One of my acquaintances has a cosmetic surgeon as a friend. Labioplasty is the most requested surgery he has and he can't keep up with demand. I thought it would be boob jobs..who knew?

I agree with the critics to this extent: I've long felt that men and women that desire cosmetic surgery to correct some perceived flaw actually require counselling, not surgury. It's my understanding that these "fixes" rarely end at one. JMO

btw, a very funny episode of South Park is the episode where Bebe wanted a breast reduction.

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lip screeding?

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Umm, not to be impolite here, but has a man ever turned down the encounter after seeing a less-than-perfect set of labia?

This is obviously women's neuroses gone wild.

$3000 for labiaplasty? A little bit of landscaping and a touch of perfume would solve 99% of the problems...

I can see the necessity when there is major physical problem, such as birth defects, but this whole designer vagina, that's just pure narcissism.

designer vagina...that's funny...I guess it's one area of fashion where snakeskin doesn't make it more expensive?

Yukon, what is a perfect set of labia? Generally, the problem is not with the appearance of the labia, it's with the appearance of the person, is it not?

The old joke was that you don't look at the mantelpiece while poking the fire. Perhaps there's little need to look at the fire, either?

This is rather delicate territory upon which I am treading, being a male (and thus not having one) but, If this procedure is as common as boob jobs then there should be some research into it. Lord knows that when there are problems after this elected surgery, the patient will no doubt end up on the public system's list.

Having said that, I personally never have seen the great need for cosmetic surgery for the sake of ego or self esteem. Remember this isn't a cleft palet we are talking about.

Now where was this, when I was deciding on a medical carreer or the military

This makes a mockery of blond jokes. How shallow can some women get? What a bunch of twits.

I don't think they want to do this to please men, I think they do for other women and perhaps their web cam.

I have never heard any man talk about the appearance of a women's genitalia. They do however, often comment on their T & A.

A perfunctory Pu$$y is all that is required. Nice T & A is a bonus. A woman with brains is the hottest.

President Eisenhaur said two things,the first and widely quoted,beware the military industrial complex.THE SECOND AND NEVER QUOTED,do not let govts fund university research.

It just goes to show that in order to make themselves feel more attractive, Toronto males will stop at nothing.

I was just discussing this with a friend, he claimed that there is a use for the trimmings.

You could make leather out of them and make a wallet, then when you wanted too, rub them, and presto, a suitcase

THE SECOND AND NEVER QUOTED

Bullshit. Source please.

I was never troubled by the appearance of labia, unless there were open sores. What kind of birth control did I rely on? In my younger days, my personality. Now, my looks!

I did meet a young lady once who had an elaborate spider web tattoo in her nether regions. At the center of the web was...

If medical students had foreseen the upswing in narcissism, we wouldn't have GPs for half the population. Imagine going into general medicine when you could have boobs and labia at your fingertips.

Teenie-weenie bikinis require tidying up in both areas, and now that all the dimwits are obsessed with sharing their most intimate parts via webcam, they'll be asking for the procedure as a 16th birthday gift.

Don't give me a car, Dad. What I really want is a labioplasty.

The Muslims who practice the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia must be laughing themselves silly.

One of the most tasteless jokes that I ever heard has as the punchline "A woman", in reference to how to the definition of excess skin around the aforementioned unmentionable structure.

Apologies

This just goes to show we live in a pretty wonderful world. Really now, if you can devote time to this, you're bored. You've got food, shelter, friends. What's missing in your life?

Cor blimey! Luckily, they run N-S. Else there'd be no females sliding down banisters.

"Bullshit. Source please."

"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_103.shtml

I think gellen hit the nail on the head. The prevalence of thong bikinis, super tight pants, and the general extended adolescence of Western society drives women at age 40 to try to look like teenagers again. Other factors might include the increasing acceptance of May-December romance, and the meme that if a woman isn't married by age 30, she'll never get married. The competition is fierce; it ain't easy being female.

Ah...Er....
Nah I ain't touching this.......

'perfect vaginas'

Are there established standards, like for dog shows? Or do you just give your gyno-plastic surgeon a photo from a magazine?

Good job spike. Thanks for that reference, and source Kate.

surely there must be support groups for these poor women....if there aren't then there should be dagnabbit.......what about all the poor suffering women who CAN'T afford to have their 'piss flaps' nipped and tucked....are they to bear the shame for a lifetime...are we to stand idly by ?

The little I've read on the subject would indicate that the purpose of at least some of these these surgeries is enhanced female sexual satisfaction. Apparently excessive flesh prevents movement from creating sensation which of course leads to lack of orgasms during intercourse.

Jake - I doubt they're talking about women over 45. I don't know the statistics, but it's most likely young women.

Besides the vanity, the revealing clothes and the webcams, you have to figure in the males who prefer the physically immature female body.

No arguing that vanity plays a very large part in the surgery gellen. I was simply referring to an article I read in the Edmonton Journal a few years back. I think the article was in response to the 'female circumcision = evil' campaign that was all the rage at the time. It was kind of showing that not all 'female circumcisions' are done to subjugate women.

Big deal. At least these are adult women making their own decisions. As long as the circumcision of male babies is an accepted practice in our society, you've got absolutely no basis for complaining about labioplasty.

As a person who does not poses one of the organs in question, I'd just like to say two things.

1. Ew.
2. Cosmetic surgery on something nobody -ever- looks at? Come ON! Clearly there is no financial crisis.
3. If you think that study was a total money bonfire, have a look at any gun control study in the medical literature.

Failed Labial surgery......

http://www.cbc.ca/news/photogalleries/chretien/images/06_chretien_leader_84b.jpg

I can't see what the flap is all about...

someone wrote earlier "This makes a mockery of blond jokes. How shallow can some women get? What a bunch of twits."

I suggest that the wrong word was used. Instead of "twits" it should be "twats"

Sad, Such foolish women, spending all that money to get themselves an artificial "innie", when the real classy guys prefer an "outie", anyway.

I always have to question such 'studies'.
Something smells a little fishy here.

Never met a labia I didn't like.

Carry on...

To quote an older friend:
"looks bad...feels good!"

Seems this subject has raised more old jokes (and joksters) than that infamous little blue pill.

For those who really want to get a laugh at the expense of the human body, just look up and play a few nude skydiving vids from U-tube. Doesn't matter which gender is diving. The 180mph winds turn everything into a Play-Doh exhibit.