Labioplasty: Risky cosmetic genital surgery for women

BBC ^ | November 11, 2009 | BBC News

[Senator Goldwater]

Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says.

Research published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology also questions the very notion of aesthetically pleasing genitals.

Operations to improve the appearance of the sex organs for both psychological and physical reasons are on the rise.

But surgeons said the report overplayed the risks of an established procedure.

Researchers from University College London reviewed all the existing studies on cosmetic labial surgery - which generally involves reducing the amount of tissue that protrudes from the lips which cover the vagina. They found there had been little work to document any longer-term side effects.

Labioplasty, as it is known, costs about £3,000 privately and is offered for a variety of reasons: some women complain that wearing tight clothes or riding a bike is uncomfortable, while others say they are embarrassed in front of a sexual partner.

[shibumi]

From your keyboard to my answering machine!

(It’s time to give Fr Guido Sarducci a rest, he’s been telling people about the Pope waxing his pope-a-mobile in the driveway for about a month now.)

[Salamander]

Thank God because I wouldn’t have a clue as to how to go about photographing the silly thing.

;-D

[Salamander]

I knew you’d love it...:)

[and it’s right up your alley, too]

[shibumi]

"If so, why do they calling it “bumping uglies”?"

I'm not sure.

I know I'm ugly, but I always thought that girls were ..... well ..... not so ugly.

(Must be a primitive, goddess-worship-yoni thing.)

[Uncle George]

SMILE-— your on candid camera !!!!!!!

[ArrogantBustard]

It's called an "Endoscope".

Basically a camera designed to be stuck "where the sun don't shine".

[Salamander]

Hmmm....could be.

Believe me, if you had one, you’d not be nearly so impressed by them.

[Salamander]

I have an insane amount of photography equipment but my collection lacks one of *those*.

[thankfully]

:)

[dangerdoc]

I had to learn how to use that particular camera at one point in the distant past.

[Salamander]

*ick*

Sorry for your suffering.

[BillyA]

Is this really appropraite for FR?

[MrB]

Is that related to this?

(from Star Wars)

[gura]

LMAO!

I counter with two swollen hot dogs:

[Slings and Arrows]

Admin Sez: "If you want this thread to stay up, you better toe the line....."

My lips are sealed.

[Slicksadick]

I see your dogs and raise you a wtf sandwich.

[a fool in paradise]

Admin Sez: "If you want this thread to stay up, you better toe the line....."

Lickity split!

[RckyRaCoCo]

Dirty Harry(no pun intended) says...

"Nobody, and I mean nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog"

[a fool in paradise]

Speaking from a man's perspective, ALL of them in their natural state are "aesthetically" pleasing.

First one to post a Helen Thomas "pic" gets a lifetime ban!!!

[Slicksadick]

[paulycy]

Admin Sez: "If you want this thread to stay up, you better toe the line....." My lips are sealed.

The tension is palpable.