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Labia minora hypertrophy, in combination with clitoral hood protrusion, is a common deformity encountered in clinic practice and should be treated as a compound entity. Most targeted surgical procedures are too complex to understand and master. Herein, we introduce a relatively simple method to correct this deformity. In this study, we retrospectively review our experience treating patients with deformity of labia minora hypertrophy combined with clitoral hood protrusion between January 2017 and November 2019. All patients received correction surgery to repair the complex deformity. During the procedures, we divided the complex operation into two parts: clitoral hood reduction using L-shaped incision and then labiaplasty using L-shaped edge resection. We describe the details of the method step-by-step and evaluate the treatment outcomes. A total of 38 sides (14 bilateral procedures and 10 unilateral procedures) of clitoral hood reduction and labiaplasty were performed. There were no wound healing complications in any cases. One patient had a secondary corrective operation for obvious asymmetry of bilateral labia minora. Ultimately, all the patients were satisfied with the cosmetic appearance and did not have complaints. The surgical procedure we describe proved to be an effective, simple method for dealing with the complex situation of hypertrophy of labia minora combined with clitoral hood protrusion. Subsequent L-shaped edge resection of labiaplasty is appropriate for individuals with darker skin, in particular.
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Li, F., Li, Q., Zhou, Y. et al. L-Shaped Incision in Composite Reduction Labiaplasty. Aesth Plast Surg 44, 1854–1858 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-01867-z
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