Sep 12, 2022
Designer Vagina’s — A Surgery to enhance Sexual Pleasure at Menopause
The term, which is popular because of the Netflix series — The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, is more than just a random term.
Vaginas have been repaired many times in the lifetime of women and that may happen for many reasons, the damage may include after childbirth, operating on women with prolapse, and always ending the procedure by narrowing its width.
This process is also called “Cosmetic Gynecology”, but it is more popular by the name Designer Vagina.
Cosmetic Gynecology
Gynecologists also perform procedures to enhance the aesthetic appearance of a vagina. Such procedures are not medically necessary, but boost the person’s self-confidence. Though intimate aesthetic surgery to is performed for the above two reasons, it has the additional benefit of improving sexual function.
Couples have not had sexual satisfaction on account of vaginas that are enlarged while giving birth to a child. Age and menopause compound the issue, resulting in marital discord and a diminished sense of self-worth.
Ever since the shaving of pubic hair has come into vogue, more and more women and their partners are dissatisfied with the size and shape, and appearance of their private parts. An increasing number are now willing to go to any extent, be it pain, surgery, or expense, to better what God has given them.
Reconstructive surgery
- Repair of vaginal tissues that have been torn at childbirth. As sex forms an integral part of married life, couples do come even at this age for restoration. Sometimes the tear can be so severe that the vaginal and anal canal become one and the woman cannot control the passage of gas or feces! If not diagnosed and addressed at the time of delivery, this horrible situation needs to be rectified whenever diagnosed.
- Stress incontinence — again due to trauma during childbirth, there is leakage of urine every time the woman sneezes, coughs, or laughs, decreasing the quality of her life. Minor vaginal surgery is all that is needed to alleviate these embarrassing symptoms.
- Dyspareunia or painful intercourse could be due to fibrosis and scarring of the vaginal tissues after episiotomy (the cut made on the posterior wall of the vagina facilitates delivery, which is stitched after childbirth). Again, minor surgery is all that is required.
- Congenital conditions like an absent vagina. An artificial vagina can be prepared to serve a coital function. The procedure is also performed in a transgender person — a woman trapped in a male body for gender reorientation.
- The hymen usually has a small opening to allow the passage of menstrual blood. Rarely, the hymen is imperforate, which leads to the collection of menstrual blood in her vagina, leading to severe cyclical pain. A small incision is made on the hymen, and a procedure called hymenectomy, allows the free flow of menstrual blood. Some women have a rigid hymen that needs to be cut under anesthesia to allow coitus.
- If there are growths like warts or lipomas around the external genitalia, they can be removed surgically, with the help of laser or cauterized.
Cosmetic Procedures
- Vaginal tightening — though typically done surgically, Botox can also be used. Nowadays, laser treatment is available, which is a simple insertion of a transvaginal probe for an internal ultrasound. The procedure takes just ten minutes. Not only does it tighten the vaginal canal and narrow its opening, but it also increases the blood flow to the vagina, thereby heightening sensitivity and sexual pleasure, as does Thermiva, which uses radio frequency to achieve the same goals.
- Sexually active unmarried girls get their “virginity” restored by a procedure called hymenoplasty, to satisfy the demands of the marriage mart.
- Labiaplasty — the inner lips of the external genitalia, the labia minora, are trimmed to decrease their size because they look ‘ugly’ or are visible through tights. Others have genuine reasons as they can interfere with penetration during intercourse or rub against their underwear leading to irritation and pain. There could be issues of hygiene and infection.
- Removal of a large overhanging clitoral hood diminishes pleasure or shortens an elongated clitoris.
- Plumping of thin outer lips, the labia major, or increasing sponginess of the vagina by fat transplant.
- Some women get the fat from their mons pubis removed by liposuction so that it is not visible through tight clothing.
Risks Involved
As with any surgery, there could be complications with potential damage to tissues due to scarring, adhesions, dyspareunia, altered sensations, and wound infection, and you could end up worse than before. Keep this in mind when you go for procedures that are not medically necessary.
However, if your self-esteem or marital relationship is adversely affected, if there are psychological issues on this account, choose your doctor with care. Being a lucrative branch, those not qualified for cosmetic gynecology too, are giving it a go, enticing customers by making false claims of success.
Himanshu Mayachh
