Clitoral Hood Reduction: The Procedure with the Highest Rate of Patient Regret — If You Do It Wrong.
The Thin Line Between Enhancement and Post-Op Regret
She didn’t ask for it. You offered it.Or maybe she asked for it — and you weren’t sure if it was truly indicated, but you went ahead anyway.Six weeks later, she’s back. Not for a follow-up. For a different reason entirely.
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A Functional Misunderstanding: Why Techniques Often Fail
Clitoral hood reduction has one of the highest rates of post-operative dissatisfaction in cosmetic gynecology — not because it’s a bad procedure, but because it’s frequently performed without a clear indication, without precise technique, and without proper patient selection.The hood is not just aesthetic tissue. Its functional role is often underestimated — and over-resection creates problems that are very difficult to reverse.This is what Video 9 is about. Not a primary case. A revision. Because the revision teaches you what the primary never will.
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Functional Precision: The Rule of Retraction
The correct indication for clitoral hood reduction is functional or aesthetic excess that is disproportionate to the labia — not simply patient request.The safe resection margin is defined by the retracted hood position, not the resting position. Missing this distinction is the most common cause of over-resection.See the full revision case in Video 9 — including how to assess what the previous surgeon did wrong and how to plan the correction.
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Lessons from the Revision: Protecting Your Surgical Integrity
The surgeons who have the lowest revision rates are not the ones who do the most cases. They’re the ones who saw the revision cases first — before they made the same mistakes.Video 9 is 14 minutes. It could change how you approach every clitoral hood case for the rest of your career.