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Labioplasty: Risky cosmetic genital surgery for women
BBC ^ | November 11, 2009 | BBC News

Posted on 11/12/2009 9:35:12 AM PST by Senator Goldwater

Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says.

Research published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology also questions the very notion of aesthetically pleasing genitals.

Operations to improve the appearance of the sex organs for both psychological and physical reasons are on the rise.

But surgeons said the report overplayed the risks of an established procedure.

Researchers from University College London reviewed all the existing studies on cosmetic labial surgery - which generally involves reducing the amount of tissue that protrudes from the lips which cover the vagina. They found there had been little work to document any longer-term side effects.

Labioplasty, as it is known, costs about £3,000 privately and is offered for a variety of reasons: some women complain that wearing tight clothes or riding a bike is uncomfortable, while others say they are embarrassed in front of a sexual partner.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cosmetic; cosmeticsurgery; genitalia; labioplasty; napl; plasticsurgery; vanity
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To: editor-surveyor

You bet.

[this one utilizes Monty Python skits to ‘settle nerves’, instead]

:)


161 posted on 11/12/2009 8:29:45 PM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: Nervous Tick

Mmmmmmmm.....*no*.

But that ~would~ probably be handy for looking for stuff I’ve lost behind the furniture.

[am the only person here who *doesn’t* want to look at their own innards?!?]

Seeing my X-rays and MRIs creep me out enough.

:)


162 posted on 11/12/2009 8:35:01 PM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: Salamander

o/~ Join together with the banned... ~\o


163 posted on 11/12/2009 8:46:18 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: buccaneer81

“I’m amazed that it’s still up. “

My wife said the same thing.


164 posted on 11/12/2009 8:54:14 PM PST by Nik Naym (I remember when the United States was a free country. I feel old.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I’m *with* the banned....:)


165 posted on 11/12/2009 8:55:45 PM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: Rebelbase

Thank you for the laugh.....I think.
lol


166 posted on 11/12/2009 9:51:22 PM PST by mowowie
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To: Salamander

We’re an American banned.


167 posted on 11/12/2009 10:34:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Banned on the run.


168 posted on 11/13/2009 5:26:10 AM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: estrogen

Years ago I had a friend who was concerned about this. Yeah, she was a nut.


169 posted on 11/13/2009 5:30:04 AM PST by Ditter
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To: AFPhys

Oooooh. Brains, years, and a strong back... Sigh...

New York isn’t all that far from northeast Ohio...


170 posted on 11/13/2009 7:02:40 AM PST by TheOldLady
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To: Salamander

Uncle John’s banned.


171 posted on 11/13/2009 7:31:52 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The Rubberbanned Man


172 posted on 11/13/2009 7:50:47 AM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: Salamander; Slings and Arrows
I need to organize a benefit concert for you two ...

Hmmm ...

We could call it:

Banned Aid.

173 posted on 11/13/2009 7:56:54 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard; Slings and Arrows

An ovation for you from Sal, just another average white banned.

174 posted on 11/13/2009 8:36:54 AM PST by Salamander (I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
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To: ArrogantBustard; Salamander

No liberals, like the E Street Banned.


175 posted on 11/13/2009 11:02:24 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: tet68; Salamander

>>> “Allo’ Rocky Rococo at your cervix...”

Just so long as that’s not an ECHO...!


176 posted on 11/13/2009 11:03:20 AM PST by Titan Magroyne (Freedom is taken, not given.)
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To: Titan Magroyne

Echo....
So the blond, not being able to find her own clothes
after her boy friend had fallen in the lake, picked up
one of his shoes and holding it to cover her nether parts
she started along the highway. A sherriff stopped and
aske her what the problem was. She said , “my boy friend
has fallen in, he’s fallen in!”.
The sherriff took one look at the shoe and replied,
“Honey, when they’re in that deep , there’s no help
for them.”

Thanky you, I’ll be here all week.


177 posted on 11/13/2009 11:17:04 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

LOL!


178 posted on 11/13/2009 12:16:45 PM PST by Titan Magroyne (Freedom is taken, not given.)
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To: Senator Goldwater
This song comes to mind:

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears hang high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they wrinkle when they're wet?
Do they straighten when they're dry?
Can you wave them at your neighbor
With an element of flavor?
Do your ears hang high?

Do your ears hang wide?
Do they flap from side to side?
Do they wave in the breeze
From the slightest little sneeze?
Can you soar above the nation
With a feeling of elevation?
Do your ears hang wide?

Do your ears fall off
When you give a great big cough?
Do they lie there on the ground
Or bounce up at every sound?
Can you stick them in your pocket
Just like Davy Crocket?
Do your ears fall off?

Does your tongue hang down?
Does it flop all around?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your tongue hang down?

Does your nose hang low?
Does it wiggle to and fro?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your nose hang low?

Do your eyes pop out?
Do they bounce all about?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your eyes pop out?

179 posted on 11/14/2009 5:58:11 PM PST by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
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To: Senator Goldwater
Speaking from a man's perspective, ALL of them in their natural state are "aesthetically" pleasing.


180 posted on 11/14/2009 6:02:32 PM PST by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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