Hi everyone,

I had a LEEP done a little over a week ago, and was just wondering if anyone who has had this done could give me feedback on their experience. I am wondering how frequently the dysplasia comes back and repeat LEEPs are needed. I'm very concerned because I really want to have children at some point. I terminated a pregnancy a few months ago and only found out about the dysplasia afterwards. If I had known about the dysplasia I would never have done it. I would never forgive myself if I found out later on that I can't have other children.

I know that one LEEP shouldn't affect fertilty very much, but if you need to have multiple ones, it probably increases the scar tissue significantly.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

well, the only thing i know about it is that the LEEP shouldnt affect your chance of pregnancy but having it done a couple times does cause your tissue to scar. unfortunately theres nothing we can really do about it, except hope that the we wont have to do it again.

Hi! I worry about that as well. I am 28 and eventually want to have children. Any feedback would be GREAT!

im 19 and already fear that i cant have children..

Mcusenza.

What did you pap come back as? ASCUS? That doesn't necessarily mean the the dysplasia came back. I think sometimes dysplasia can come back, even after a conanization or LEEP. If the dysplasia did come back and you have to have it removed again, ask your doctor about the consequences of having another cone. Keep me posted on what your Dr. says. I'm scared of having multiple LEEPs or cones because of the increased scar tissue which could complicate getting pregnant.

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone had any more information regarding the repeat LEEP. i had one last year and my colpo just came back with dysplasia again.
i have heard that doing it more than once significantly increases your chances of pregnancy complications.
does anyone have any more advise? i know there really is nothing more to be done.

I wish I had more information, but unfortunately, I don't. I go back for my first pap since the LEEP next month. Hopefully it will be clear. If you find out anything, let me know.

I like many of you have the same questions and basically found this site due to my searching for answers on the very question asked in this particular post. I think it's very sad that none of us understand this completely. Doctors aren't doing a good job explaining this to us. Is it that they don't understand HPV themselves? I'm switching obgyns because my doc didn't answer this question for me. All she said was - after the LEEP, get paps every 3 months for 2 yrs and if 3 in a row come back normal, I'm in the clear. She said 90% of people are cured after the LEEP. What I don't get is - how can you be cured and the dysplasia not come back if you still have HPV? I also don't want another LEEP.

I also heard conception problems arise occasionally if much of the cervix is removed during a LEEP (may depend on type of dysplasia-mild moderate or severe).

Looking back on my experience, my doctor didn't explain ANYTHING to me. I knew A LOT because I researched like crazy. But she didn't know that!! I never got a chance to reveal what I knew b/c she was always so short with me. So you are not alone there.

I read somewhere that not having sex or using tampons (for 2-3 months) greatly reduces your risk of scaring.

Having a leep or cone "tramatizes" the cervix creating a healing response as well as physically removing abnormal tissue. So the cervix creates an immunity to that strand of HPV. But other strands could be living in the area that have not yet caused lesions or you could have got another strand from another partner.

That's how I have interpreted repeat cases of dysplasia.

I have found this disease to be one that really pays for us to be educated about!!! Good luck with your new doc.