Hymenoplasty surgery is the process of surgically restoring the hymen in the female vagina. This procedure is often undertaken by many women weeks before their wedding date. Most women undertake this procedure to present the appearance of a virgin to their husband at the night of the wedding. The hymenoplasty surgery procedure is something that has been performed for hundreds of years for women.
Many cultures throughout the eastern hemisphere view virginity as something sacred and associated with the concept of purity. If a woman loses her virginity she is considered to be unclean and tainted by many different societies. Most notably in the new recently the execution of females because of lack of a hymen has been carried out in several middle-eastern countries.
The hymenoplasty surgery in and of itself is highly controversial and frowned upon by women-rights-activists because it encourages the double standard that exists amongst men and women. Many activists view the hymenoplasty surgery as a band-aid to a larger cultural issue and that is the lesser rights associated with women. Many activists base their argument about the double standard on the fact that men are not generally ostracized and condemned because of their promiscuity before being married. Even though logically this argument might sound the hymenoplasty procedure has saved lives of women who were in danger of losing their life.
The hymenoplasty surgery itself is not considered major and takes about 30 -40 minutes to complete. The patient is subjected to local anesthetic in the vaginal area and has dissolvable surgical stitches implanted to connect the pieces of connective tissue that were previously the hymen. The tissue then fuses to itself restoring the original star-shape of the hymen. Once this procedure is complete the individual can resume normal activities (non-sexual of course) the next day. Upon the next instance of sexual intercourse the patient will exhibit all the normal signs of hymen breakage including initial pain and a little blood loss.
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