Some women worry about wrinkles, their breasts, and fat. Others worry about the way their vagina looks. As a result, these women go to cosmetic surgeons looking for “designer vaginas.” However, according to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians, these procedures injure and scar patients. Female sexual health specialists have seen an increase in the number of women who wind up with infections, have altered sexual sensation or are scarred by this procedure. The college also feels that it “exploit[s] vulnerable women” and that many of the seekers of such procedures may need psychological help.
What it is
There are three kinds of procedures that fall under the colloquialism “designer vagina.” First, there is labiaplasty. This procedure is done to correct “problems” with large or asymmetric labia. Vaginoplasty is performed to tighten or “rejuvenate” the vagina, and is performed to help women who may have had multiple childbirths. The hope is by tightening the vagina, sensitivity will return, thus increasing sexual pleasure. If this doesn’t help, there’s always hoodectomy, or clitoral unhooding. This is aimed at specifically enhancing the sexual function. A subset of this is G-spot augmentation, which is where collagen is injected into the wall of the vagina.
Is Knowledge Power?
So, there you have it. Like they always said on G.I. Joe, “Knowing is half the battle.” And this may be part of the problem for those Down Under. One of the concerns is that women seeking this procedure don’t seem to grasp that there is a huge degree of variation in how the external genitalia looks. It seems that some of these women assume that because their boyfriends and husbands look at porn, then that’s the way they’re supposed to look – or men who assume that this is the way their partners are supposed to look. Dr. Ted Weaver, chairman of the college’s women’s health committee, uses one example of this, staging, “In one case we heard of a man bringing in a Brazilian pornographic photo and saying: ‘Make my girlfriend look like this.'” And finally, there is a debate on if the G-spot is real, if all women even have it, and if so, exactly where it is. Women simply going in for collagen injections aren’t necessarily going to help in this department.
The result is that women who are injured by this procedure may require reconstructive surgery, which obviously defeats the purpose. However, a vast majority of the women who undergo this procedure seem to be very happy with the end result. What it comes down to is the level of education women seeking this procedure have, as well as the skill of the cosmetic surgeon. One thing they might want to tell their patients is that when they need to expect realistic results that means don’t expect to look like Jenna Jamison, as well as keep in mind that all those glossy photos they see are airbrushed.
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