Sometimes it can take up to a year, especially if you don't use the dilators daily. For more information please click to Instructions on the use of vaginal dilators . When you start is really up to you. Most girls decide they are ready to start this process around age 16 or 17. You may decide to wait to begin this process until some time in the future when you want to become sexually active.
Most girls can learn to use a dilator.
If you have any questions or wonder if you are using the dilators correctly, be sure to ask your doctor. In some cases, if your doctor feels that little progress has been made, he or she may discuss the option of surgery with you. The most common procedure performed by gynecologists, to reconstruct a vagina, is called a McIndoe procedure. A skin graft is taken from your buttocks, and a vagina is created using a vaginal mold. Doctors who have followed young women who have had this surgery have found that these young women are happy with the results, months and years later.