School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hawler Medical University, Arbīl, Iraq.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Aug 12;22(1):340. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01921-9.
Nowadays, Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery is quite prevalent, resulting in a wide range of medical and cultural implications. The majority of women who undergo this operation suffer from anxiety, depression, and other emotional symptoms. The present study was carried out in order to explore women's perspective on and experience of genital cosmetic surgery given their special context and cultural aspects.
The qualitative study applying content analysis examined the experiences of nine women who received genital cosmetic surgery in Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq, between 2021 and 2022. Each of the semi-in-depth face-to-face interviews lasted between 40 and 60 min and was conducted at the physician's clinics.
Semi-structured interviews led to emergence of two main themes, namely "husband satisfaction" and "self-confidence". Interpreting the participants' stories resulted in some relevant subthemes and meaning units like "ugly appearance", "anxiety related to husband undesirable intercourse", and "dyspareunia". Finally, the related conclusions of each theme were explored.
As suggested by the study findings, female genital cosmetic surgery improves the women's body image and sexual function and the couples' sexual satisfaction, especially that of husbands. Because of the people's sociocultural aspects in Kurdistan region, their awareness of female sexual needs and marital relationship needs to be raised.
如今，女性生殖器整形手术相当普遍，由此产生了广泛的医学和文化影响。大多数接受这种手术的女性都患有焦虑、抑郁和其他情绪症状。本研究旨在探讨女性在特殊背景和文化方面对生殖器整形手术的看法和体验。
本研究采用内容分析法对 2021 年至 2022 年期间在伊拉克库尔德斯坦埃尔比勒接受生殖器整形手术的 9 名女性的经历进行了定性研究。每次半深入的面对面访谈持续 40 至 60 分钟，在医生的诊所进行。
半结构化访谈产生了两个主要主题，即“丈夫满意度”和“自信”。对参与者的故事进行解释产生了一些相关的子主题和意义单元，如“丑陋的外表”、“与丈夫不称心的性交有关的焦虑”和“性交困难”。最后，探讨了每个主题的相关结论。
正如研究结果所表明的那样，女性生殖器整形手术可以改善女性的身体形象和性功能以及夫妻的性满意度，特别是丈夫的满意度。由于库尔德地区人民的社会文化方面，需要提高他们对女性性需求和婚姻关系需求的认识。
