Monsplasty

stretch marks on mons pubis
stretch marks on mons pubis

What happens before a monsplasty?

Before your monsplasty, you’ll meet with your healthcare provider. They’ll evaluate your general health, including any pre-existing health conditions or risk factors, and discuss your expectations with the procedure. Tell them about any previous surgeries you’ve had, as well as any prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications that you’re taking, including herbal supplements. Aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and certain herbal supplements can increase your risk of bleeding.

Your healthcare provider will then examine your mons pubis while you’re standing. They can see how your skin and fatty tissue look on your body and how gravity affects the area from a standing position. They’ll use a marker to mark the area. The marks help your healthcare provider plan the procedure, including guiding cuts (incisions), creating an even shape (symmetry) and concealing or minimizing scars.

Your healthcare provider may take photographs of your body from the front and the side (profile) for your medical record.

What happens during a monsplasty?

During most monsplasties, you’re sedated (put under) with general anesthesia so you aren’t awake and won’t feel any pain. In some cases, your healthcare provider uses local anesthesia and an oral sedative. Local anesthesia numbs only your mons pubis and the surrounding areas. An oral sedative helps you relax to the point where you’re asleep but can be easily aroused or awakened.

Once you’re asleep or sedated, your surgeon will use a sharp, thin knife (scalpel) to make a horizontal incision across your mons pubis. Your surgeon will then use a scalpel or surgical scissors to cut off excess fatty tissue and skin. They’ll then use internal sutures to tighten and shape your muscles and other tissues.

Finally, your surgeon may place small silicone tubes in your mons pubis to drain any blood or fluid. They’ll stitch the tubes into place and stitch the incision closed.

What happens after a monsplasty?

After a monsplasty is complete, your healthcare provider will cover your incisions with bandages. They may also wrap the area with an elastic bandage or compression garment to help minimize swelling and support your mons pubis as it heals.

Your anesthesiologist will stop putting anesthesia into your body to keep you asleep.

You’ll move to a recovery room, where healthcare providers will wait for you to wake up and monitor your overall health.

Most monsplasties are outpatient procedures, so you can go home the same day you have the surgery. You may have to stay at the healthcare facility overnight if you have a monsplasty at the same time as a tummy tuck or liposuction.

Once your healthcare providers determine you no longer need monitoring, they’ll let you go home (discharge you). You must have a family member or friend drive you home and take care of you for at least the first 24 hours after your monsplasty.