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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.

OP posts:
MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 21:31

God I'm so glad I'm not a lesbian. The thought of licking fanny flaps makes me want to retch. Regardless of how low they hang. (bleurgh)

nagoo · 30/09/2010 21:33

I had a bit of repair work done after ds. It didn't hurt. I'm still not all perfect, but I feel a hell of a lot better for having it done. My labia was basically ripped in half, and the sewing in the hospital was crazily painful, and to be frank, she did a shit job Sad. So I went to get fixed a few months later on the nhs. It wasn't causing me pain. But it was emotionally disturbing. I would go to your gp if you are not happy.

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 21:33

They are tasty, honest gov! Grin

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 21:35

Christ HalfTerm, can you lick your own???

Lizzylou · 30/09/2010 21:36

Strangely enough, DH says mine are better now than pre-kids, even aftr 2 ventouses and aa 10lber+ (almost 11lbs) baby. I was stitched so well, think because the cuts were so clean, I didn't tear.

Hedgeblunder · 30/09/2010 21:39

That's awful nagoo :(
I'm not 100% happy but to be honest I didn't feel bad about it until I saw others that looked 'prettier'. I've never had any comments from boyfriends etc so just decide to shut up about it.
I think that if it makes you unhappy then it's certainly worth looking into. Tbh i thought long and hard about getting my boobs done (one is a cup size larger than the other) but I'm a total skinflint so couldn't justify spending the money!

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 21:39

I must confess I have never discussed my labia with dh.
[prude emoticon]

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 21:43

Mine got smaller after childbirth. Had big babies too so not really sure why. Dh has always been one to want oral sex. I am prered to embrace flaps. They are not ugly, they just 'are'.We should all respect them and quite frankly leave the poor things alone.

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 21:46

I think anyone contemplating plastic surgery is very brave tbh. I couldn't do it.

justonemorethen · 30/09/2010 21:46

Go and have look at the photo of "A portrait of my English wife" or somesuch title (the Guardian has the full photo). It's up for an award at the moment.

Shows a woman with hairy armpits with her whab labs fully on show. I would say they were a bit "full"myself based on what little labia I've seen. However all the comments underneath especially from the blokes rate them highly.

Have a compare and contrast!

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 21:50

Do us a link,Just!

AnyFucker · 30/09/2010 21:50

I can lick my own nose

and at a terrible stretch, my own nips

but not my own flaps

Good Gawd, HTH, you must be a helluva contortionist

justonemorethen · 30/09/2010 21:56

Er OK I'll try. Click on the photo for the full effect!

www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/sep/17/panayiotis-lamprou-portrait-wife-photography

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 21:58

Oh I am so sorry to let you all down, but I can't actually lick them, lol. That would take more yoga classes than I have ever been to!

Just googled and found the Guardian picture. Mine are no-where near as flappy but I still think hers looks good, iykwim. Dh agrees, lol. I'll get link and post, hang on.

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 22:00

Thanks, Just - you beat me to it.

Right, honest views, please. That lady looks beautiful to me, what do we all think?

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 22:06

Honestly? I feel better about my own now.

I think its good to see real naked people from time to time. Perspectives on what is attractive have become somewhat skewed in recent years.

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 22:09

Comments are interesting too. She is attractive. But not in a fake boobed, fake tanned, porn star way. Or in a drop dead perfect Hollywood way. So a bit more like the rest of us then!

AnyFucker · 30/09/2010 22:09

gosh, she is beautiful

she could turn me, that is for sure

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 22:10

Bang on right, Molly. Show your dh that picture and I promise he will have a little smile on his face and tell you that she is very pretty. We are made to feel like worthless shit by bollocks coming from every direction. The female body is beautiful yet it is so easy to forget this in the drowning tide of pornographic bullshit that (brain)washes over us all, daily.

FiaGrace · 30/09/2010 22:11

I think she looks lovely - mine probably look v similar to hers but I've always thought of them as very flappy.

ElectricSoftParade · 30/09/2010 22:12

Blimey, I have NEVER, NO, NOT EVEN ONCE, worried about my labia. Not even when I visited a commune in Wales and was invitied to "view my glory" with mirrors and a crowd of supportive women (which I did). The thought hadn't/hasn't crossed my mind.

Disclaimer: if you want to/feel a need to, by all means.

But, for me, after two bubs and ahem several partners I still hadn't thought about it. So, am off to bed (with a mirror) and will report back.

Ps: without being toooooo hippyish, all fanjos are lovely. Grin

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 22:13

Well Fia, that is one lovely looking pussy you have there, lol. I hope most of mumsnet see the pic and realise that they are 100% PERFECT AS THEY ARE!

MollysChambers · 30/09/2010 22:15

Oh yes, HalfTerm, DH would fancy her rotten. Grin

FiaGrace · 30/09/2010 22:16
Grin

Thank you Half. This thread has actually been really useful as I have always considered mine to be too long as they can get in the way so to speak.

It's lovely to realise that they're probably not that odd after all.

HalfTermHero · 30/09/2010 22:19

Hallelujah! But Lord help me for I am in danger of becoming evangelical about flaps.....