labiaplasty - 5 days post op - hard bumps, have questions!

it is also five days after my op and i too am worried by the look of mine. see you posted a long time ago now and i'm wondering how you've healed now?

I had labiaplasty 4 weeks ago. I'm only 16 and I got the surgery because my ex was very nasty to me about how I looked.

When I got comfortable at the hospital they just handed me a thick black permanent marker and told me to mark out the area I wanted taken off by myself. The surgon didn't even stay in the room to help me or listen to what I wanted.

I now have un-even labia and two very hard and very sore lumps at the top, under my clitoris. At first I thought it would go down and it would all be fine but it isn't, I'd really like to get the whole process again but I have to wait until after my exams are finished!

Can anyone help me out? Do you know if it's possible to get labiaplasty twice? Does the swelling eventually go down, even after over a month?

hi there. just wondering how you are all gettin on? i had this op done 9days ago and aswell as haivng an infection my stitches have also come away on the whole left hand side of my labia bar one! it is gabing open by about half an inch! although i am not in much pain not compared the the last week which has been agony it is burning quite badly and now think i have cystitis aswell as i need the toilet every 10mins!!!! i also have a hard long potruding lump poking out at the bottom of my clit. which the docter told me would go down but seems to be getting worse! is jotting right out lyk a sprout on a moldy potato!?? i litraly look i have growen an extra clit! not to mention looking lyk i have been butchered alive!its terrifying! m so distressed and upsent about the whole thing and the nurses dont seem to want to help or even no how to they have all give me confliting advice and i can never seem to speak to the surgen who did it i just get told to wait till my post op!!!!! i got it done on the nhs and befor the op she just casualy asked how much i wanted off and got me to show her by drawing a line with my finger?!i felt at the time she wasnt realy paying attention and just said she didnt want to cut to much off as it would look unnatral and i would look top heavy!i was happy with this as i have quite a big clit aswell!but it seems she forgot bout this and has morealess left me with nothing!!!?!then afer she told me it had gone realy well and was perfectly symetrical on both sides! even though the lump was visable then?so what is this lump is it jsut swelling??? i feel really mistreated and neglected and feel lyk im left with something that looks 10mines worse than it did b4!so distressed please help!!!!!

Beany B. Did you findout what the protruding lump was. I have had a similar experience. On day 5 now and hanging out to see a Dr tomorrow before I see my ps in three days time - she assures me that it will settle down nicely (over the phone), but I know my body and one side is just cut and stitched way too high where it wasnt a problem before and really swollen in one spot above the stitches. I cry every day and wish I'd never gone with this ps - I had a gut feeling it wasnt clear before hand but put my trust in her. I feel so stupid.

I'm really sorry to hear that you're upset about the situation. Is there anyway you can see a different doctor about it and get another opinion?

I am seeing a gyno tomorrow - the one who I wish now I had gone through, but didn't as I've had bad experiences at the hosp that she operates from. I know she will listen to me so I am counting the hours to see her to see what can be done if anything. Thanks.

Thought I'd replied but trying again. Yes I'm seeing my gyno who I wish I had gone through now, tomorrow, and GP today. I know they will listen to me and take it seriously and I'm hoping suggest someone (or the gyno) to fix the problem if it can be fixed. I'm just hoping that one part hasnt been stuck together by the stitches yet and can be re-done. I can't believe what has happened. I put my trust in a professional and I am so regetting not being more assertive. I assumed wrongly that the ps would draw lines on me or something before the op, but didnt appear to be getting to that level of "specificness", so I queried what exactly was going to happen and said I didnt want too much off but of course that she wouldn't be doing that, mumble mumble, embarrassed (at that stage in a gown you dont want to be questioning your surgeons interpretation of what is about to happen), and she agreed just evening it up. Well my idea of evening up is not the result, and in fact has gone way too far, and one side completely diff to the other (did the knife slip, did she forget what she was doing). A trim I thought to alleviate discomfort. Now I have discomfort in at least 3 other places that were not a problem. My advice to anyone considering this op is to get specific with your dr, and dont be embarrassed. I thought this would be a quick op that only me her and my husband would know about. Now here I am having to go through a re-op or whatever and blurting out to anyone that will listen how destroyed and angry I am. I just have to think of it like an accident - it was not my fault, I will survive and life could be a lot worse.

I had labiaplasty over a year ago. The stitches came out on the left side. I also had a bump on the left and the skin was very tough. The doc told me it would be fine, and a couple of months later, the swollen went down like he said. The left side did heal differently though, where the stitches had broken. I went back 4 days ago to have it corrected finally. He cut the left labia again and restitched. This morning I awoke in pain to realize the stitches tore again...Not sure if I can just tape the damn thing together lol, but don't think I can handle having it all done for the third time.
Has anyone had there stitches come lose and if so what was done about it? Thanks.

I have had labia reduction surgery just over three weeks ago and still have the hard red bumps like have been described in a lot of these posts and have 1 horrible one at the top which looks like an extra clit and is very painful and tender to touch and is rubbing off my underwear. I have spoken with my surgeon who assured me that they will shrink, but I am absolutely terrified, I was really hoping to be almost back to normal at this stage and able to have sex and exercise. Can anybody please share their experience of this and how they healed and how long it took for the bumps to go away. I just want to vomit every time I look and think I might have made the biggest mistake of my life. Any feedback would be hugely appreciated. thanks

i also had a labioplasty (15 days ago) & have lots of hard red lumps. my left side is also still very swollen. right side has a very ugly hard scar line. i hope the lumps will resolve as the sutures dissolve. does anyone know if massage will improve the scar lines . i had the trim method & am not sure this was the best option. perhaps laser would have been better. i freak when i look too & think maybe less observation is a good idea! good luck & quick healing.

hi there ladies, im 3 1/2 weeks post op and im near enuf back to normal, i decided not to look until 2 days ago, as i think so many girls scare themselves at how horrific it looks when it is in the process of healing, anyway what a shock, there is nothing there=- apart from an inch from the hood part which i told her not to touch (thank god for that!). i was expecting a trim, not removal - all i can think is that my inners were attached quite high up against the outers (if that makes sense) so had she not gone down so low it still would have protruded?? who knows, cant put it bak now ha ha. from my experience i would say you really do have to allow 3 weeks for everfything to go back to normal - i bled for 16 days as it was. ive still got 2 tenderish points, but thats it. xx

I am 5 weeks out from labiaplasty/ hood reduction. I have had major discomfort since surgery, as the sutures haven't dissolved well, have been poking me and spitting out in pieces.  My scars start in the folds between outer and inner labia and are slowly healing. The hard bumpiness and redness at each suture site appears to be getting better by the week. There are very 'hard' areas where the labia pieces were stiched together (pie dissection). That is also feeling more normal with time. Trust me, I was freaking out in the first two weeks.

I had the surgeon clip the ends of four sutures that were poking me in week three.  Being in week five now, I'm told to do a lot of massaging with vitamin e oil. My skin has reactions to vitamin e so I'm using tea tree oil.

The labia are not perfectly matching, but they are much smaller and anonymous looking now. The entire area feels a bit too tight, but I'm sure, as with every surgery I've had, that feeling relaxes with time. With every week I feel a little more comfortable and confident with the outcome.   

I just had labiaplasty Friday (today is Tuesday) My experience with it has been pretty good, I have been sore but I put an ointment on it called bactroban and it is really helpful with keeping me comfortable. I think the reason that you are having the painful lumps is because of the type of stitches your doc used. The stitches I have are REALLY fine. I was just wondering how long till the swelling goes down.

Hi I had labiaplasty about 5 years ago. I am extremely happy I had it done. No regrets. I paid to have it done privately and I think it was well worth it from the sounds of it. I had consultations with my surgeon beforehand where he had a look, asked me why I wanted it and made sure I knew what I was doing. I certainly wasn't left to draw lines on myself!  o.O He then drew diagrams to show me how and where he was cutting. There are a couple of different ways of doing it, to my horror some I have seen just cut the edges off with a blade. I had a V ( pie section) cut out and stitched back together so sensitivity is not lost. He explained that he stitches the inside of the cut as well as the edges so it joins properly. It does take at least 6 months to a year to be properly settled down! The stitches take a while to go depending on what is used. It felt lumpy inside each labia, he explained it was the stitches inside take longer to disolve. To help the scar tissue soften he suggested massaging with baby oil or ky jelly. It really did help. Not while sore though, after it has healed.
I was concerned (paranoid) after a few weeks as to how it was healing so rang him and he made an appointment straight away. He had a look and reasured me everything was fine and doing well. I can't believe how many of you have had stiches come apart and are just leaving it. You should go back straight away! Even if it has been done on the nhs they still have a duty of care and responsibility as to what they have done. If you leave it it will heal wrong, if you go straight away they can re-stitch it. I went to see the nurse at my docs at one point cos I was paranoid again and she said it all looked fine. She was quite impressed and hadn't seen anyone who had had it done. They are all nice if you give them a chance. I went back to work after two weeks. It was a bit uncomfotable but got better with time. Its a delicate area and needs to be treated delicately.
With something as important as 'your bits' GO AND SEE A DOCTOR DON'T LEAVE IT. THAT IS THEIR JOB. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE PAID FOR!! You do need to be patient it had changed alot after 6-12 months. Hope this helps someone.