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[Richard Krainium]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070524230339.aha5xr5x&show_article=1&catnum=-1

Top medical journal blasts "designer vagina" craze

One of the world's most prestigious health journals has lashed a fast-growing trend in the United States and Britain for "designer vaginas," the tabloid term for cosmetic surgery to the female genitalia.
The fashion is being driven by commercial and media pressures that exploit women's insecurities and is fraught with unknowns, including a risk to sexual arousal, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) says.

Known as elective genitoplasty, the surgery usually entails shortening or changing the shape of the outer lips, or labia, but may also include reduction in the hood of skin covering the clitoris or shortening the vagina itself.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the practice is spreading fast in the United States as well as in Britain, but the picture is unclear, the BMJ says.

Not only is there a disturbing lack of data about the phenomenon, there has been negligible assessment about surgical after-effects -- and almost zero reflexion as to whether a labial "problem" exists in the first place, the BMJ says angrily.

In 2004-5, 800 "labial reductions" were conducted by Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS), more than a doubling of the figure of six years earlier. Other operations were carried out by the private sector, although the full figures are unknown.

The authors of the article, London gynaecologist Sarah Creighton and clinical psychologist Lih Mei Liao, conducted their own small-scale probe into why women sought this surgery.

"Our patients sometimes cited restrictions on lifestyle as reasons for their decision," they say.

"These restrictions included inability to wear tight clothing, go to the beach, take communal showers or ride a bicycle comfortably, or avoidance of some sexual practices.

"Men, however, do not usually want the size of their genitals reduced for such reasons. Furthermore, they find alternative solutions for any discomfort arising from rubbing or chaffing of the genitals."

Patients who sought genitoplasty "uniformly" wanted their vulvas to be flat and with no protrusion, similar to the prepubescent look of girls in Western fashion ads, they found.

"Not unlike presenting for a haircut at a salon, women often brought along images to illustrate the desired appearance," say Creighton and Liao. "The illustrations, usually from advertisements or pornography, are always selective and possibly digitally altered."

Plastic surgery to the labia carries risks, for this zone carries nerve fibres that are highly sensitive and are a key pathway of sexual arousal, the article warns sternly.

"Incision to any part of the genitalia could compromise sensitivity," it says.

The BMJ piece suggests genitoplasty is a classic example of where commercial, media and social pressures artificially create a problem, fuel concern over it and then put forward a solution for it.

"There is nothing unusual about protrusion of the labia," it says.

"It is the negative meaning that makes it into a problem -- meanings that can give rise to physical, emotional and behavioural reactions, such as discomfort, self-disgust, perhaps avoidance of some activities and a desire for a surgical fix."

Wow. I mean uh...wow...I guess if your stuff is all...well, you know, different, you now have the opportunity to get it fixed. That's gotta be a good thing...but a designer vagina? I wonder what Ralph Lauren would have to say about that!

[cangel]

You know, in some states, there's a luxury tax on elective surgery.

[OiGirl]

And which people are outraged about female circumcision?

[twg]

Dammit! What is this world coming to?!

Slice not the [kitty cat]! For the [kitty cat] is lovely in all of it's forms!

Ladies! Let your [kitty cat]s be free to be what it is!

[Wrench]

<--------------Is good enough with me.

[happeningthang]

But where was the outrage when guys started having *beep* enlargements?

[Nicco61]

Not Surgery but LMAO


Bleach your way to a pretty little pucker

Herman Lategan

22 January 2007 12:59

Is it perhaps time to say �yebo baba� to a bleached sphincter? Yes, you. Is your sphincter too brown? An open-ended question, if ever there was one.

You can now have a sparkling brown eye by having it bleached. Some beauticians are billing it as the new Brazilian wax.

There was a time when I would have reacted like an anal-retentive bumpkin on hearing such utter shit. Since the launch, however, of the Foreskin Restoration Society (I am not kidding), I am not that easily shocked. Moreover, let us not forget Britney Spears�s recent flashing of her peach-pink punani at paparazzi. Nothing surprises me any more. Zilch.

I first heard about this genre of bleaching from a well-to-do friend in London. Evidently, it is all the rage in the upper echelons (or is it the lower echelons?) of high society.

Now, it seems, every �celebutart� (Time�s word, not mine) wants one. �Opinions are like sphincters,� I read somewhere, �Everyone has one.� Thus, I decided to surf the internet and see for myself, and there it was. In an article headlined The chocolate starfish (yes!) it states: �In the last couple of months, I�ve had a lot of requests [for sphincter bleaching], so I�ve started some experiments,� says Sydney beautician Anna Marsiano from The Bees� Knees Salon. �Who the hell doesn�t want to have a pretty little pucker?�

If you still do not believe me, visit the website www.bleachbum.com, where you can read more about this fetish. �Anal bleaching,� it says, �is not something you would try without receiving a little advice first.� Gosh, thank you for the warning. �That portion of your body is quite sensitive. Using the wrong product or any product at all, can cause an uncomfortable chemical burn � so you will want to be careful.�

If however, you would like to bleach your anal area for a younger looking appearance -- this page is probably a great place for you to visit. You can also seek help from a cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist.

�Some treatments are applied in the office by a medical technician, while others are given as a prescription for you to use in the privacy of your own home. (It would seem you lie on your back, legs in the air, with a mirror.) �Look for a 2% solution of hydroquinone, as it should be mild enough to use on this delicate area. Often, hydroquinone creams are used to minimise spots that occur due to sun exposure, age, and birth control pills.

�For this reason, they are often coupled with sunscreens. If you are looking to bleach your anus you DO NOT want a product with a sunscreen. Look for a night-time formula instead.

�To effectively bleach your anal area, apply the cream twice a day. You should see gradual results quickly [a contradiction, if ever] and continuously. You can discontinue use of the cream when you reach your desired, even skin tone.�

It ends by suggesting that you �can prevent anal staining by being cautious in the bathroom. We suggest using a moist wipe [www.shopinprivate.com/cotmoiswip.html] after every bowel movement.�

In several chatrooms that I visited while researching this outrageous topic, people had a lot to say. One crackpot said: �William S Burroughs himself could not have invented this. I�m going to file this under strange things rich white people do.� Another asked: �Do you think people in Muslim countries worry about crap like this?�

A Christian surmised that a procedure like this could probably work in certain predominantly born-again Christian communities where young girls �save� vaginal intercourse until after marriage, allowing their boyfriends to enter in a roundabout way � through the backdoor instead.

Finally, a cynical participant summed it up: �Pffft! Anal bleaching is soooo five minutes ago. If you hung out with us girls in the good bathrooms you would know that all we are talking about is botoxing our asses. Yeah, all those wrinkly bits.� Quite. Now you know.

PS. Please DO NOT follow this procedure without first consulting your general practitioner.

[Richard Krainium]

OMG - I thought you were joking since your bleachbum.com link didn't work. But Wiki says it's true! Check out Wiki's external links! Britesmile for Bungholes: Investigating the latest craze in bodily beautification: anal bleaching

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching

What's next? Naw, I don't think I wanna know.

[OiGirl]

Correct link:
www.bleachbum.com

And now I have wasted an hour of my life on
http://www.shopinprivate.com/

[twg]

[The Hammer]

Me and my little paratrooper wish that all vaginas could be tightened up a lil bit. Go for the surgery girls!

[peppermint]

[Nicco61]

I thought they were called "meat curtain" reductions.

[poet13]

I'm ok with it. I've seen a couple that 'swayed' with the wind.

The one I don't get at all though are some of the reasons for recreating a hymen. Yeah yeah, I've heard that in some cultures a girl must be virgin to marry, and that it can be done for rape victims, but I've also read that some women get it done as a gift to their husbands. WTF:shock:

[Kyrei]