Labiaplasty??

Has anyone done this, or know anyone who has? Why? Does this empower women by allowing them to control their bodies, or does it just give another opportunity to feel inadequate about something?

http://www.lasertreatments.com/GA/Georgia_labiaplasty.html
http://lasvegaslabiaplasty.com/vaginal_surgery_photos.html

The only episode of Howard Stern's radio show on TV I ever saw was a show where the porn star Houston was talking about getting labiaplasty. After this I did some... research... on Houston, and she did have quite a lot of outer labia. Imagine the second before photo on the second page there, but twice as big.

Personally I find it attractive, but she mentioned that if she wore certain bikinis the labia would bulge out, or sometimes slip out from underneath. I can imagine that being awkward and making one uncomfortable.

For me personally, I see it as more of the latter--in that I'm not about to let the great "They" make me question or worry about one more thing about the flesh in which I exist, especially not my cunt--but to each her own, and everyone's choices belong to her/him alone. I definitely know and understand that there are other, not-necessarily-cosmetic, but regardless very good reasons to look into such a thing.

wow. i just couldn't care less. if you let me see it/touch it/etc, i couldn't care what it looks like. but to each their own.

I'm sorry, but for my personal taste I have to draw the line at fake boobies...

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and maybe a butt job.

The doctors dreamed up something new to make you feel insecure about so that they could SELL YOU SOMETHING. It's fucking stupid. Unless you're tripping over your labia, leave it the fuck alone. It looks awesome.

How fucked up are those pictures?! They're stretching the girls labias out to the side to make them look bigger than they are!!

And the end result? All identical? Life ceases to be fun when we're all the same! Give me a real girl any day of the week.

This is almost as weird as asshole bleaching. Maybe weirder.

Compare and contrast.

Observe! Necia requires no discussion; she is (as ever) thought out, well spoken, and neither ignorant nor judgmental.

But as for you, sailor, tell me just how often your labia get caught up inside you when you have sex? They ever hurt? Do they itch when they stick to your knickers? They cause you a lot of pain sometimes?

What's that you say? You don't have any? Golly. Maybe you should pop your sweeping, inaccurate generalisation up your snatch until you're a bit better informed. The fact that some women have a procedure for cosmetic reasons is hardly an indication that it's universally flighty and unnecessary.

Yes, and I agree with your point, but it would be naive of you to not realize this is another thing that will be attempted to be sold to individuals. It'll put another emphasis on what a woman should look like, what perfection is, and give women another reason to worry about their body and how it looks.

But just because someone has a penis they can't make a judgement on vagina surgery? That's not a generalisation?

Or, just maybe, some women have an issue w/having extra labia, and are well within their rights to have said procedure.

-TM

I can't help but to think of the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison has a sex change.
Other than that, I have nothing to add to the conversation.

Sure, it can be looked at as just another cosmetic procedure, but some women can actually physically benefit from this. I know my labia occasionally gets caught... and I feel like a dude when I'm in public dying to reach down and "adjust." It's nothing warranting surgery, but I've heard of women in almost constant pain because of their inner labia being too large.

I think it's just nice to have the option. Similar to the option to breast reduction... some get it purely for aesthetic reasons; others get it to get rid of back pain.

I don't know of anyone having this done, not even pornstars and whatnot... I guess it can come in handy, after reading some of the replies... but unless it's needed, then yes I see it as pointless... and like atomicant said, if I'm seeing it and touching it, I don't really mind what it looks like.

Of course they can make a judgement; however I find it a little tiresome to hear some dude spouting halfway informed drivel like "Unless you're tripping over your labia, leave it the fuck alone. It looks awesome."

Seriously. My sister has seven.

To the OP: I'm curious as to why you chose to focus on a woman's decision and her thoughts leading up to that decision, in the matter of undergoing labiaplasty; as opposed to focusing on men's decisions and their thoughts leading up those decisions on why they feel the need for phalloplasty or liposuction or any of the various other cosmetic procedures that men undergo each and every day?

I just find it curious that whenever I visit this forum, it's generally men who are always so focused on what women are doing with their bodies (which can sometimes carry an implication that somehow a woman needs to justify her decisions and actions, but a man doesn't), whether it be getting fake boobs, shaving their pubes, or now this.

I hope your reasons are benign and in no way, judgmental in sheep's clothing. For now, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

But to answer your question: yes, I know someone who had it done. And I support her and any woman's decision to undergo that or any other procedure of their choosing; and have never even thought to question their motives with regard to the decisions they make for their own bodies.

I was curious about womens bodies because i dont have one, and so I find them more interesting than mens bodies. Also there is no chance that I would ever modify any part of me through elective surgery, especially my wang. I guess I was asking because I couldn't undersand why. I didn't realize that there may be some kind of medical reason (pain, etc.). I happen to think women are beautiful in all configurations without any enhancements. More power to folks who are able to make themselves happier about their bodies, I just didn't get it. I hope ladies realize that men love their ladies bodies, especially the vag reigon, no matter how big/small everything is. I would assume ladies probably feel the same about their guys. Maybe I am wrong. I'm sure someone will tell me if I am

Ask not what you can do for your vagina, but what your vagina can do for you...?

I couldn't help but think of the Drawn Together episode where Clara gets an Extreme Vaginal Makeover, then gets addicted to vaginal reconstruction surgery, only to end up with Joan Rivers for a vagina.

Ditto.