Two postmenopausal LS patients, resistant to conventional therapies, were treated with fractional CO2 laser. The patients became asymptomatic shortly after the third treatment, and the vulva, introitus and clitoral areas looked healthy throughout the 6-month post-treatment follow-up period. Histological assessments showed a trophic epithelium with acantotic areas, without superficial hyperkerat...

Introduction. Female Genital Plastic Surgery, a relatively new entry in the field of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, has promised sexual enhancement and functional and cosmetic improvement for women. Are the vulvovaginal aesthetic procedures of Labiaplasty, Vaginoplasty/Perineoplasty (“Vaginal Rejuvenation”) and Clitoral Hood Reduction effective, and do they deliver on that promise? For what reas...

INTRODUCTION A normal sexual response in the female depends on the integrity of afferent sensory input from the genital region. So far genital sensation has been investigated only during a non-excitatory state, and the sensory physiological changes, which occur during the sexual cycle in this region, are still obscured. AIM To investigate the sensory status of the female genital region during...

OBJECTIVES Only a little research has focused on the evaluation of female sexual function. With sexual stimulation, the clitoris becomes engorged with blood and tumescent. Nevertheless, only little is known about the significance of the cyclic nucleotide-mediated signal transduction in the control of this process. We sought to elucidate the presence of the phosphodiesterase (PDE) isoenzymes 3, ...

Background: An increasing number of gender diverse individuals are presenting for affirming care. option genital surgery (gGAS) in transmasculine is metoidioplasty, creating a small neophallus from enlarged clitoral tissue following prolonged testosterone exposure. The goal this study to understand factors which contribute greater exposed length metoidioplasty.