Labia majora augmentation (lipofilling)
The aim here is to give more volume to the labia majora.
This procedure restores the sensuality of the vulva by creating a "fuller" aspect, more tonic and younger.
Before the procedure
A preoperative check-up is made following your surgeon’s recommendations. An anaesthesiologist will see you in consultation at the latest 48 hours before the operation. It is highly recommended to stop smoking 15 days before and 2 months after the surgery in order to favour fat graft taking. No aspirin-based medication should be taken during the 10 days preceding the operation.
The procedure
If the labia majora are too small (hypotrophy) or inexistent (atrophy), they can be thickened with fat cells injection: the technique is called lipofilling or lipostructure. Lipofilling consists in extracting fat cells in some areas with excess fat (stomach, inner thigh, inner knees...) and centrifuging this fat to keep only the good quality material. The fat is injected in the labia majora. It is a natural thickening performed without foreign body. The fat belonging to the patient, there no rejection risk after fat injection.
The operation is carried out in an ambulatory facility. You can return home on the very same day. The operation lasts 1 hour and is carried out under local anaesthesia with sedation given by intravenous drip or general anaesthesia.
After the procedure
The result is immediate, the lips are thickened. The final result can be appreciated 3 months after the operation. The labia majora are full and bulging, the vulva has a younger aspect. 30% maximum of the injected fat can resorb during these 3 months. After this period, the fat remaining is final.
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Before the procedure
- Medical exams: 1 or 2 surgical consultations, 1 consultation with the anaesthesiologist.
- Recommendations: stop smoking 1 month before, stop aspirin-based and anti-inflammatory medication 10 days before the surgery.
- Signing of the estimate, informed consent and medical photographies.
- Reflection period: 15 days between the first consultation and the surgery in case of a cosmetic procedure. This period is not necessary in case of a reconstructing surgery.
The procedure
- Anaesthesia: general.
- Duration of the procedure: 1h to 1h30.
- Return home: the very same day or the day after surgery.
Follow-up and results
- Special care: not necessary.
- Removal of the sutures: not necessary.
- Desocialisation after the surgery: none.
- Physical activities: 3 weeks.
- Professional activities: 5 to 10 days after the surgery, depending on your professional situation.
- Final result: 3 months depending on the procedure.
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