In Defence Of Designer Vaginas

Why discourage a procedure that can have benefits for these women who often suffer in silence?

'Designer Vagina' Surgery Poorly Explained on Sites

The real risks and benefits of "designer vagina" surgery — which includes procedures such as labial reduction and laser vaginal rejuvenation — are poorly explained on websites that consumers are likely to visit, a new study finds.

Designer Parts: Inside the Strange, Fascinating World of Vaginoplasty

Is the emphasis on cultivating genital Shangri-Las a predictable extension of our body-obsessed culture, in which breast and lip augmentations are embraced as wholeheartedly as fad diets, Spanx, and skincare regimens?

Designer Vaginas: Is Female Circumcision Coming Out of the Closet?

The good news for labiaplasty patients (read victims) is that though they may regard female circumcision as foreign and incomprehensible, what they are doing is altering their genitalia to conform to a certain set of notions and expectations about what genitalia should look like if they are to be appropriately feminine and desirable.

Giving Birth Ruined My Vagina, So I Got a New One

It was at my six-weeks-postpartum appointment that someone in the birth world finally admitted what we all fear to be true: vaginal birth can ruin your vagina, even might ruin it—and, in my case, did.

I Went Balls Deep at New York's First Ever 'Designer Vagina' Fashion Show

To a novice, labiaplasty—the surgical reshaping of the labia majora or minora—seems about as far from empowering as you can get, an elective procedure chosen by women whose minds have been warped by the waxed Barbie pussies of the porn industry.

My day at the designer vagina showcase

In the age of narcissism and self-creation, it shouldn’t necessarily surprise me as much as it does that there’s a demand for surgical vaginal beautification.

Nips, Tucks, and…Designer Vaginas?

Whether genital plastic surgery will ever become as popular and acceptable as other forms of plastic surgery remains to be seen. The rising rates of cosmetic surgeries suggest that women are more willing than ever to take risks to enhance themselves.

Options for Vaginal Rejuvenation From Vaginoplasty to FemTouch

It’s a hot, and somewhat awkward topic, but hey, when thousands of women are searching for ways to tighten up their who-ha, get some feeling back in “the vicinity” and stop those darn bladder leaks, it’s time we lend them an ear. There are a few options available, so let’s go over the top choices and you make a decision.

The Perfect Vagina

In this documentary, a woman tries to understand what convinces young girls that their labias are abnormal, and what leads them to a surgery table to have them cut. It's a reflexion about the way a "normal" vulva should look, about difference, maybe about the desire to keep a little girl's vulva forever. The movie may show vulvas sometimes, but never in a pornographig way. It's rather professional and medical, or artistic.

The rise of the designer vagina

In our quest for perfection and amid a growing obsession with body image, it seems women now have a new part of the anatomy to worry about – our vaginas. Genital plastic surgery is one of the fastest-growing areas in cosmetic surgery, and one of the most popular procedures being requested – mostly by young women – is a labiaplasty.

Why Would Women Want To Have Plastic Surgery On Their Genitals?

Probably few surgical procedures are as controversial as labiaplasty, which refers to plastic surgery on the labia, the fleshy folds that enclose and protect the rest of women’s external genitals.