Nymphotomy is the surgical procedure of
incision
Incision may refer to:
* Cutting, the separation of an object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force
* A type of open wound caused by a clean, sharp-edged object such as a knife, razor, or glass splinter
...
into the
labia minora. Surgical removal of the labia minora is called nymphectomy. In
plastic surgery, the term ''
labiaplasty'', which describes
plastic surgery of the
labia (often in the form of
labia minora reduction
Labiaplasty (also known as labioplasty, labia minora reduction, and labial reduction) is a plastic surgery procedure for altering the labia minora (inner labia) and the labia majora (outer labia), the folds of skin surrounding the human vulva. T ...
) is now more commonly used.
The term ''nymphectomy'' is also used to describe removal of parts of the labia as part of
female genital cutting
Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...
.
References
* Giraldo F, Gonzalez C, de Haro F. Central wedge nymphectomy with a 90-degree Z-plasty for aesthetic reduction of the labia minora. ''Plast Reconstr Surg.'' 2004 May;113(6):1820-5; discussion 1826–7.
* Mary Knight. Curing Cut or Ritual Mutilation?: Some Remarks on the Practice of Female and Male Circumcision in Graeco-Roman Egypt. ''Isis'', Vol. 92, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 317–338
Gynecological surgery
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