Hymenoplasty: More than Aesthetic Gynecology
Women pursue hymen reconstruction for various personal and cultural reasons. Patients may seek to restore the native hymen following sexual violence, medical interventions, or other involuntary hymenal injuries to reclaim personal ownership of their bodies. Others wish to reexperience their first penetrative sexual encounter with a partnerl. Certainly the most commonly reported motivation is the restoration of physical virginity to align patients