i’m currently week 16 post op after my surgery and i feel pretty good. i finally had my post op appointment with my surgeon and she says im healing extremely well and better than expected. im still very insecure about how it looks but she told me it can take anywhere from 6-9 months to be fully done healing. so i guess i just have to wait and see my final results!
(p.s. sorry for the dirty ass mirror in advance 😅)
Did anyone else experience this and it granulated well? I’m thinking they’ll have to take some of my other labia to bridge the gap
Sorry repost, the before pic didn't upload.
I did the trim method. I had my first consult in April planning to wait until September and ended up being able to get it done right before the long weekend.
So far pain isn't too bad, 4/10. I did local anesthesia only, which I was nervous about but glad I did- my surgeon was super nice and put me at ease throughout and I didn't have to wake up all groggy. I am having a hard time sitting still, but doing my best! My doctor actually advised against too much ice use so mostly avoiding that and just have my legs on a wedge pillow watching movies!
I think it looks pretty good so far- definitely some swelling and bleeding (doesn't help that I'm on my period). Can't wait to see final results.
Hello! I am on day 9 post op and am feeling so happy. Documenting my daily progress :)
As you can see in my before photo I had a lot going on. For all my life I struggled with my labia size. Of course the self esteem issues, but the real issue has always been underwear/swim suits, pants, sitting wrong ect. When I was maybe 14/15 I tried to cut them off in the bathroom, but couldn’t handle the pain. I hid in a ball of anxiety for years and through several paps saying that I was fine and it’s just who I was. Fortunately I married a man who never made me feel bad/less about it. When I found this sub, it was like a whole new world opened up. I was too nervous to bring it up to my primary until I started Lexapro! The ball moved quickly from there and my doctor was even able to help me get this covered by my insurance.
My post op experience has been easy. Pain at most was a 5/10. I have been able to take plenty of time off work and have a support system here to take care of everything while I just lay in bed and ice it. It feels so surreal to feel my labia down there and it is so small. My underwear doesn’t have that bulk anymore. It almost makes me feel giddy! I even feel more sensations down there, it’s almost like my labia before was hiding things.
I had a check up with my surgeon yesterday, healing is looking great and I am just to keep resting for another week.
Hi I'm 20 and I'm about to get my surgery done this coming July. I'm absolutely terrified but it's long overdue I've felt with a lot of uncomfortably and sometimes pain for years and years.
What I want to ask is is there anything I should know? Any insider information? I've asked the doctor obviously but I felt like people who have been through it would know more. I'm super anxious and unsure what to expect.
So far I've planned some baggy especially around the crotch pants and am gonna get tampons set aside (I'm a pad girl but I was advised against it). I'm super anxious any advice would be so helpful
(I already take MiraLAX)
Sorry for the hairy pic. I’m 3,5 weeks PO (trim+CHR) and discovered this huge split after I had some new pain yesterday. Pain is gone now but I’m so upset… this side was swollen way more from the start. I can barely see the other labia apart from the top.
Besides resting and not pulling it apart, what else can I do, or am I doomed forever? 😔
Do you girls feel regret? Some days I’m fine, and some days I can’t accept that I didn’t love myself before. After surgery, I started thinking about how natural labias are beautiful. I know some girls had issues with discomfort my personal reason was purely aesthetic. I had no discomfort at all, just asymmetry that I was ashamed to show. I wish I had kept the shorter side. I don’t know how to move on… I’ve been having anxiety every day for the past half year. Does it ever go away? Or maybe the reason I keep thinking about what I did is because I still have discomfort, so I keep looking at it and obsessing over it. Will labia impove the look after 6 months or this is the final stage?
Also when the scars fade? 😭 I have those lines and lumps inside that cause discomfort
Girls my itching phase has started! Literally woke up at 2am wanting to scratch so bad, held an ice pack on it but honestly didn’t really do much, any tips or tricks or do I need to consult with my surgeon for what he suggests??
I just spent the last three days interviewing doctors in Mexico.
At my last appointment, I knew he was the doctor.
I asked for the price and date and told his staff I’ll make it work.
Then I got the estimate.
$9,240, which includes an epidermal
I can’t, or maybe I won’t pay that much money. I’m heartbroken. Did the price increase for me as I told him he’s the doctor for me?
So for background, I know this looks crazy, and I know that’s normal.
I have a heart condition where I couldn’t use the epinephrine lidocaine so they gave me regular numbing which kept wearing off, which meant he had to keep injecting more in so it was very, very swollen after the surgery and today too.
As far as the stitches up top, I had a lot, and I mean a lot of clitoral hood so he had to remove all that as well I’m hoping those stitches clear up easy, but we’ll see.
Other than that, I’m curious about that left side lower part where it looks like my labia majora is stitched in as well. I’m not sure if that’s exactly the case but it looks odd.
Edit: looking into it I think it’s an anchor stitch for that right side that needed extra care. I have a follow up in three weeks I’ll ask about it
Just wanted to show y’all the craziness that’s going between my legs right now lol
Is it normal for just the bottom of the labias to be bruised ?
I have a consultation with an obgyn and im overthinking it a lot, she does not seem to care much about the look of it and only removes the bottom but does not want to remove all these extra folds on top that makes me self conscious,are cosmetic surgeons better for this? Im scared they would know less about the area and hit a nerve,be honest what look could i get? I doubt i will ever have a complete innie but at least remove all these wrinkly folds
I had surgery the 1st Week of JANUARY 2026, although my surgery didn’t go well, my original surgeon botched me amputating my labias, cutting thru my frenulum and leaving the other side frenulum hanging, also I initially had burning 🔥 pain thru the whole vestibule, I have been thinking of having reconstruction to fix at least part of the whole disaster I was left with. I’m thinking of having surgery by the END WEEK of JUNE 2026. Is this consider early or should I wait more time?
I had my on the phone consultation today with Dr. Michael Lau (located in Seattle) and he quoted me $2,875 for a labiaplasty. I’m suspicious of the price considering I was also looking into Dr. Austin Hayes in Portland and his cost is about 7,000 for a labiaplasty + chr. Another concern of mine is that there was no in person consultation/sending in photos…how is he supposed to know which method to use or how much to cut off without looking at my anatomy?
hi ladies! tldr: if you are in nyc, please avoid this surgeon. he botched me.
I just wanted to make a post informing anyone who's thinking about seeing this surgeon. I got my labiaplasty done with him at the beginning of this year and my results are so beyond horrifying I don't even want post pictures. It has genuinely ruined my self-confidence. I have no self-esteem. I have been too ashamed to sleep with anyone since.. I paid so much money and the results are the worst I've ever seen and I've looked at thousands of pictures of before and afters. He has not offered a solution. The entire office is run by a bunch of freaks. If you look at the news, you'll discover that the quack who runs the office is a rapist abuser and drug addict. If you would like pictures, you can DM me and I'll send you some.. please just whatever you do, just do not get your labiaplasty with him.
I had my surgery done 1.5 month ago and I still don't feel as healed as I hoped to be after the procedure.
I had a lot of blood the first 3 days which then dried in thick dark scabs. I had them manually removed after 3 weeks as I felt they were slowing my healing. There was a bit of pus under one of the scabs, and I used antibiotic cream for a few days. After that, I had trouble with swelling, irritation due to clothes rubbing at it, occasional pain, and a plenty of uncomfortable sensations. It went on for weeks and now we are here.
Today my labia is still pretty swollen, thick (some places are softer than others but still), bumpy and very dry. There is a place that is still very painful and I can't even touch it. Touching and separating the labia in general feels painful. There are also some yellow crusts which I figured is dried fibrin. I'm not sure it's normal at that stage. I still feel uncomfortable wearing underwear, walking etc. I can't even imagine doing sports, sex or even sitting straight!
I just feel so depressed. My surgeon has a lot of cases on her page after a month, 3 weeks, 2 weeks, they all look beautiful and nicely healed. And I feel far far behind. I stopped leaving home beside work, hanging out with people and I genuinely feel like going crazy. It just doesn't seem to ever end. Am I being dramatic? I don't know what to do really...