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"A sexy surgery that can make you like a virgin ... women all over the world are discovering a new fountain of youth." (1) This is how "vaginoplasty", a surgical procedure that involves cutting or burning the vaginal wall, is being described in the media. Gynecologists offering the procedure promote the idea that women can get a "designer vagina" by undergoing "vaginal rejuvenation."
These doctors are telling women that the surgery can make sex more pleasurable for them, though there's no science or data to back that up. In an Internet YouTube video, one gynecologist claims: "We can enhance sexual gratification because what we are doing is enhancing the muscles of the upper and lower parts of the vagina. We're decreasing the internal diameter [of the vaginal canal]." This doctor states that vaginoplasty is for women who have experienced "vaginal relaxation... |
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