Cosmetic genital surgery in children and adolescents
PL Wood - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•There are increasing requests for female cosmetic genital surgery in children and
adolescents.•Labial development continues throughout the pubertal process.•Female
cosmetic genital surgery can result in adverse outcomes.•There is limited outcome data on
the safety and efficacy of cosmetic genital surgery carried out in adolescence to allow for
informed consent.•Such requests should be deferred until the individual has reached the
age of at least 18 years.Clinicians are faced with increasing requests for female cosmetic …
adolescents.•Labial development continues throughout the pubertal process.•Female
cosmetic genital surgery can result in adverse outcomes.•There is limited outcome data on
the safety and efficacy of cosmetic genital surgery carried out in adolescence to allow for
informed consent.•Such requests should be deferred until the individual has reached the
age of at least 18 years.Clinicians are faced with increasing requests for female cosmetic …