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Aesthetic Surgery of the Female Genitalia

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The first cosmetic vaginal surgery was reported in the literature by Hodgkinson and Hait in 1984 [1]. Recently, there has been an increased interest in cosmetic surgical procedures of the female genitalia [2–5]. The National Health Service (NHS) reported a doubling of the number of labia reductions carried out in the UK in 2004 compared to 1998 [6].

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  1. Private Practice, Encino, CA, USA

    Malcolm A. Lesavoy MD, FACS

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    Catherine Huang Begovic MD, FACS

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  1. Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Nicolò Scuderi

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    Bryant A. Toth

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Lesavoy, M.A., Begovic, C.H. (2016). Aesthetic Surgery of the Female Genitalia. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_35

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