Female circumcision, also known as clitoral unhooding or hoodectomy is a minor procedure that removes the excess prepuce tissue or hood that covers the clitoral node on three sides.
This skin is basically there to protect the clitoris from such things as abrasion or overstimulation.
During intercourse, this skin normally retracts and the sensitive surfaces of the clitoris are exposed. Sometimes, however, women have an excess of tissue around that area or their clitoral node is so small that the tissue cannot retract enough to expose it. This has the effect of leaving the woman with a highly decreased amount of stimulation.
This procedure is somewhat comparative to the penile circumcision although penile circumcision is performed in the interests of hygiene rather sexual stimulation.
The female version is performed in order to allow the woman to experience heightened arousal by removing excess tissue forming the hood.
It is also thought that women who receive this type of procedure also suffer fewer yeast or vaginal infections due to the reduced number of ‘hiding places’ for bacteria.
This operation almost always results in more intense and faster orgasms.
This is still a procedure that many surgeons are not comfortable with performing, sometimes due to lack of experience and sometimes due to societal pressures, but there are a growing number of surgeons that understand the thought behind the procedure and have no problems performing it.
