Girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their genitals because they are distressed by its appearance, the Victoria Derbyshire show has been told. Dr Naomi Crouch, a leading adolescent gynaecologist, said she was concerned GPs were referring rising numbers of young girls who wanted an operation. Labiaplasty, as the surgery is known, involves the lips of the vagina being shortened or reshaped. In , more than girls under 18 had labiaplasty on the NHS. More than of the girls were under Some experts fear that pornography and images viewed through social media are leading young girls to have unrealistic perceptions of how their genitals should look.

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This is the seventh installment of stories and photographs from I'll Show You Mine , a book by Wrenna Robertson and photographer Katie Huisman, and by all of the women featured in the book, collectively. To find out more about the book, Wrenna, and why we think this is such an important project, check out our interview with her here. Or, you can visit the website for the book to find out and more and get a copy for yourself. If you'd like to ask the person whose body and words are featured in each entry any questions or have a conversation with her, most of the subjects have agreed to make themselves available here in the comments for discussions with our readers. As mentioned in Wrenna's interview, so many people never get the opportunity to talk about genitals in an honest, open and safe way with others, so we encourage you to avail yourselves of the opportunity, and are so grateful to the women involved for making this kind of conversation available to Scarleteen readers. We're also happy to talk with you as Scarleteen staff or volunteers if you like. Depending on your feelings about your own genitals or those of others, and your experience or lack of it in seeing vulvas so realistically before, reading narratives or seeing images like these may stir up feelings for you which are uncomfortable.
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Like, the putty colored computer tells you this is old, the smoking I guess was still ok in advertisements… nah… I swear that looks more like a picture from Hustler or something. With a stocked bar and a sinkfull of dishes. It was August and it was HOT. What to do? I pulled out a cigarette while I pondered a solution. I press the HELP key on computer and the repair guy is on his way. I guess it could be worst. That guy is as hot as this August.