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So, while many women don't know what their own vagina looks like, much less what others look like, women getting cosmetic surgery to make theirs look better?? Who knew? I really shouldn't be surprised—we do noses, face-lifts, foreheads, breasts, lips—right, lips.

Before starting on vagina vérité®, I had no idea how different all vaginas are. Each distinctly unique—like faces are, and personalities. Positively no two alike— fascinating and beautiful! Apparently, not everyone thinks so. What do you think?

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'Designer Vagina' Surgery Is a $5,500 Danger, Gynecologists Say
by Lisa Rappaport , www.bloomberg.com

Opposed today by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:
• injecting collagen to enhance sexual pleasure into the vaginal wall
• altering the labia
• restoring the hymen

Risks include:
• loss of sensitivity
• infection and pain from permanent scarring

No studies document benefits of these cosmetic procedures, making the risks unacceptable.

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 Designer Vaginas: Is Female Circumcision Coming Out of the Closet? by Gbemisola Olujobi, JUL 2, 2009

 Plastic Surgery Below the Belt by Laura Fitzpatrick, NOV 19, 2008

 Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery Activism

  Genital Procedure Draws Warning, Rachel Zimmerman, www.wsj.com

 Experts Agree: Vaginoplasty Is Stupid, Unnecessary, & Dangerous, www.jezebel.com

In March of 2005, an article was published in the Detroit Metro Times—"Does This Make My Labia Look Fat?" by Sarah Klein. It describes several women's experiences with the laser vaginal rejuvenation surgery. "This is the latest facet of cosmetic surgery—designer vaginas...Elective surgeries that promise a better sex life or more aesthetically pleasing private parts are rapidly gaining popularity—but both the medical community and cultural observers are divided over whether these are valid, beneficial surgeries..." Read the article...

 Recommended read: Vagina Anxiety by Jennifer Armstrong
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Is this the first time you're hearing of female genital cosmetic surgery?

 
No

 
Would you re-design your vagina? – why?

  Not now! I wouldnt do it as an elective-aesthetic procedure.

 
This conversation makes me think...

  Thank you brave woman who started this website! I honestly found this site as I was researching the vulva. I was looking at mine and thinking, "my gosh, this looks wierd. It doesnt look like it used to when I was a girl. Am I normal or is something wrong with me?" I was wondering if it was really "gross looking." (although my wonderful boyfriend says, "it's beautiful.") I mean we all have or know THAT image of the perfect pussy. It's neatly shaven or bald. It has gorgeous and proportionate perfectly colored outer labia and a cute little pink inner labia. But thanks to this article, I can refocus! To know that me and my labia's are perfectly fine is a self esteem booster! Now that I know other women also have large labia lips and that men find pleasure (again, boyfriend loves it) I'm elated! To know that there is no "normal" look to the vajayjay, I can once again be proud of my unique looks! And yes, I think that that is something that should come up in sex-ed, doctor's offices, etc.! Dont get me wrong, this isnt simply about what others think, or what men think, but I am heterosexual. I do want to know that my partner is happy. And I think it's fair to say that sex with another person has a hell of alot to do with aesthetics. Who's fucking someone or sumthing that their unattracted to? I'm also thinking that I cant believe I would have considered the surgery when little girls in 3rd world countries are forced into genital mutilation as well as women elsewhere that are involved in human trafficking. Thanks again for providing an open forum so there can be free and open and HONEST talk about the vagina-yet another women's issue that is unfairly treated (or untreated).


 
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