So I can understand breast augmentation, nost jobs, chin impants, and ect.
But I just cannot wrap my mind around this one...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitge...,485045,00.html

Doctors Warn against Vaginal Cosmetic Surgery
Taking the quest for ideal beauty to the nether regions, more and more women are undergoing labial surgery. Doctors, though, warn that the procedure could have negative effects.

When women opt for elective vaginal cosmetic surgery, are they taking the obsession with physical beauty too far? The sharp increase in women wanting "designer vaginas" has prompted the British Medical Journal (BMJ) to warn women seeking the surgery to find alternative solutions to a procedure they say could have unknown risks.

In this month's edition of the journal, London psychologist Lih Mei Liao and gynecologist Sarah Crieghton criticize surgeons who they say are taking advantage of female insecurities to perform genitoplasty -- even though the procedure could cause nerve damage and impaired function of erogenous zones, among other potential problems.

According to their article, "more and more women are said to be troubled by the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas," turning the operation into a "booming business." Although precise figures aren't available, an apparent trend is emerging. In 2004 and 2005, the British National Health Service performed 800 labial reductions -- six times as many as in 1998 and 1999. Meanwhile, the number of privately financed operations is unknown.

Women who undergo genitoplasty are reported to seek a flattened vulva that corresponds to the youthful ideal of fashion magazines. The procedure often entails reducing the size of the labia, removing the skin which protects the clitoris, and possibly even shortening the entire length of the vagina. According the BMJ article, fashion magazines often discuss genitoplasty, and patients have been known to show surgeons examples torn from pornographic magazines which have likely been digitally altered.
Liao and Creighton report that of the 490,000 results from a "labial reduction" Google search, 47 of the first 50 results were advertisements from US and UK clinics offering the surgery. These ads frequently include before and after photos along with "life changing narratives."

In a study of patients in British hospitals, some women cited problems in their lifestyle, such as inability to wear tight clothing or ride a bicycle, as reasons for having the intimate surgery. The study, however, was not representative of the typical genitoplasty patient, the authors write.

No kidding this is going too far. Breasts nose, chin, and so forth are features that are exposed and can be seen by the public and noticed....Whats the point of this? You are going to be wearing pants all the time...and if not that, underwear/panties too. So the surgery will go unseen UNLESS you are a porn star then maybe, MAYBE, this would be an ok idea. Other then that one small idea, why would someone want this??

Yet another bizarre example of how far women will go to attract Mr Right

Looks like you cant just blame this one on the US this time Gary. Seems like your women need it too.

Exactly. I think most women opting to get this done ought to go under physcological evaluation first. I mean, if you're THAT obsessed with some idea of perfection. They ought to save the money and just keep the lights off

Are there really women out there who think men judge them based on what their vaginas look like? lol

HAHA

Agree Kate, like what I said...It's not like when you are at a bar and you loko over to the woman at the far end you are gonna see her vagina and then determine where you go from there. Its just stupid what women are obbsessed with looks, has nothing to do with picking up men, its older women trying to stay young.

There's nothin g wrong with being obsessed with looks (yes, I was the girl on spring break with a blow dryer and flat iron ). But when it's to the extent of feeling the need to get surgury on a spot hardly anyone sees (for most girls, I'd think) then she has issues. Also, aren't they all supposed to look different? Who's setting the standard for a pretty vagina?
Gosh, I can't get though this without thinking of borat...

NIIIIIICE! -Thumbs up-

Right there is nothing wrong with being alittle obsessed, but if you 1) Taken 30mins just to do hair and makeup come on....2) Gone through every item of clothing and said..."I look fat in this" 3) Had this operation done to yourself....
Then you are Obsessed lol