"Designer Vaginas"

[hotheat]

Be Careful Down There

As more women undergo cosmetic vaginal procedures, experts warn that such surgery may not be safe or effective.

Sept. 4, 2007 - We've become a society obsessed with the quest for physical perfection. If you don't like the nose (or ears or lips or breasts) you were born with, there's a solution: find a doctor and get it fixed. Last year Americans underwent nearly 11 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That's an increase of 7 percent from the previous year and more than 400 percent from a decade ago. Clearly, the idea of altering nature's plan for your appearance is now widely accepted. But are there parts of your body that should be off limits?

Some doctors think so. Last week the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Gynecologic Practice issued a statement to its members warning about the dangers of trying to create "designer vaginas" through procedures that purport to trim and slim the vaginal lips, tighten the vagina or add extra bounce to the G-spot with injectable materials like collagen. Over the past few years these procedures have been marketed in magazines and over the Internet largely as boosts to sexual satisfaction, turning labiaplasty (the technical name for surgery that snips the vaginal lips, or labia) into one of the fastest-growing procedures. Labiaplasty is sometimes necessary for medical reasons--if there's a problem with urination, for example. But doctors say those cases are not the reason for the surge. Although there are no firm numbers on how many procedures were performed last year, doctors around the country report more and more requests from patients for purely cosmetic changes. When there's no medical reason for these surgeries, they're not covered by insurance and can cost patients as much as $10,000.

whole article at: -http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20588621/site/newsweek/

[happywonton]

If by designer vaginas you mean the ones that look like sideways ham sandwiches, I think I like them.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

If by designer vaginas you mean the ones that look like sideways ham sandwiches, I think I like them.

Bwahahaha.
seriously, :think: i think this takes the physical self-loathing to a new & tragic extreme. folks who do this for purely cosmetic reasons (& not due to a disfiguring accident or the like) need therapy not surgery.

[trashtalkr]

i think this takes the physical self-loathing to a new & tragic extreme. folks who do this for purely cosmetic reasons (& not due to a disfiguring accident or the like) need therapy not surgery.[/b]

I definitely agree. They need therapy

[hotheat]

...and we need the before-n-after pictures. lol. :twisted:

[AYHJA]

h2 you are extremely perverted, lol...

[hotheat]

me ? ...and who started asking 'bout hermaphrodites in another thread ? lol. :laff:

[jdog]

I think it's too funny. Women are so obsessed about how they look they think that we men care about what their vagina looks like? If the vagina is out that means usually our dick is close to being in. I could care less as long as it's not infected.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

If the vagina is out that means usually our dick is close to being in. I could care less as long as it's not infected.

ba-ding! ;)

[iMNO]

^^And what if it is infected? That is just so wrong, but sounds hilarious!