Clitoral Hood Reduction

Postoperative clitoral hood deformity after labiaplasty.

Aesthetics of the female genitalia have come under increasing scrutiny with the popularity of Brazilian waxing trends and media promotion of sheer fashions. Women seek to have a clean and youthful appearance of the vaginal region, with minimal if any labial minora show beyond the labia majora. Labiaplasty by edge resection of the redundant labia minora tends to be the preferred method of treati...

The extended running W-plasty: an additional tool for simultaneous reduction of the hypertrophied labia minora and redundant clitoral hood

Aim: The extended running W-plasty technique using the W-plasty principle is a modification of the conventional technique. The use of this technique was utilized for simultaneous reduction of the protuberant labia minora and the redundant clitoris. Methods: Twenty-three patients presented to the plastic surgery clinic between 2008 and 2015 with the complaints of protuberant and enlarged labia m...

Commentary on: Labia Minora, Labia Majora, and Clitoral Hood Alteration: Experience-Based Recommendations.

Aesthetic alteration of the genitalia is increasingly sought by women unhappy with the size, shape, and appearance of their vulva. Although the labia minora are usually the focus of concern, the entire anatomic region--minora, labia majora, clitoral hood, perineum, and mons pubis--should be evaluated in a preoperative assessment of women seeking labiaplasty. Labiaplasty is associated with high ...

Clitoral enlargement secondary to neurofibromatosis.

Clitoral variation says nothing about female orgasm.

In a recent article, Wallen and Lloyd (2008) conclude that clitoral structures are not under direct selection and state that the data on clitoral length variation instead support suggestions that female orgasm in humans is not adaptive; by adaptive they seem to mean subject to selection rather than only subject to natural selection. Their conclusions are reached because (1) in comparison to mal...