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  "abstract": "Objective: Genital aesthetic surgery, within the broader domain of female genital cosmetic surgery, has become increasingly visible in clinical practice. However, descriptive data on patient characteristics and self-reported motivations remain limited. This study describes the demographic profile, psychosocial context, motivations, and procedural patterns among women undergoing genital aesthetic surgery in Turkey.\n\nMethods: This descriptive cohort included 927 consecutive women who underwent genital aesthetic surgery between 2017 and 2024. Data were collected during clinical evaluation using a structured questionnaire and medical records, including lifestyle factors, partner-related decision context, psychiatric history markers, motivations, procedure type, and post-treatment status. Analyses were purely descriptive, with continuous variables reported as mean ± SD and median.\n\nResults: The mean age was 42.0 ± 12.4 years, and 62.4% were married. Educational attainment most commonly reflected an associate degree (45.5%). Current smoking was reported by 629 of 927 participants (67.9%), alcohol use by 32.4%, and a history of prior cosmetic surgery by 33.1%. A psychiatric diagnosis was documented in 10.0%, and psychiatric medication use in 11.4%. Partner involvement was frequent: 64.2% presented at their spouse’s request; decisions were self-driven in 53.0%, partner-driven in 32.6%, and joint in 14.5%. The most commonly endorsed motivations were personal aesthetic concern (63.0%) and relationship anxiety/relationship repair (38.0%). The most frequent procedures were perineoplasty + vaginoplasty (24.3%). Recorded post-treatment status was categorized as successful in 76.9%, with wound-healing problems (9.8%) and unrealistic expectations (6.0%) among the most common nonsuccess categories.\n\nConclusion: In this large descriptive cohort, genital aesthetic surgery was commonly pursued in mid-adulthood and often occurred within partner-related decision-making contexts, with motivations frequently spanning aesthetic, relational, and functional domains. These findings support the clinical importance of autonomy-sensitive counseling, expectation management, and structured psychosocial documentation in routine genital aesthetic surgery care.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gelisim University, Turkey"
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  "doi": "10.1177/03000605261487263",
  "fulltext_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13724894/",
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  "pmcid": "PMC13724894",
  "pmid": "42754833",
  "published": "2026-09-17",
  "publisher": "SAGE Publications",
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  "title": "Demographic characteristics and self-reported motivations of women undergoing genital aesthetic surgery: A descriptive cohort of 927 patients in Turkey (2017–2024)",
  "title_text": "Demographic characteristics and self-reported motivations of women undergoing genital aesthetic surgery: A descriptive cohort of 927 patients in Turkey (2017–2024)",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-06T12:21:16Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3vc6tk6wqbhnw",
  "venue": "The Journal of International Medical Research",
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