Labiaplasty is a procedure that reduces the outer vagina lips or labia. Labiaplasty reduces the size and diameter of the labia or vagina lips, making them smaller, more aesthetically appealing, and asymmetrical. Once we remove the extra skin and make it asymmetrical again in the vagina area is returned to a pre-childbirth, more natural look, and a nicer counter to the vagina

Labiaplasty is a one hour out patient surgical procedure designed to sculpt the external vaginal structures by reducing and/or reshaping long or uneven labia. Labiaplasty and female cosmetic vaginal rejuvenation can address conditions that result from an enlarged labia or labia malformed due to childbirth that may be causing discomfort and self-consciousness with your appearance. Long labia minora may interfere with exercise or intercourse, and may cause embarrassment for some when wearing certain clothes, such as bathing suits, leggings, or jeans which may call attention to any bulge. Over time the labia majora may relax and sag, while the perineum may show signs of scarring from an episiotomy or laceration incurred during childbirth. An enlarged or asymmetrical labia is a very common condition among women, and procedures offered by our board-certified gynecologist and plastic surgeon, Dr. Lisa Erhard, can effectively recontour and renew the area without harming surrounding tissues or affecting sexual sensation. Labiaplasty can help you feel more comfortable while wearing certain types of clothing, exercising, and engaging in sexual intimacy. Dr. Erhard can help you attain your goals and enhance your self-confidence with this commonly performed procedure.

Good candidates for labiaplasty include women who experience elongated labial tissue due to recent pregnancy, weight loss, menopause, hereditary conditions, the natural aging process, or other factors. Candidates include women who experience discomfort, pain, or self-consciousness in social situations and while engaging in regular daily activities due to elongated labial tissue. Dr. Erhard will meet with you during an initial, private consultation to answer your questions and determine if labiaplasty is the right option for your needs.

Self-esteem is intimately related to a person's perceived image of his or her genitalia. Self-esteem may be impaired if a person feels inadequate compared with a perceived ideal. Considerable aesthetic improvement is now possible in genital experience with procedures like vaginal rejuvenation. Labiaplasty is many times combined with vaginal rejuvenation/vaginal tightening surgery which re tightens the vagina back to its -pre-childbirth contour or placing a sling for urine leakage problems.

Doctor Lisa Ohman Erhard is an award winning Master Surgeon who is nationally renowned in the field of Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery. They are fellowship trained in the field of Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery and a Board Certified OB/GYN physician. Their unprecedented experience and unsurpassed expertise in vaginal cosmetic and rejuvenation surgery has resulted in some of the latest surgical advancements in their field today.

Vaginal cosmetic surgery refers to aesthetic surgery to improve the appearnce of the external vaginal and vulvar structures. Many women are born with enlarged labia (minora or majora) or experience changes in the appearance of their external vaginal structures after childbirth or aging that they are not happy with. Vaginal cosmetic surgery can help improve the appearance of the external vaginal structures and reverse many of these changes that may have occurred. Some women may also suffer from symptoms of discomfort or irritation from enlargement of the labia and reduction may help resolve these symptoms.

Many might consider that this is just simple surgery of excising or cutting off enlarged labia minora (inner lips). This is far from the truth. Vulvar cosmetic surgery is one of the most intricate, precise and meticulous cosmetic surgeries that is performed today and requires the utmost expertise to achieve superior results. This is not part of your body that you want to entrust to an inexperienced surgeon! Most plastic surgeons have little or no experience with this type of cosmetic surgery, so patients need to be aware of their surgeons training and experience.

Labiaplasty and Vulvar Cosmetic Surgery may involve the Labia Minora (inner lips), the Prepuce (skin folds lateral to the clitoral hood), the Labia Majora (enlarged with adipose tissue, or excess sagging skin), the Mons Pubis region or the Perineal Region (excess or sagging perineal skin). In many and most cases it takes a combination of procedures of the above areas to achieve maximal cosmetic results. The science of cosmetic vaginal surgery and labiaplasty has gone far beyond just cutting off enlarged labia minora…..it takes true artistry and skill to work on all of the vulvar structures in combination to achieve the utmost in cosmetic results that most women are desirous of. For example, most women that have enlarged labia minora have excess lateral prepuce that needs to be reduced as it is just an extension of the excess skin on the minora themselves. If this is not completed, the clitoral hood region will appear enlarged compared to the now reduced labia minora.

The field of Cosmetic Vaginal and Vulvar Surgery has advanced greatly in the last several years and Dr. Lisa Erhard has been on the forefront of these advancements. This is why patients from all over the country travel to her specialty center in Wayzata, Minneapolis, minnesota to have their cosmetic vaginal surgery completed by a master.

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