Expert Plastic Surgery - Colen MD Plastic Surgery

You Might Be Ready for a Labiaplasty If. . .

Maybe you have a friend who is talking about having a labiaplasty done to rejuvenate her love life, and now you're wondering if the procedure might be good for you, too. And so you wonder: Are you really ready for it? … [Read more...]

Another California Cosmetic Surgeon Busted

The year is only about two months old and already another cosmetic surgeon has been arrested. This time it was a California plastic surgeon from Tracy who was charged with inappropriately touching several female patients. … [Read more...]

Mistakes Women Make at the Plastic Surgeon’s Office

Would you believe that many women actually freeze up when they visit a plastic surgeon's office, or in dealing with her on subsequent follow-up visits? It's true. There's something about these very intimate procedures--and especially dealing with labiaplasty and vaginoplasty--that makes many women afraid to act upon what they really think. … [Read more...]

Porn Star Victimized by Botched Vaginoplasty

I ran across a story on the Internet the other day that I thought I'd share with you. Not that there are many porn stars reading this site. . . I just thought it was interesting. … [Read more...]

The Risks of Surgical Anesthesia

As with most surgical procedures, the use of anesthesia is common with both labiaplasty and vaginoplasty operations. You should know ahead of time that, while minimal, there are certain risks associated with them. … [Read more...]

Enjoying sex after labiaplasty

For many women, an important reason for getting a labiaplasty is sexual. Many ladies have genital lips which have become enlarged, sometimes by age or hormones, other times by sexual intercourse or child-birth. But whatever the cause, this enlargement is usually somewhat uncomfortable for the woman. As a result, it interferes with, and sometimes hinders, sexual intercourse. … [Read more...]

Post-menopausal sexual dysfunction

With the reduced output of estrogen from older (post-menopausal) ovaries, the effect on vaginal tissues may be most disturbing. As the vagina ages the lining becomes thinner and more sensitive. The normal rugae, or folds, of the vaginal wall that accommodate an increase in size, are lost, forcing the thinned vaginal wall to stretch, rather than unfold, an uncomfortable sensation. A thin lining of the vaginal wall … [Read more...]

When You and Your Partner Disagree About Vaginoplasty

As you might imagine, I frequently surf the Internet for material about plastic surgery in general and vaginoplasty and labiaplasty in particular. Recently, I found a message board conversation started by a woman who asked what to do if her boyfriend wanted her to have a vaginoplasty, to improve his experience during sex. He never asked my opinion, but if he had, it would have been this: If you don't have a desire … [Read more...]

Those Crazy Plastic-Surgery TV Shows

All of a sudden, when it seemed reality TV had no more frontiers to conquer, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery has become a real ratings winner. It's been boosting ratings for several years now at ABC, with "Extreme Makeover." And now there's the flashier, some would say sexier, "Dr. 90210." … [Read more...]

Sex and Headache

Often a headache was used as an excuse by women not to have sex. "Not now my dear, I have a headache". Then Marvin Gaye turned the tables on the sex-pain connection with his 1982 song "Sexual Healing." Scientists have studied women with headaches and sex. They found that actually if a woman has sex during her migrane the migrane goes away. It seems that orgasm cures migranes. Who would have guessed that. So now you … [Read more...]