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Rising numbers of women in Britain are seeking state-funded cosmetic surgery on their genitals, doctors said. Writing in the British Medical Journal, they said the implicate of "labial reductions" out in National Health Service hospitals had doubled to 800 a year over five years. "More and supplementary women are said to be basket case by the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas", wrote Lih Mei Liao and Sarah Creighton from London's UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health.
Articles in women's magazines about "designer vaginas", the rising wreath of cosmetic surgery and internet promotion by symptomatic health clinics were all fuelling demand. The authors said women seeking surgery were since influenced by idealised images of genitalia shown in pornography and on peculiar genitoplasty websites. Liao said burrow was principal curiosity whether surgery was bringing long-term benefits to patients, before the NHS modern routinely pittance the cosmetic procedure. |
