Trends in plastic surgery are real. Have you heard of lip flips, buccal fat removal, or labiaplasty? Some of these procedures were relatively unknown 15 years ago. Now, thanks to online forums and, more recently, platforms like TikTok and Instagram, new procedures catch on with patients quickly, and the Beleza office often gets requests for treatments that even our team hasn’t heard of.
At Beleza, labiaplasty was rather uncommon a decade ago, and by now they are so popular that Dr Wooten has become a specialist, doing them weekly. Some even called it the ‘yoga pants effect,’ because of the much tighter fitness wear that women wear now. Labiaplasty is the cosmetic surgical re-shaping of the labia. The more women focus in on this area, the more that they don’t want to just remove excess vulva skin and reduce the clitoral hood. Increasingly, women want to add fullness to private areas that they may feel is too bare or bony. This is where the trend “labial puffing” comes into play. Dr. Wooten can achieve labial puffing in three primary ways.
- Filler Injection to the Labia
Hyaluronic Acid-based fillers are indicated for injection in parts of the face, the backs of the hands, and can, when judiciously applied, be used to temporarily augment the labia. Patients are numbed for this in-office treatment, and have the option to use ProNox, a nitrous/oxide blend to relieve any anxiety. This means that injection is completely comfortable.
- Fat Grafting with Your Own Fat
Dr. Wooten uses patients’ own fat to naturally enhance body parts. In fact, she is one of the top providers in Western Pennsylvania when it comes to Fat Grafting to the Breasts. Dr. Wooten can achieve a long-lasting fullness with fat transfer to the labia, which is done in the office under local anesthetic.
In some cases, Dr. Wooten sees patients who are dissatisfied with prior labiaplasty. In cases where the patient has been previously over-excised, Dr. Wooten performs a revisionary labiaplasty and can use fat grafting to restore the patient’s natural fullness.
- Fat Grafting with Off-the-Shelf Fat (Renuva)
There are two reasons women are disqualified from various fat grafting procedures:
- One – They are slender and may not have enough fat on their bodies for a successful fat transfer procedure.
- Two – They don’t want the mess or trauma of liposuction.
Renuva is a solution for patients like these. Renuva is an FDA-approved injectable fat treatment which Dr. Wooten can use on many planes of the body, including the labia.
With all three options, Beleza offers labial puffing to meet the needs of any type of patient. The non-committal can opt for temporary HA fillers, those seeking a long-lasting correction can have Dr. Wooten perform a fat transfer to the labia, and for women who would like fat grafting but do not have their own natural fat, Beleza stocks Renuva.