Female circumcision - African women's clinic: applying anaesthetic cream before your procedure

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Female circumcision - African women's clinic: applying anaesthetic cream before your procedure

This information is for people coming to the African Women's Clinic to have a procedure to open the vagina after traditional cutting (also called female circumcision). It explains how to use anaesthetic (numbing) cream before the procedure.

Organisation:: Royal Women's Hospital Victoria
Topic:: Sexual health, Women's health
Target audience:: Women
Service area:: VIC
Published:: March 2025
Last reviewed:: June 2025

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