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Vaginal Plastic Surgery
January 10, 2008 |
Dr. Dirk Peterson is a Physician at Cape Coral Hospital. He says
more patients than
ever before are asking him about vaginal cosmetic surgery. “They’re being exposed
to the same kind of pressures regarding cosmetics as they would if they opened a
fashion magazine. So they see images that
don’t look like their anatomy so they
feel that their anatomy is inadequate.” But when it comes to some procedures, Physicians
say they could be too good to be true. “When a patient comes to a physician with
questions about cosmetic surgery she should be suspicious of any procedure that
guarantees improved sexual function because there are no data to support those procedures,”
says Dr. Peterson. He adds however, that the curiosity about the surgery has not
been swayed by that fact. “Usually what happens is a patient will come in with a
complaint of painful intercourse and that requires a question and answer session
that addresses issues involving her relationship with her partner, her physical
anatomy, her hormonal status, medications she’s taking, stresses in her life. “
Procedures that seem to be the most successful also typically improve a woman’s
anatomy or genital function. Surgeries like that sometimes involve repairing enlarged
areas of the vagina. “There is a surgical procedure that we can do to correct that
anatomical problem. The outcome is not a cosmetic one it’s a functional one. In
the last six months I’ve had patients that have undergone one of these cosmetic
procedures called labioplasty. They’ve all been very happy with their results,”
says Dr. Peterson. He also advises strongly that women speak at length with their
gynecologist or physician to see if cosmetic surgery is right for them. The consent
process for those types of surgeries should be extensive so that patients understand
the benefits and risks of the procedure. |
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