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to want labiaplasty

237 replies

upsylazy · 29/09/2010 20:27

This isn't a joke. Since having 3 huge babies,(last one was nearly 11 lbs), my inner fanjo lips have turned a hideous grey/brown colour and hang down about 2 inches outside the outer ones. I just think they look vile. I have only just realised that you can have an op to have them "trimmed". On the same day that I read about this, I read a description in the novel I was reading of a woman's bits, describing "the dark red bud enclosed by the pink petals". It was such a contrast with the way mine look. It's not as though I go about flashing my fanjo at everyone but I have to see it in the shower, going to the loo etc and I hate it. I mentioned the possibility of getting it "fixed" to a friend who plans to have surgery done to everything - boobs, face, tummy etc and she gave me this lecture about how it's totally misogynistic etc. I find this really hypocritical. What's the difference between a boob job and a fanjo job? I probably won't ever actually go through with it but just wondered what people thought.

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AnyFucker · 29/09/2010 21:53

yes, hester

fanjo's are not really meant to be pretty

like cocks...they are the most ridiculous piece of anatomy ever

they are what they are, all are different

if I had a fanjo like a 6yo girl, I would be rather worried

< speaks as a knackered 40+yo who's had two kids, vaginally >

BalloonSlayer · 29/09/2010 21:56

"dark red bud enclosed by the pink petals" Sounds like something written by someone who has seen a hell of a lot of porn and few real women.

I feel distressed reading posts like yours, upsylazy. Because you sound totally normal yet feel you are ugly.

What does your partner think of your bits?

HalfTermHero · 29/09/2010 21:57

I tend to agree that twats come in all shapes and sizes and it is a shame that an 'ideal' has now emerged. No reasonable or decent bloke is going to judge you on the size of your piss flaps.

AnyFucker · 29/09/2010 21:57

your husband is laughing at my fanjita too ????

< cries >

snoozathon · 29/09/2010 21:57

The pain might make you feel worse about sex and give you all kinds of new issues to worry about. I don't think you're being unreasonable, but I'd try to find someone who's had it done and isn't a porn star to find out how they feel about it first.

Purplebuns · 29/09/2010 21:59

Poor Anyfucker
You just have a gift with words that is all. :)

HalfTermHero · 29/09/2010 22:00

No, anyfucker!- we are giggling at your explicit description! I hope your flaps are not burning as I expect they are being talked about all over the UK tonight, lol.

Purplebuns · 29/09/2010 22:01

Upsy - I think you should go to the docs and see what they say.
I am of the camp that if it is going to distress you and you can get it fixed then do it, it isn't as if you are having your clit lopped off so you shouldn't lose much sensation, I wouldn't have thought.

TheProfiteroleThief · 29/09/2010 22:01

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HalfTermHero · 29/09/2010 22:04

Oh god, I have just noticed a poster on another thread called 'Rosebud' . Of all the smug names to have chosen..........

AnyFucker · 29/09/2010 22:04

hth, your turn of phrase ain't too shabby either Grin

MustHaveaVeryShortMemory · 29/09/2010 22:06

The woman on embarrassing bodies was really pleased with the results of her surgery.

BUT the Dr who referred her on the programme said that flaps come in all shapes and sizes and hers were not unusual. I think the issue was in her head.

ratspeaker · 29/09/2010 22:13

I'd be worried about loss in sensation

Would it hurt ?

Would they give you something to numb it with?

must
resist
the
old
joke

HalfTermHero · 29/09/2010 22:16

I once saw some graffiti on a men's toilet wall. I assume it was some sort of a 'cottage'. The graffiti related to one bloke stating that he was was looking for another man to suck off, preferably one with a 'long, juicy foreskin' Confused. Perhaps it is the same with flaps, maybe some blokes like something to get their gums around ? Ok so flaps you can tuck into your socks might be going too far, just maybe the porn ideal isn't the average man's ideal, iyswim. I am sure that the overwhelming majority of men would be happy to get their hands on a fanjo, full stop Grin.

TheCrackFox · 29/09/2010 22:18

TBH we need to go back to the time when men were pathetically grateful for whatever fanjo came their way.

TheBolter · 29/09/2010 22:19

Didn't Jordan have it done? On that classy episode of Katie and Peter when she was sat in the back of a leather clad Range Rover wingeing about her piss flaps hurting so much afterwards she couldn't sit down, and when she walked she looked like a cowboy.

Nice.

However, I would imagine that someone like her would only have it done because her fanjo no longer looked like a porn star's. The rest of us just get on with trying to forget what the hell it now looks like.

OP, I do sympathise though. Check out your facts first and if you feel it'll make you more confident then consider it by all means. Just make sure you have plans for recovery and for god's sake choose a reputable surgeon.

Hedgeblunder · 29/09/2010 22:32

Agree with crackfox

BoffinMum · 29/09/2010 22:32

I think it's only worth getting a nip and tuck if you have toilet problems, or it rubs painfully on your clothes or something like that. Otherwise what the hell is the point? Fanjos are meant to have children come out of them and look no less beautiful for all that.

WhatsWrongWithYou · 29/09/2010 22:39

The documentary a couple of years ago was called 'The Perfect vagina.' Interesting article about it here.

Iggi999 · 29/09/2010 22:39

I'm really not in the camp of "there's nothing wrong with you but if it makes you feel better, get it fixed". If the OP's self-image is so low, I'm guessing you get this fixed, then you just find something else to stress about.
Plus, conforming to the porno norm just makes life harder for those of us with eccentric fanjos!

nickschick · 29/09/2010 22:45

Yayyyy Crackfox Grin

WhatsWrongWithYou · 29/09/2010 22:49

Lisa Rogers' (documentary presenter) own take on it; she got quite distressed about it afair (you couldn't not be watching it - young girl having her bits lopped off because her sister and male mates said she had a 'hanging ham').

sweetkitty · 29/09/2010 22:53

DD1 entered the world with her hand up past her ear and ripped me to shreds including a Labial tear so I now have one side bigger than the other and hanging down like a but of horrid scar tissue, went on to have 3 bigger babies but none did the damage she did.

So anyway I feel really ugly down there now so whilst watching embarrassing bodies I said to DP I think I'll get mine nip and tucked. He said wouldn't you rather spend the money on getting a new bathroom? I know I would as I will be in the bathroom more Hmm kind of sums it up really.

If you want it done then go for it

Quattrocento · 29/09/2010 23:00

I've only recently learned that this procedure exists. Had my medical and found out all sorts of operations that could be undertaken to improve me. But you know, who can be bothered? And it's not as if your labia get seen a lot in public.

pinkyredrose · 29/09/2010 23:45

I've had the op, about 8 yrs ago. I had one inner labia alot longer than the other (by a couple of inches) so had it trimmed to match the smaller side. I don't remember it being painful as such more uncomfortable and quite sore, had to wear a pad for a few weeks after as I bled.

Once that had passed it was absolutely fine, no change in sensitivity at all.

If it's what u want then go for it.