Apparently perking up one’s, ummm, personal appearance via surgery is over-rated and exploited by surgeons just trying to make a buck off of insecure women. Who would have guessed?
Rachel Zimmerman writes:
Genital Procedure Draws Warning - WSJ.com:
An influential physicians group is expected to warn today against so-called vaginal rejuvenation and other cosmetic procedures, saying the methods are unproven and potentially risky, and that medical claims about results are exaggerated.
Doctors who perform the procedures say the opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is overly cautious. They say the procedures are safe and that more women are requesting such surgeries, having seen TV shows and magazines featuring them. The E! entertainment cable network’s “Dr. 90210” reality-television program has spotlighted doctors performing genital surgery.
The warning from the physicians group also targets procedures such as “designer vaginoplasty,” which is billed as a way to enhance a woman’s look — or to tone and to tighten areas altered by aging and childbirth.
… Many gynecologists say the majority of such procedures aren’t backed by solid scientific studies. They say potential risks, including infection, scarring, nerve damage and loss of sensation, outweigh possible — if any — benefits. “To do this for cosmetic reasons, and to say it will improve sexual fulfillment is totally absurd,” says Thomas Stovall, past president of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons and a clinical professor at the University of Tennessee at Memphis.
It's quite ridiculous what people (surgeons) come up with these days!
People need to realize, a surgery is a surgery even if it's just for cosmetic reasons, which means that it involves risks that exist with every surgery.
It is a good thing that the ACOG recognizes this. In my experience however, it happens often that the ACOG recommends something, but that gynecologists completely ignore the recommendation.
My gyn explained to me all there is to know about the thinning of the lining of the vagina. I would dare say a woman would have to really need it or care for sex without pain.
Pleasure, what pleasure? It's all in the heads, y' know ;P))