Thank you for answering the questions. I was however and am now wondering about when exactly you had the clitoral reduction done (which ended up being a clitorectomy---that sounded like medical misadventure and I just wonder exactly what the procedure was meant to be and how it went wrong?) As I understand it a clitorectomy is a complete removal of the clitoris. Having looked at all the web pages and site about this I was aware that it still is a relatively experimental procedure. Like any other kinds of surgery, the outcomes don't sometimes become apparent for years. I know that the nerve supply and anatomy of the clitoris has only been with truly known about for the last ten years and I really feel personally that we need a more in depth understanding of that. With my training, whenever you do something for someone, once you cut if you take to much away, you cannot put it back. However, hair grows! So I guess as I analyze these things--like many---as these facts are coming to light now it is sort of heading more and more into the filed of counselling. When I mentioned counselling, I was meaning the sort similar to marital counselling where say for example the girl is counselled on her own, then the parents together and then all the family as a whole---i.e. girl and family. I say this much because as a girl get's older, she isn't going to want to sit discussing intimate details about how she feels with her parent's present. However, the parents need to know what is going on for her and this can be done separately. They recommend birth, aged 2 to 3 and adolescence as well as before surgeries if they are contemplated like I say and when they talk about that at www.isna.org I am presuming they mean several sessions in each scenario. I was wondering why the operation at 21? So it neede two surgeries to correct the vagina? Did they do clitorectomy and vaginoplasty at 21? Or just clitoral redction? Some of your wording was not elaborate around that so I couldn't quite understand what was done and when for you. I'm sure other parent's would find that sort of information very useful though. For example, I know you voided out of your clitoris and I am thinking well she must have had that problem sorted at 5 yrs as you relay that you felt that was a problem---so I am automatically assuming here that you had that done then AND later too and assuming that the medical mishap happened the second time around. Maybe you can expalin. This is very difficult when I ask as I guess we all have these questions but don't like to put them for fear of upsetting or offending. I personally feel that there should be a more in depth explanation as to what the procedure is that is used and how deep they cut and where they cut and whether stretching is necessary. I read somewhere that when the op is done they don't just use the rod's to stretch, they are there to keep things as they are and to aid healing so that any constrctive surgery done to part a fused labia does not heal back up. Very confusing---can't remember if I read that on a message board? Maybe we need a site where all these things are explained in more depth? So people don't have to go back and read how I got confused I put it here: To answer Sue's question, the surgery was done because of my answer's to the Psychology Staff when I was five years old. From reviewing my medical records, no one had any problems with me waiting to have surgery either. When I was five, surgery was done on my completely fused vagina ( fused labia if you want to get specific ) they could not do a clitoral reduction but it was tried to no avail and I ended up with a clitorectomy. Doctors are not Gods, they do the best they can. That was 1975 and this surgery is still considered experimental today in 2001.