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Vaginoplasty

By Cory Silverberg, About.com

Updated April 17, 2007

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Definition:

Vaginoplasty is an umbrella term that is used to describe a variety of procedures that change female internal and external genitalia. Vaginoplasty is one term used for sex reassignment surgery for transsexual women who are not born with a vagina. Vaginoplasty may also describe surgical procedures done to repair the area after disease or injury, or fix vaginal conditions that may be congenital (something a person is born with).

More recently the term vaginoplasty has come to include cosmetic procedures include vaginal rejuvenation surgery.

Read more about vaginal rejuvenation surgery .

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