Hymenoplasty: features of hymen restoration

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Hymenoplasty is the medical term for an operation to restore virginity (refloration or restoration of the hymen), which is performed at the woman’s own request. Colloquially it is also called “suturing the hymen.”

Girls' hymen: how can it be damaged and returned?

The hymen (hymen) is a fold of mucous membrane with an opening covering the entrance to the vagina, located between the internal and external genitalia; it is usually (but not always) torn during the first sexual intercourse. It can be more or less elastic, thick, with one or more holes, or practically absent from birth.

Damage to the hymen can occur under a variety of circumstances and most often it can be the following:

• sexual intercourse in the vagina;
• physical injuries;
• careless and active masturbation;
• medical manipulations;
• improper use of tampons, etc.

The nature of its damage and structural features depend on the possibility of performing short-term and long-term hymenoplasty, as well as the category of complexity of the operation. The experienced, best specialists of our clinic will be able to restore your virginity taking into account all your wishes and nuances, keeping everything strictly confidential! It is possible to provide all services on the day of treatment (the patient’s stay in the clinic is from 2 to 5 hours).

How to prepare for hymenoplasty?

Hymenoplasty is a surgical operation that requires careful preparation from the patient and the surgeon. The doctor will conduct a preliminary examination to determine the condition of the genital organs and the possibility of surgery. The complexity of the upcoming procedure to restore virginity is determined by the presence and quality of remnants of hymen tissue, which largely depends on the patient’s lifestyle, the intensity of intimate life, and the individual characteristics of the anatomical structure of the genital organs.

Among the tests, it is necessary to take a smear for flora and hidden infections, a general blood test and an ECG. Hymenoplasty is performed no later than 4-5 days before the start of menstruation. Hymenoplasty is not performed during menstruation to avoid infection of the internal genital organs.

A week before the intervention, it is necessary to refrain from alcoholic beverages and smoking in order for tissue healing to be successful, and also to adhere to an anti-edematous diet. You are not allowed to eat on the day of surgery.

Why is hymenoplasty performed?

Restoring virginity is an operation that girls and young women undergo for various reasons. As a rule, these can be religious motives (the girl belongs to an ethnic group that worships the cult of virginity) or an ethical moment (the desire to hide from the chosen one a certain sexual experience that happened in the past).

Sometimes hymenoplasty is done for psychotherapeutic purposes: for example, a girl lost her virginity as a result of rape, in an unconscious state, due to excessive masturbation, etc. By performing hymen restoration, becoming a virgin again, the girl, as it were, erases memories that she would like to forget, and begins life with a clean slate.

In Western Europe and the United States, restoration of virginity has recently become widespread in order to make an original surprise for your partner, refresh your senses, and deliver new sensations.

How is virginity restoration surgery performed?

The operation is performed under local anesthesia, less often under general anesthesia (due to indications or features). Local anesthesia involves treating tissue with a local anesthetic and injecting appropriate drugs into the vaginal area. The operation takes no longer than an hour, is performed on a gynecological chair and does not cause any discomfort.

There are two types of virginity restoration surgery.

Short-term hymenoplasty lasts less than an hour and allows the patient to go home the same day without any pain. Recovery in this case will take several hours. The essence of short-term hymenoplasty is to stitch the edges of the hymenal ring with absorbable threads. The duration is about a week, after which the threads will dissolve and the edges of the mucous membrane will separate. Therefore, short-term hymenoplasty is suitable for those who are looking for an uncomplicated and inexpensive option a few days before expected sexual intercourse. Often such operations are carried out when the wedding day has already been fixed or the exact date of the meeting with the partner is known. No traces of the threads remain, and even an experienced gynecologist will not be able to distinguish short-term hymenoplasty from true virginity. If the doctor performed the operation correctly and took the edges of the tissue where the vessels pass for stitching, then short-term hymenoplasty will cause, as in the case of genuine defloration, slight hemorrhage and pain. It must be emphasized that during normal defloration, 20% of girls do not experience hemorrhage due to deep-lying vessels or anatomical features of the structure. According to patients, the disadvantage of the short-term method is the inability to repeat the operation. After sexual intercourse, it is recommended to be examined by a doctor to avoid the development of complications.

Long-term or three-layer hymenoplasty involves a longer result - approximately two or two and a half years. After this time, it will also fade away. Long-term hymenoplasty can be performed several times, although experts are reluctant to recommend repeated restoration of virginity due to the risk of complications and failures. Some experts claim that it is possible to perform three-layer hymenoplasty with a guarantee of results for life.

The essence of long-term hymenoplasty is the excision of the vaginal mucosa and the formation of a three-layer hymen. Recovery from long-term hymenoplasty will take several weeks to a month. The sensations during sexual intercourse will be more painful than in the first case, the hemorrhage will be stronger, since there are more vessels in the three-layer mucosa.

Medical aspects of virginity

In the medical sense, virginity in women means the intactness of the hymen, an elastic membrane of connective tissue that partially covers the entrance to the vagina. Its biological role is not fully understood, but most experts are inclined to believe that it protects the genital tract from infection. Normally, the hymen does not completely cover the vagina - it has a small hole for the release of menstrual blood.

The destruction of the hymen (defloration) usually occurs during the first sexual intercourse. It can also be caused by masturbation, although in practice this rarely happens. Depending on the thickness of the membrane, its saturation with blood vessels and nerves, defloration may be accompanied by:

• Bleeding – from small to quite heavy;
• Painful sensations - not only at the moment of sexual intercourse, but also after it.

It must be borne in mind that these phenomena during defloration are the norm, but not obligatory:

• in some cases, the hymen does not tear, but simply stretches - in this case, the loss of virginity is not accompanied by severe pain or bleeding.
• on the contrary, with a large thickness of the membrane and its saturation with nerve endings, the first sexual intercourse in a girl can cause intense pain, up to the inability to continue sexual contact.

Some women have a completely absent hymen from birth, so their first sexual intercourse goes without problems, and virginity is purely psychological in nature. Also in medical practice, there are cases where after sexual contact the connecting membrane was completely restored. Therefore, it is incorrect to identify virginity exclusively with its state.

The hymen undergoes changes over time. For example, after 20-22 years, the number of elastic fibers in it decreases, which is why defloration at this and older ages is often accompanied by pain and heavy bleeding. It is believed that the most optimal age for losing virginity is 15-19 years, when the membrane stretches well and sexual intercourse causes virtually no difficulties.

Losing virginity (in the medical sense) does not always occur due to sexual intercourse or masturbation. It can also be caused by household injuries, the use of hygienic tampons, surgical interventions, and even childbirth if sperm enters the woman’s genital tract without penetration as such. For medical reasons, artificial defloration may be prescribed - for example, if the hymen is abnormally dense and interferes with natural sexual intercourse.

Recovery after hymenoplasty surgery

Hymenoplasty, especially long-term, requires strict adherence to the doctor’s recommendations. In the first week you should not take a bath, use tampons, or play sports. Splits and other similar stretches are not recommended. It is important to avoid physical activity and carefully monitor intimate hygiene. It is worth sitting down with great care at first; it is better to purchase a special circle for sitting after operations. The doctor will also recommend following a special diet that excludes hard-to-digest solid foods. It is necessary to regularly douche with solutions prescribed by the doctor. Before having sexual intercourse, it is important to see a doctor and come for regular checkups. After defloration, the restrictions will be lifted, but you will still have to visit the doctor for a final follow-up examination.

Recovery process

Immediately after the procedure, the woman is recommended to take painkillers and antibiotics to reduce the risk of pathogenic flora. In the first 48 hours after the intervention, the woman remains in the hospital. The outbreak is treated by medical personnel. After discharge, special suppositories are used to disinfect the vagina.

The rehabilitation process after surgery (on average) takes about 1 month. This is exactly the time needed to ensure the healing of damaged tissues and the resorption of suture material. At the site of excision, new cells are formed that begin to function normally.

List of basic rules to ensure safe recovery:

• you cannot take a hot bath, visit a bathhouse or sauna;
• you should not sit in the first 2 days;
• it is forbidden to have sex in the first 3 weeks;
• It is not recommended to strain during defecation, so that the emptying process is simple, you can use glycerin suppositories;
• use tampons;
• You cannot visit swimming pools or swim in natural bodies of water.

A month after the plastic surgery, the woman must undergo a gynecological examination. The doctor will assess the degree of healing and recovery.

Attention! In the first 6 months after the intervention, it is worth ensuring the prevention of unwanted pregnancy. In the future, childbirth is possible only through cesarean section.

Possible complications

Doctors speak in unison about the importance of following the recommendations of the recovery period. Unfortunately, many women rely on “maybe” and consider the operation itself to be the most difficult part of hymenoplasty. However, many ladies do not even suspect how unpleasant complications in this intimate area are, and how much trouble and anxiety they can cause.

The patient may experience discomfort in the perineal area, a feeling of tightness or itching. Swelling and bruising, or numbness may also occur if nerve endings are affected. In case of any discomfort, it is important to see a doctor without delay, since at an early stage it is possible to stop the development of more serious consequences.

Social and psychological aspects of virginity

To understand why some women undergo surgical restoration of their virginity, it is necessary to take into account the social, psychological and cultural aspects of this phenomenon.

In the vast majority of modern and ancient cultures, female virginity is given great importance, even religious significance. The physiological state of the hymen is associated with chastity, the personal honor of a young girl. This is of particular importance in the context of sexual life and marital relations. In countries with dominant Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam or Judaism), losing virginity before marriage is considered an immoral and sinful act, dishonoring not only the woman herself, but also her family.

In some ancient cultures and modern traditional societies, virginity takes on religious significance:

• for example, the priestess of the ancient Roman goddess Vesta could only be innocent girls;
• in Christianity, Islam and some other religions, monasticism is widespread, in which virginity is associated with purity of thoughts and devotion to God;
• To this day, some peoples have preserved rituals of ritual loss of virginity - in this sense, it is, as it were, sacrificed to a deity.

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Attitudes towards female virginity and its loss are also influenced by gender roles. In patriarchal cultures, it is believed that only her husband has the right to deflower a girl. In this sense, the loss of virginity is seen as a sign of a woman’s submission and devotion to her chosen one. Accordingly, the deprivation of her innocence by a man is perceived by him and society as a symbol of power over her. Associated with this is a custom such as the right of the first wedding night.

Another aspect associated with virginity is the change in a woman's social status. The loss of innocence as an irreversible process (before the advent of modern methods of restoring it) is considered as a sign of a change in the social role of a girl from a “child” to a “woman.” This is expressed, for example, in the custom of publicly hanging a sheet with traces of blood after the first wedding night. In some traditional societies, the ritual of initiating a girl by depriving her of her virginity in one way or another is still common (not necessarily through sexual contact).

Today, due to changing social roles and liberalization of sexual life in developed countries, attitudes towards virginity are also changing. Her loss is less and less seen as a significant event; it loses its symbolic meaning as a sign of chastity and innocence. Often it is perceived not as an advantage, but as a disadvantage, a sign of sexual enslavement and inexperience - with a corresponding disdainful attitude towards it.

Prices

The average cost of long-term hymenoplasty is about 15,000-20,000 rubles, but the cost of the operation can vary depending on the clinic and range from 9,000 to 100,000 rubles.

Prices for short-term gynemoplasty in Moscow vary quite a lot and on average range from 15,000 to 30,000 rubles. When choosing a clinic, be sure to be guided by verified reviews of former visitors and the qualifications of the doctors working there .

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Contraindications

The following factors are contraindications to the procedure:

• vulvitis (a disease of the external genitalia of an inflammatory nature);
• cervical diseases;
• endometritis;
• thrush;
• genital herpes;
• oophoritis (inflammation of the fallopian tube);
• runny nose;
• angina;
• exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• bleeding disorders;
• oncological diseases;
• elevated temperature;
• mental disorders.

Indications for the operation:

• the girl’s voluntary desire to restore the lost hymen; • if the loss of virginity occurred due to negligence; • recovery due to a sports injury; • moral values ​​(applies to some peoples and faiths).

Also, an indication for surgery may be the congenital absence of a hymen in a girl, but this is extremely rare.

A voluntary desire can arise if a young woman regrets an event that happened with the wrong person. Some girls decide to restore their virginity at the request of a young man, to diversify their sex life or for marriage. The fact of defloration can bring moral discomfort, and the girl wants to redo everything again.