Vaginoplasty

Vaginoplasty: For shrinking the vagina's diameter

Vaginoplasty is an intimate surgical procedure in which the muscles of the perineum are strengthened to reduce the width of the vaginal opening.

The indications: Slackening of the vagina

Vaginal slackening is due to a weakening of the perineum. This is a muscle that supports the entire weight of the upper body. It plays an important role in female sexuality, because it is its ability to contract that allows you to have sensations during penetration. It also ensures continence, i.e. the control of the desire to go to the toilet.

The perineum is particularly solicited in overweight people and in pregnant women in case of low birth or after a poorly closed episiotomy.

In older women, a distended perineum can lead to a prolapse of the bladder, uterus and rectum in the long term. After menopause, estrogen levels decrease and the tissues lose their elasticity and are no longer as effective in supporting the organs.

In all these cases, the best solution to strengthen the pelvic floor muscle is a vaginoplasty.

The process of the intervention

The vaginoplasty operation is performed under general anesthesia without hospitalization and lasts about an hour.

It has three distinct objectives.

Tightening the muscles of the perineum

If there is weakness in the anus lift muscles, the surgeon will strengthen the pelvic floor tissue between the vagina and anus to tighten the vaginal opening in the muscles.

Narrowing the entrance to the vagina

With a vaginal plasty, the surgeon closes the vagina at the bottom so that its opening is narrower and positioned higher up.

Vaginal rejuvenation

The surgeon removes fat from the patient and injects it into the walls of the vaginal mucosa to reduce the opening of the vagina. Fat is a living tissue made up of cells that require a regular supply of blood, nutrients and oxygen. Lipofilling restores vitality and sensitivity to the vagina.

After the intervention

After a vaginoplasty, the patient resumes her daily activities on the fifth day. She must abstain from sexual intercourse for one month.

The results

Vaginoplasty leads to improved sexual relations between the patient and her partner through more intimate contact of the genitals. It also eliminates the stressful problem of incontinence.

There is also a visual improvement since the vulva is better shaped as a result of the reduction of the vaginal opening.