about how the wedge method is so hard to heal, and that a lot of people chose the trim method because the stitches are more likely to stay in. I tried showing my boyfriend pictures..but like you said, he ran haha I'm like eleven days post op now and not on pain killers anymore but things are still very uncomfortable. This is the first day i have actually been able to study, thank god im on spring break for the next week.. Would you consider going back in for a revision in the future if you're not happy with the results? I always thought i would, but at this point im done, i don't give a s**** what it ends up looking like i just want to move on!!!

Oh ok why didn't you get the trim method? I didn't even have a choice lol, my gunpoint books me an appointment and I went in they put me to sleep and I woke up feeling like death. Me to I am do e my pain killers, but I'm trying to get another side because I still can't sleep at night, and I get so frustrated I just start screaming. My first day back at work and its meh, that god I don't have to walk a lot because I waddle like a duck and its not cute. I hope it looks good at the end but if it doesn't f*** it I never wanna feel like this again. Unless they put me in a coma for 2 weeks, my stitches are itching and still hurt like a b****. But Lucky for you, you have a week off! I'm just fed up of everything, at this point I regret everything!

Gyno*****

The surgeon I could afford ( i called around everywhere in my area and he was by far the least expensive ) only did the trim method. Im starting to wonder if his in experience is why im having problems. Do the pain killers not make you fall asleep? I had just been taking a vicodin before bed and they knock me out. Did you take a pillow to sit on at work?? The only way i can sit is if i put my feet under my butt, so my butts not even touching the chair. I don't know how you went back to work. I called my boss and told her that i can't work for the next four weeks, due to an unexpected illness.

not the trim method, he only did the wedge method.

Omggg haha 4 weeks! I can't take all that off :( I need to pay the bills some how, but yes I have a pillow at work, but my head has been pounding :(. I should have just left my vagina the way it was :(

I just don't want my clitoris staying this big that is for sure!!! But there is a huge difference between my left and right side and that scares me to death that its going to look like I got in done at the black market :(. It's hard not to look at it, I just want the healing to be over...did urs look like mine at all??? Do u think it will look ok after 2 months...or a disaster?

When mine was super swollen, it looked very similar to yours. I basically had a nervous breakdown over it. But after about two weeks the majority of the swelling goes down. If your clitoris hood was big before your surgery, then it will be the same size after your surgery. It won't be bigger. If you don't like how your attention is drawn to it after having your labias reduced then you might want a clitoral hood reduction later on. However, I wouldn't recommend a clitoral hood reduction because I had one done 5 weeks ago and my scar is still really painful and might be for months based on what I've read. Its possible to get nerve damage in that area and it would be horrible to have permanent pain by your clitoris and not be able to orgasm or enjoy sex. Also, I don't think your left labia looks that much bigger than the right. I have basically no left labia minora, only like 2mm of skin. And my right one is maybe half a cm long. It sucks but whatever, what's done is done. If you want to get your left labia made to match your right after your healed, it's up to you to take the risk of surgery again. Revision surgeries sometimes just make things worse. I had my revision 5 weeks ago and regret it big time. I think after your emotional trauma subsides and you are mostly healed in 4-6 weeks you will like more what you see and look okay. You will look better than now and better than before surgery.

That makes me feel a bit better that mine isn't the only one that looks so bad. I just hope the swelling goes down soon, and the stitches fall out. I also find I'm always wet down there....why is that?, I don't ever wanna go thro a surgery like this again so I hope I don't look like a freak in 2 months and just leave it as is. I'm still in pain, it's been a week now. And I can still only sleep on my back, and the itching is so bad as well!!!

hmm well my gynaecologist told me that we have tiny gland ducts in our skin and vulva around our vagina that secrete 'lube' fluid to lubricate our labias when they rub together when we walk and stuff. So they don't get irritated by the friction. So your probably more wet now because your labias are super swollen and rubbing together more. So your vag is trying to lube you more to reduce discomfort. So probably after the swelling goes down the extra wetness will go away too. Im no doctor.. but it makes sense. And itching is good!! it means the nerves and skin is healing and the stitches are dissolving. You will be sore for a while though as the scars develop. Im still sore and it's been 5 weeks for me! :( Hopefully the pain goes away soon for both of us!

I am so sorry for you. Mine hurt very little at 1 week. Hugs that yours heals so you don't need it fixed.

Thank you!!! The pain has gone down a bit, and 3 stitches have fallen out. I'm hoping for the best at this point and just nervous ill look like a freak forever:( I'm never having sex again.

It's day 9 and it feels a bit better, I hope to god it turns out ok, I refuse to get it fixed I never wanna feel that pain again. Ill be a freak for the rest of my life if I have to!!!

I hope so cause I'm still a waterfall down there and it's day 11, and the itching is still bad!!!

wow you are looking much better! The swelling has gone down a lot. looks like your going to heal nicely. Its more symmetrical now too. hope you are feeling better :)

The pain is much better!!!! But the left side is still so much bigger then the right!!! And I still have all that skin on my clitoris!!!! So I don't no...I mean I'm still upset that its not gunna turn out...I see before and after pictures and their so beautiful, I want me to turn out like that!

I will confront him right away and tell him what a [RS bleep] job he did and all the stuff I went thro physically and emotionally. Ill make him feel terrible and tell him to fix him before I give him a bad name :)

I will confront him right away and tell him what a [RS bleep] job he did and all the stuff I went thro physically and emotionally. Ill make him feel terrible and tell him to fix him before I give him a bad name :)

I told my boyfriend I have someone to talk to on here about all this, and I told him he's not alone- there's other boyfriends that can't have sex for 6+ months. He said he wants to start a support group haha

*6+ weeks

Lmfao mine just told me I better get on my knees

Yeah I'm gettin sick of that tho... haha

Lmfaooooo just watch [RS bleep] and [RS bleep] I feel gross and not sexy leave me alone.

I'm like.. I know my vagg is unavailable right now..but you can rub my butt, my shoulders.. hey did you know I have breasts?

I waited 6 weeks. Six months?