Patient guides
Guides
Plain-English answers to the questions women ask Dr Reema Hadi most, from deciding and cost to recovery.
Before you decide
- Am I a Good Candidate for Labiaplasty? Who labiaplasty may suit, the symptoms women describe, when Dr Hadi may suggest waiting, and when surgery is not the right answer.
- Deciding on Labiaplasty: Feelings, Partners and Support Mixed feelings about labiaplasty are normal. This guide covers the cooling-off period, talking to a partner, what a support person needs to know and where to find help.
- How to Choose a Labiaplasty Surgeon in Australia How to check a doctor's specialist registration on the Ahpra register, what FRACS means, which questions to ask and how to get a second opinion.
- Labiaplasty and Childbirth: Before or After Kids? You can give birth vaginally after labiaplasty. Learn how childbirth can change the labia and perineum, how to think about timing, and other options.
- What Do Normal Labia Look Like? Labia vary widely in shape, length and colour, and almost all are normal. This guide explains the anatomy and the terms you may meet.
The surgery
- Labiaplasty Anaesthesia and Your Surgery Day Labiaplasty is day surgery under general or local anaesthetic. Learn how each works and what happens on the day, step by step.
- Labiaplasty Techniques: Trim vs Wedge Explained Compare trim, wedge and de-epithelialisation labiaplasty: where each scar sits, what each keeps, and how clitoral hood options fit in.
- Labiaplasty vs Vaginoplasty: What's the Difference? Labiaplasty works on the outside, vaginoplasty on the inside. A side-by-side comparison of the area treated, reasons, anaesthetic, recovery, Medicare and who each suits.
- Travelling to Sydney for Labiaplasty How to plan labiaplasty with Dr Hadi if you live outside Sydney: a sample itinerary, where to stay, getting home and what to do if a problem starts once you are home.
- Your Labiaplasty Consultation: What to Expect What to expect before labiaplasty: the referral, two consultations with Dr Hadi, the examination, your privacy, and a checklist of what to bring.
Recovery
- Exercise, Sex and Tampons After Labiaplasty When you can usually return to walking, work, driving, the gym, sex and tampons after labiaplasty with Dr Hadi, and how to ease back in.
- Labiaplasty Recovery: Week by Week A week-by-week recovery plan from Dr Hadi: what to wear, toilet care, pain relief, work, driving, exercise and when to call us.
- Labiaplasty Swelling and Scars: What's Normal How long swelling and bruising last after labiaplasty, how to care for your scars with Dr Hadi's Vaseline routine, and the signs that need a call.
Cost and Medicare
- Is Labiaplasty Covered by Medicare? Medicare covers labiaplasty only when every MBS item 35534 criterion is met. See the checklist, what functional impairment means and how insurance fits in.
- Labiaplasty Cost in Sydney What makes up the cost of labiaplasty in Sydney, what your written quote includes, and when Medicare or private health insurance may help.