Labiaplasty

Quick meaning: Labiaplasty is a noun meaning (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.

Meaning

(surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.

Example Sentences

Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure.

Labiaplasty—surgery for reshaping or resizing the inner labia—is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world: in 2016, 45 per cent more labiaplasty procedures were carried out than in 2015, […]

When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

Word Forms

• labiaplasties

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include labioplasty, vontouring, nymphectomy, nymphotomy, labrectomy, labium.

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