Labiaplasty: The “New” Kid On The Cosmetic Block

As one can imagine, there was some confusion among the general public when labiaplasty hit the scene, but the fact is, the more awareness that began to be created, the more the female population embraced the idea, if not for aesthetic reasons, then for the other advantages discussed above.  In fact, this procedure (and even vaginoplasty) isn’t quite as ‘new’ as people think.  In 1975, Dr. James Burt discussed performing these procedures in his book Surgery of Love.  It wasn’t until roughly around the year 2000 that vaginal rejuvenation became more widespread and openly discussed.  In 2011, the British Journal of Medicine surveyed a group of women, and 40% of them said they’d like to undergo the procedure.  Here in the United States, the number of surgeons performing labiaplasty increased from 21% to 29% in the last year alone – and those are only the surgeons we know about.