The hymen is a membrane of varying thickness that surrounds the vaginal opening. It has a fragile structure, poor blood supply, and will not heal on its own after rupture. Hymenoplasty is designed according to women's needs, but as everyone’s thoughts are different, if you maintain a good attitude, hymen repair may not be necessary under certain conditions. The key lies in your mindset. To achieve your ideal results, choosing a regular hospital for hymenoplasty is crucial. Also, understanding pre- and post-operative common knowledge can ensure surgical safety and effectiveness.
The healing process after surgical repair is relatively more difficult compared to other organs. Currently, the results are far from optimistic as claimed by some advertisements. To ensure the success rate of the surgery, choosing a regular hospital is critical. Preparing well before the surgery and having detailed communication with experts can provide a certain level of assurance for the success of the surgery. Below, we will introduce how to improve the success rate of hymenoplasty.
1. Conduct examinations at regular hospitals
2. Choose the correct timing for surgery
3. Carefully follow post-surgical care
4. Ensure strict post-surgical follow-up
The hymen is typically torn during the first sexual intercourse, with the tears often dispersed in multiple locations, mostly on the posterior half of the hymen. The edges of the tear quickly form scars. Thereafter, the hymen becomes a segmented tissue resembling petals. The purpose of the surgery is to sew these petal edges together to form a complete circular membrane.
Based on the shape of the hymen after rupture, we categorize it into three types: fissure type (10%), block type (70%), chrysanthemum petal type (20%). Generally speaking, the healing rate after repair for the fissure type is 100%, the block type is 49%, and the chrysanthemum petal type is only 17%, with an overall healing rate of approximately 46.7%.
It is evident that the success rate of the surgery is closely related to the inherent structural characteristics of the hymen. The fissure type yields the best results, followed by the block type. For the chrysanthemum petal type, we usually advise against surgery to prevent further physical and psychological harm. If such women strongly request surgery, they should be prepared for possible failure.
Choosing the right timing for surgery is also key to improving the success rate of repairing a ruptured hymen. Due to the unique position of the hymen, the wound cannot be tightly bandaged after surgery and is directly exposed to vaginal discharge. The quality of the discharge significantly affects wound healing. Therefore, the surgery date should be chosen during the second or fourth week of the menstrual cycle when the discharge is minimal and thick, which helps keep the wound relatively dry and improves the healing rate. During the third week of the menstrual cycle, the discharge is thin and abundant; if surgery is performed during this period, the wound will be soaked in discharge, making healing difficult.
Since the current success rate for repairing a ruptured hymen is only 46.7%, does that mean that women who experience surgical failure or are unsuitable for surgery have no options? The answer is no. There is a thought-provoking phenomenon: some women do not follow up after surgery and have no knowledge of their wound healing status, yet they quickly return to normal life. According to logic, almost half of these women did not successfully undergo surgery.
In fact, in hymenoplasty, achieving an intact hymen through surgery has no physiological significance. What women truly gain is psychological healing. The true purpose of hymenoplasty is to cure women's psychological trauma and help them regain confidence. This is why those women who do not follow up can regain their lives even though the actual surgery failed. For them, the concept of chastity lost and regained is more important than the physiological state of the ruptured hymen itself.
This reminds us that if one cannot indirectly regain chastity through hymenoplasty, women can seek psychological treatment to directly achieve psychological healing. Through self-psychological suggestion and doctor-guided psychological counseling, women may feel relieved, voluntarily abandon surgery, and live happily.
Therefore, women seeking surgery should not opt for convenience and should not go to illegal places where surgeries are done without waiting. They must receive detailed diagnosis and treatment at regular hospitals, provide accurate menstrual history, and choose the correct timing for surgery with their doctors.
Some women take sitz baths frequently after surgery to prevent wound infection, but this practice is not advisable. In fact, simply cleaning the perineal area gently with cotton balls soaked in Jing'er Yin after using the toilet is sufficient. After surgery, try to keep the perineal area dry, wear loose, cotton underwear, and avoid using sanitary pads and panty liners. Avoid actions like riding a bike, squatting, over-spreading legs, and preventing constipation to avoid wound tearing.
Follow-up visits should occur three to four days after surgery to observe whether there is any thread shedding or wound splitting. If the split wound is still fresh, it can be re-sewn promptly; if the wound is dirty or already covered with epithelium, surgery should be abandoned. About six to seven days after surgery, the wound should be healed. If it has not healed by then, it is hopeless, and only reconsideration of another surgery remains. Therefore, follow-up after hymenoplasty is very important. Women seeking surgery who think the surgery will be 100% successful and leave immediately after surgery may leave potential problems. Thus, it is clear that not all virgins can be artificially created, and repairing a ruptured hymen is not easy, with less-than-ideal results. Therefore, women should remain rational in the face of overwhelming advertisements.
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