HYMEN RECONSTRUCTION OR HYMENOPLASTY
Hymenoplasty is a surgical process by which the hymen is restored. The hymen is a fibrous and elastic tissue that is located at the entrance of the vagina and that usually serves as a guarantee of female virginity. We say usually, sometimes, the hymen is broken by blows, excessive menstrual bleeding or even some women are born without a hymen. Every day, more women undergo a hymenoplasty for personal or cultural reasons.
The hymen is a thick layer of tissue which covers the opening to the vaginal passage from the urethral orifice that enables the escape of the menstrual blood. The significance of Hymen repair is because the hymen is taken as a token of virginity in many cultures and may be an important factor in new marriages. However, surgical hymen repair is considered as one of the safest procedure and is chosen as an option or probably the best gift to a partner.
Results and Benefits:
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Who Is Candidate?
The best candidates for the procedure are healthy women who keep a realistic outlook about the procedure. The hymen reconstruction and repair can effectively revirginize women to satisfy religious or cultural requirements. However, the surgery must be performed at least 6 weeks prior to the marriage so that the sutures get enough time to heal completely.
Before hymen repair surgery Medical visits: 2 hymen repair surgery consultations spaced at least 15 days are mandatory before hymenoplasty for personal convenience. Anaesthesia consultation is mandatory several days before the procedure. Signature of the estimate, informed consent, and systematic realization of medical photographs. Time for reflection: 15 days between the first consultation and the hymenoplasty Allow a period of professional unavailability of 24 to 72 hours after the intervention, in the absence of coverage by social security.
Recommendations: stopping smoking 1 month before minimum, stopping aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs 10 days before hymen repair surgery for the hymen to reduce the risk of bleeding.
The intervention of hymen repair surgery
- Anaesthesia for hymen repair surgery: general, intravenous or local sedation
- Duration of the hymen repair surgery: 30 to 45 minutes.
- Return home after hymenoplasty: the same day.
- Suites and result of hymen repair surgery.
- Hospitalization takes place in an outpatient setting.
- Special care: personal hygiene morning and evening, and after each urination.
- Removing the threads: no thread is removed, they are resorbable and disappear spontaneously 10 to 15 days after the intervention of hymen repair surgery.
- There is no dressing to do, but a simple toilet with tap water (shower) and soap. A panty liner is sufficient to cover the sutures.