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• Indications The surgeon uses the sequelae of the torn by making an incision in the middle part and bringing them together. If

the remains of the hymen are not enough, he takes a sample from the surrounding mucous membrane to rebuild a solid membrane. He then sutures with an absorbable suture which disappears after ten to fifteen days. The scar, which is hidden in the folds of the hymen, is completely invisible. • After the The patient feels very mild pain and can return to work the next day. In order to allow proper healing, she must avoid physical activities, saunas and swimming pools for one month. Hymenoplasty is a procedure which allows women to regain an intact hymen before or rebuild psychologically • Results of Hymenoplasty after an unhappy experience. Hymenoplasty is a surgical The results of the hymenoplasty are immediate and last until procedure that uses a flap of vaginal lining to reconstruct a the next . It is undetectable, even in the broken hymen or creates one for a woman who was born event of a gynecological examination before a wedding. without. • Hymenoplasty – Indications Blood loss is not systematic when the hymen ruptures. The hymen is the membrane that separates the and However, even if there is no bleeding, the man will feel the which breaks during the first sexual intercourse. resistance at the moment of penetration. The hymen is elastic depending on the woman. Some To increase the probability of bleeding before a marriage, women are born without a hymen, in others, it is broken by some women do not hesitate to have surgery a week before horse riding, cycling, gymnastics, or even by inserting a the wedding, so that the unhealed wound causes bleeding tampon. On the other hand, some women give birth with on the bed sheets. their hymen still virtually intact. The hymen is therefore very weak evidence of female . These are the facts which we wish to bring to your attention, to complement what you were told during the consultation. Hymenoplasty is not always carried out to prepare for a wedding. Sometimes, after a rape, women use this Our advice is for you to keep this document and to read it and operation to erase the trauma and regain their physical think it over carefully after your consultation. integrity. Other women also see a reconstruction of the Once you have done this you will perhaps have further queries or hymen to turn the page after a relationship which has require additional information. ended. We are at your disposal should you wish to ask questions during • How the procedure of Hymenoplasty your next consultation, or by telephone, or even on the day of the works operation, when we will meet in any case, before the anesthesia. The hymenoplasty operation is carried out without hospitalization under local anesthesia and lasts about half an hour.

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