This book provides surgeons with insights into performing  aesthetic labiaplasty. After a short introduction on the anatomy  and function of the external female genitals, surgical techniques  used for reducing the labia minora as well as procedures to  reshape the labia majora are described in detail.  With the help of  high quality pictures and illustrations, readers gain information  not only on the surgical procedures themselves, but also on  aftercare, risks, complications and the information patients  should receive before surgery.  The demand for surgery to enhance the appearance and function  of the external female genital area is increasing throughout the  western world. However, to date no guidelines or standards have  been published in a concise book format. Furthermore, this  procedure is not yet included in any trainee program for specialist  surgeons. As a consequence, a growing number of casesare  unsuccessful, with unpleasing aesthetic and functional results.  This book is a valuable source of information for plastic surgeons  and also gynecologists who are interested in learning from one of  the experts in this field.

Professor Dr. Stefan Gress studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University and Technical University Munich, Germany, at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil and at the Medical School at the New York University, USA. He received his medical degree in 1994. From 1994 - 2000, he worked at the department for plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University clinic recht der Isar of Prof. Biemer, in the department of Professor McCarthy at the New York University and Professor Ivo Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After many years of clinical experience, Professor Gress opened his own practice in 2001 where he specializes on the aesthetic surgery of the face, female breast and female genital surgery. 

Professor Gress is an experienced lecture at international conferences and a member of e.g. the American Society of Plastic surgeons (ASPS), the International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery (ISAPS) and the biggest German Societies DGPRÄC and DGÄPC.