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[ Squishy ]

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:52 pm


Okay, so for as long as I can remember, I have had a large pair of labia minora. I was wondering, how much does vagioplasty run, risks, benefits, etc, beacuse I know my boyfriend says its great and he loves the way I look but I want to look fresh. He has made me feel better about that part, and if I cant change it then it wont be a loss, but if I can, cool, and in the future I do believe it will just stretch out again due to its elasticity anyway. I kinda look at it like dying my hair another color.

Also, I have a problem with the skin coloring around my v****a and a**s. I dont like the darker pigment, and am considering a bleaching cream solution. Problem is, dont know what kinds of places offer such things, how much it costs, so on and so forth....and if it is harmful to the body?
Also, is it true that the more you have sex, it changes the way your v****a looks ? I haven't taken the time to study human anatomy so far as to record such answers. ^^;;;;
PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:42 pm


I know someone who has had vagioplasty, but that's because she had cancer and surgery down there. She was happy with it, but I don't know the details aside from that. She decided to do it after hearing about it from Sharon Teese, so maybe you can google her experience.

As for bleaching, I don't know if you can bleach the skin around the v****a, but there are places that bleach the a**s, however there are risks involved. You're bleaching the skin, so it can burn. I know there's a clinic here that I saw offers it, it was a clinic that dealt with general appearance issues. Like minor cosmetic plastic surgery and what have you. So I guess just look into those kind of places.

I don't know if it relates to the AMOUNT of sex you are having, but there are women who develop the "roast beef" look down there. From what I've heard, kegel exercises help with that. I think it's more an issue after childbirth rather than just sex.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:37 am


I'm not entirely against plastic surgery, but when it comes to things like labiaplasty (not vagioplastic—that would be surgery on the v****a itself, which is the vaginal canal), you really need to ask yourself some big questions:

- Am I normal? Am I just comparing myself to airbrushed images in the media. (In Australia, labia legally have to be airbrushed out of porn/lad's mags. It's bullshit. Voila—a culture that thinks normal labia are "big" or "gross."

- Do my labia actually cause me any problems, like chafing? Or is it purely cosmetic? If cosmetic (both the shape and colour of the vulva), should I be addressing my self esteem about those areas first?

- What is the risk of loss of sensation? (This should really be your most important question. Are "little labia" worth losing sensitive, erogenous tissue for?) Same goes for bleaching—could you burn yourself in the process or damage nerve endings?

To my knowledge, sex doesn't affect the appearance of the vulva. More sex strengthens the muscles of the vaginal canal. That's about it. Shapes and colours change as we age. Bonking probably hasn't much to do with it.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:36 am


Porn often features women with tiny pink labia and no pubic hair. That doesn't mean that that's the norm though. It just means that that's the current fad, so it's what they want to show right now. But there is actually a huge amount of variety when it comes to labia size and color. And that's ok. Unless your labia are so large that they're making it difficult to walk or are getting pinched a lot, then you probably don't need surgery. If you're tempted to get surgery purely for cosmetic reasons, then it would probably be a lot cheaper and healthier to learn about all the different shapes, sizes, and colors that are out there and that are perfectly normal and to embrace your body as it is. When we give in to these purely cosmetic and unnecessary procedures, we're just giving in to these stereotypes and unrealistic expectations, and we're making it harder for the next generation of girls to understand and accept their bodies.

This is a great clip that talks about how much variety there is in vulvas yet how we often only see one type of vulva in porn. It also shows a young woman with perfectly normal and healthy labia getting them chopped off because her sister saw her naked and said they were too long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2IO7mQpCI&feature=youtu.be (PG-13 warning for vulvas and labia surgery)

Unless you get pregnant or get an STD, sex probably won't change your body in any noticeable way. People used to think that sex made the vulva darker over time, but now it seems that that's probably actually due to age, not to sex.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:08 pm


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I'm not entirely against plastic surgery, but when it comes to things like labiaplasty (not vagioplastic—that would be surgery on the v****a itself, which is the vaginal canal), you really need to ask yourself some big questions:

- Am I normal? Am I just comparing myself to airbrushed images in the media. (In Australia, labia legally have to be airbrushed out of porn/lad's mags. It's bullshit. Voila—a culture that thinks normal labia are "big" or "gross."

- Do my labia actually cause me any problems, like chafing? Or is it purely cosmetic? If cosmetic (both the shape and colour of the vulva), should I be addressing my self esteem about those areas first?

- What is the risk of loss of sensation? (This should really be your most important question. Are "little labia" worth losing sensitive, erogenous tissue for?) Same goes for bleaching—could you burn yourself in the process or damage nerve endings?

To my knowledge, sex doesn't affect the appearance of the vulva. More sex strengthens the muscles of the vaginal canal. That's about it. Shapes and colours change as we age. Bonking probably hasn't much to do with it.



Bolded because that was the main thing that caught my eye. I don't think I've ever heard anyone compare cosmetic surgery to dyeing one's hair before. And if you're wanting surgery to feel better about yourself, I would talk to someone about it or address those self-esteem issues before resorting to surgery. I don't know what a doctor would say, but they might say the same thing before referring you for surgery.

As for sex changing the way the v****a looks, I haven't heard anything about that before. I've been sexually active for 8 years and haven't noticed any differences that could be contributed to sex, just puberty and my body aging.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:58 am


Wow, thank you all for your responses!
Well, I guess it's a good thing I cold go either with or without, so I will hold off on it until/unless it becomes a serious health risk or something detrimental.
Thank you for your replies =)!

[ Squishy ]


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:18 pm


[ Squishy ]
Wow, thank you all for your responses!
Well, I guess it's a good thing I cold go either with or without, so I will hold off on it until/unless it becomes a serious health risk or something detrimental.
Thank you for your replies =)!


You're welcome. ^^ Can I move this thread to the Resolved subforum, or did you want me to leave it here for a little longer?
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