The Male’s Guide to Labiaplasty Recovery
Date posted: January 26, 2010 by Helen Colen MDThe title on this article is not a typo; I want to discuss labiaplasty with men. Specifically, the recovery. And more specifically, I want to discuss with you the part you can play in helping your wife or sexual partner have a successful, stress-free recovery following her labiaplasty surgery.
Labiaplasty is a short procedure. Typically it’s done in an hour or, in rare instances, as much as two hours. It’s an outpatient procedure, which means she will be coming immediately back home following the procedure. However, because it is real surgery, your significant other will need opportunity to recuperate. Here are some things you can do to make this go as smoothly as possible.
1) Be there to pick her up. Even though she’ll be fully awake following the procedure, she will likely experience some discomfort. Nobody should be made to drive herself home after surgery, so either make the time in your schedule to pick her up, or arrange to have someone else do it for you.
2) One of your major tasks should be to prepare her bed area. This will be her recovery area, and for at least a few days, she should spend most of her time there. The object here is to keep as many things near her as possible that she’ll need and that will help her feel comfortable. Some suggestions for items to keep near her bed include loose-fitting clothing, one of her favorite books, some favorite magazines, a puzzle book, some writing paper and pen (She can catch up on any letters), a laptop computer, and a telephone (People will want to talk; this saves her the hassle of getting up to get the phone).
3) If she or the two of you have children, make arrangements for someone to pick up them up from school, and also to watch them. This could be you or perhaps their grandmother or some other trusted person.
4) And finally, be patient regarding sex. The surgeon will likely tell your sex partner that she needs to wait about six weeks before resuming sex. And as she gets back into the groove, she might be more limited in what she feels comfortable doing. So understand her discomfort and don’t pressure her to do anything she doesn’t feel like doing.
These four short suggestions will help you to help her recover successfully from the labiaplasty. And it will you a hero in her eyes.
3 Comments »Categories: Labiaplasty, labia surgery
Wow, I’ve been up way too late tonight. I saw the first part of your headline, “Male Guide to Labiaplasty” and did a double take and then a triple take. lol
I’m the luckiest person in the world, because I have a “significant other” who I know, no matter what I go through, he’ll be there to support me through it. And when my time comes for a labiaplasty — and I’m almost certain it will come — he’ll be a big part of the process.
I would like to add one extra point to the article, though. The boyfriend’s / husband’s / partner’s part does not start after the procedure and with the recovery process. I think it starts as the woman is considering the procedure in the first place. After all, other than the woman herself, the person who will be most impacted by this will be the person with whom she is having sexual relations.
This article reminded me of a girl i worked with years ago. During the time we worked together, she was in the hospital three separate times for three separate procedures (one of them liposuction, the other medical in nature). Each time, her husband suddenly found reasons to be away from the house while she was at home recovering. Either he suddenly had to work late all the time or had a friend in town or something. I trust that he is the exception rather than the rule, but it makes me mad that there are even a few insensitive men in the world like that.