COSMETIC SURGERY | LABIAPLASTY
Labiaplasty
A concern most patients have never said out loud, treated with the privacy and seriousness it deserves. Consultant-led labiaplasty at a CQC-registered hospital, with honest advice first and a cooling-off period always.
Surgery
About 1 hour
Anaesthetic
Local or general
Day case
Yes
Consultation
Completely confidential
Is this you
Most people who come to us for labiaplasty say one of these things:
Cycling, gym leggings, certain clothes: I plan around discomfort.
It's been on my mind since my teens. I've never told anyone.
After children, things changed, and I'd like to feel like myself again.
It's not about how it looks to anyone else. It's about how it feels to me.
I've read everything online. I need a real medical conversation now.
I want a surgeon who treats this as surgery, not a trend.
Labiaplasty is one of the most common procedures patients research and one of the least talked about. Physical discomfort is as frequent a reason as appearance, both are legitimate, and the consultation is as private as medicine gets.
THE PROCEDURE, EXPLAINED
What is labiaplasty?
Labiaplasty is surgery to reduce or reshape the labia minora (and sometimes majora), most often for physical discomfort in clothing, sport or intimacy, for irritation, or for longstanding self-consciousness. It's usually a day-case procedure of around an hour, under local or general anaesthetic, using techniques that preserve sensation and natural appearance.
Worth saying plainly: labial anatomy varies enormously, and variation is normal, not a defect. Surgery exists for when your anatomy causes you genuine physical or psychological distress, not to meet an imaginary standard, and an honest consultation will tell you frankly where you sit, including when reassurance is the better prescription.
Worth saying plainly: labial anatomy varies enormously, and variation is normal, not a defect. Surgery exists for when your anatomy causes you genuine physical or psychological distress, not to meet an imaginary standard, and an honest consultation will tell you frankly where you sit, including when reassurance is the better prescription.
HONEST SUITABILITY
Who labiaplasty is right for
Good candidates share a few things: persistent physical symptoms or longstanding distress rather than a recent worry, stable timing (if pregnancy is actively on your horizon, tissues can change, and timing deserves a conversation), being 18 or over, which is the law for cosmetic genital surgery without exception, realistic expectations, and a decision made for yourself.
The honest screens are handled with the same respect as everything else here. Recent major life events and any sense of external pressure are things a responsible surgeon gently explores, because they're known to complicate satisfaction. Psychological wellbeing is part of the assessment, respectfully, because good surgeons screen as carefully as they operate. And where distress is disproportionate to anatomy, the kind advice may include support other than surgery. You'll never be talked into an operation here.
The honest screens are handled with the same respect as everything else here. Recent major life events and any sense of external pressure are things a responsible surgeon gently explores, because they're known to complicate satisfaction. Psychological wellbeing is part of the assessment, respectfully, because good surgeons screen as carefully as they operate. And where distress is disproportionate to anatomy, the kind advice may include support other than surgery. You'll never be talked into an operation here.
Apex Medical
Expert care for the
change you choose.
TECHNIQUES, HONESTLY
Trim, wedge, and the honest trade-offs
Two established approaches cover most labiaplasty surgery. The trim technique removes tissue along the labial edge, and suits patients who want an irregular or darker edge reduced. The wedge technique removes a small V-shaped section and preserves the natural edge, with the scar line concealed within the labia.
Each has trade-offs in scar placement, edge appearance and suitability, and the right choice is made by your anatomy, not by a surgeon's signature technique. Stitches are dissolvable, and preserving sensation is a design priority throughout. Just as important is what surgery cannot promise: perfect symmetry and guaranteed sensation are beyond any honest surgeon's gift, and you'll hear that before you decide, not after.
Each has trade-offs in scar placement, edge appearance and suitability, and the right choice is made by your anatomy, not by a surgeon's signature technique. Stitches are dissolvable, and preserving sensation is a design priority throughout. Just as important is what surgery cannot promise: perfect symmetry and guaranteed sensation are beyond any honest surgeon's gift, and you'll hear that before you decide, not after.
Consultant-led care
Your surgeon,
and Your privacy.
Labiaplasty at Apex is planned and performed by Mr Kuen Yeow Chin, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and founder of Apex, who offers labia reduction as part of his established practice. Your consultation is with the operating surgeon, a female chaperone is always available, and every appointment, record and piece of correspondence is handled with strict confidentiality.
Your clinical team:
Mr. Kuen Yeow Chin
Consultant Plastic Surgeon & Skin Cancer Specialist
Reconstructive surgery and advanced skin cancer treatment
Mr Dominic Yue
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Specialist in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
Ms Rudo Madada
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Specialist in plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery
Laura O'Hare
Skin Cancer & Plastic Surgery Nurse Specialist
Expert mole checks, lesion assessment, and aftercare for skin cancer patients.
YOUR CARE, STEP BY STEP
How Labiaplasty Surgery
Works at Apex
Five steps, each built around privacy: a confidential consultation with your operating surgeon, time to think, day-case surgery, and review until fully healed.
1
Confidential consultation
With the operating surgeon, chaperoned as you prefer; examination, honest advice, risks named plainly (bleeding, infection, scar sensitivity, asymmetry, temporary altered sensation), written quote.
2
Two weeks minimum to think
Cooling-off, without exception.
3
Pre-operative assessment
Health screening; timing planned around your cycle and life.
4
Surgery day
About an hour; local or general anaesthetic by preference and plan; home the same day.
5
Recovery and review
Swelling and tenderness for one to two weeks; most return to desk work within a week; exercise from around four weeks and intimacy from around six, guided honestly; dissolvable stitches; review with your surgeon until fully healed.
Transparent Pricing
Labiaplasty Pricing
Fixed, transparent pricing with no hidden extras. Your exact quote is confirmed in writing at consultation, and it holds through your two-week cooling-off period.
Consultation
All-inclusive: consultation, surgery at a CQC-registered hospital, and follow-up until healed. Confirmed in writing before you decide anything.
£350
Labiaplasty
All-inclusive: consultation, surgery at a CQC-registered hospital, and follow-up until healed. Confirmed in writing before you decide anything.
£2,200
There is nothing to add on the day and nothing hidden in the small print. If a consultation ends with advice other than surgery, that advice is given just as readily.
ONGOING CARE
Healing, comfortably
The first week is about comfort: cool packs used as advised, loose clothing, simple analgesia and straightforward hygiene guidance you'll take home in writing. Swelling is expected and can look dramatic in the first days; the early appearance is not the result, and knowing that in advance spares a lot of unnecessary worry.
Tenderness settles over one to two weeks, stitches dissolve on their own, and you'll have a clear symptom checklist for when to call us, with a direct line to do so. Exercise returns from around four weeks and intimacy from around six, guided honestly at your reviews, which continue until you're fully healed.
Tenderness settles over one to two weeks, stitches dissolve on their own, and you'll have a clear symptom checklist for when to call us, with a direct line to do so. Exercise returns from around four weeks and intimacy from around six, guided honestly at your reviews, which continue until you're fully healed.
Where to find us
Consultant-led care at Berkshire Grove Hospital
Apex Medical is based at Berkshire Grove Hospital, Grove House, Waltham Road, White Waltham, Maidenhead SL6 3TN, with clinics also at the Parkside Suite. Patients travel to us from Maidenhead, Windsor, Reading, Bracknell and Slough, and from across Berkshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire and London, for consultant-led care in a regulated private hospital without long waiting times. On-site parking is available.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm · Saturday by appointment only · Sunday closed
Call 020 3871 5898
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm · Saturday by appointment only · Sunday closed
Call 020 3871 5898
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about labiaplasty at Apex Medical
Entirely. It's among the most researched procedures in cosmetic surgery, and physical discomfort is as common a driver as appearance. The silence around it doesn't reflect how many women consider it.
Techniques are designed to preserve sensation, and permanent change is uncommon; temporary altered sensation during healing is normal. Your surgeon will discuss this honestly, including the limits of any guarantee.
Manageable with simple analgesia for most: tender and swollen for the first week, careful for a few weeks after. The practical restrictions (exercise, intimacy) matter more than pain for most patients.
Healed results look natural; that is the entire aim. Dissolvable stitches, concealed scar lines and conservative tissue handling are standard.
After, yes, once tissues have settled. If you're actively planning pregnancy soon, timing is worth discussing, since childbirth can alter results; that conversation is part of honest planning, not a barrier.
Yes: 18 is the legal minimum for cosmetic genital surgery in the UK, with no exceptions, and a responsible clinic is cautious with very young adults too, which we are.
Your consultation, records and correspondence are handled with strict confidentiality. Who you tell is entirely your business.
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No GP Referral Needed
One private conversation
Years of silent research can be settled in one respectful, confidential hour: what's normal, what's possible, what it costs, and whether surgery is even the right answer for you. Then two weeks to think, minimum, because that's how this should be done.
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