Vulvoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure for altering or reconstructing the vulva.
Surgery
Women
Women with congenital disorders or women post-vulvectomy or with genital trauma may receive vulvoplasty for medical reasons.
Women who experience discomfort on her vulva may also receive vulvoplasty.
Sex reassignment surgery
In sex reassignment surgery, some male-to-female transgender patients receive vulvoplasty without vaginoplasty to reconstruct exterior of female genitalia.
- Bellringer, J (2017). "Genital surgery". In Barrett, J (ed.). Transsexual and Other Disorders of Gender Identity: A Practical Guide to Management. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 209–220. ISBN 9781498793131.
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