Margie Polden Memorial Lecture: “Vaginal rejuvenation” and pseudoscience for sale – a critique.

Author(s): S. Jha - Pages: 9–15

Abstract

As women go through childbearing, hormonal changes and ageing, they can experience changes in their genitalia. Those that can have an impact on a woman’s quality of life include vaginal laxity, stress urinary incontinence, loss of vaginal lubrication, a decrease in erotic sensation and a loss of tone in the labia majora. The phrase “vaginal rejuvenation” was coined to describe all the procedures that address the multitude of problems that can affect the vagina, but this is a marketing term, not a medical one. However, emotionally speaking, “vaginal rejuvenation” means a lot. Very few treatments are as controversial as vaginal aesthetic surgery. This paper presents a critique of “vaginal rejuvenation” and pseudoscience for sale.

Keywords: aesthetic surgery, pseudoscience, vaginal rejuvenation