More women are requesting cosmetic surgery on their genitals than ever before, according to a new report from the NHS.
The report claims that in Britain, the number of "labial reductions" jumped to 800, almost twice as many over the past five years.
"More and more women are said to be troubled by the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas", wrote Lih Mei Liao and Sarah Creighton from London's UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health. "I've been doing this over 13 years, and it has become much more popular," said Robert Rho, a plastic surgeon at the Labiaplasty Master Surgery Center of New York.
"We're doing more cases in recent years. There's been more exposure in the media, so people are more aware of the surgery."
Patients who sought genitoplasty "uniformly" wanted their vulvas to be flat and with no protrusion, similar to the prepubescent look of girls in Western fashion ads, pornography and on genitoplasty web sites.
"Not unlike presenting for a haircut at a salon, women often brought along images to illustrate the desired appearance," say Creighton. "The illustrations, usually from advertisements or pornography, are always selective and possibly digitally altered."
More studies are needed to determine if vaginal surgery offers any long term benefits for women.
The report is published in the British Medical Journal Porn Influencing Women To Have Demand for 'Designer Vagina' Surgery.
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The report claims that in Britain, the number of "labial reductions" jumped to 800, almost twice as many over the past five years.
"More and more women are said to be troubled by the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas", wrote Lih Mei Liao and Sarah Creighton from London's UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health. "I've been doing this over 13 years, and it has become much more popular," said Robert Rho, a plastic surgeon at the Labiaplasty Master Surgery Center of New York.
"We're doing more cases in recent years. There's been more exposure in the media, so people are more aware of the surgery."
Patients who sought genitoplasty "uniformly" wanted their vulvas to be flat and with no protrusion, similar to the prepubescent look of girls in Western fashion ads, pornography and on genitoplasty web sites.
"Not unlike presenting for a haircut at a salon, women often brought along images to illustrate the desired appearance," say Creighton. "The illustrations, usually from advertisements or pornography, are always selective and possibly digitally altered."
More studies are needed to determine if vaginal surgery offers any long term benefits for women.
The report is published in the British Medical Journal Porn Influencing Women To Have Demand for 'Designer Vagina' Surgery.
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