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Increasing numbers of teenage girls are developing concerns about the appearance of their genitalia and are seeking cosmetic labioplasty etc. I haven’t encountered this but I suspect the patients only bring this up with female doctors. I have included comments on this issue from Sonia Grover, Director, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology at RCH below.
Women’s Health Victoria have recently launched a site they call The Labia Library with the hope this will be of educational value in illustrating the natural diversity of female external genitalia. See their press release below. The pictures are of adult women but you may find it useful for your patients.
The gynae team at RCH has been seeing increasing numbers of referrals for labioplasty – 1-2 consults per month over the last few years. At least 25% of the time the concern/ request is being driven by the mother – so the fact that the images on this site are all adult women is not necessarily a problem – as you may be trying to educate/influence the mother.
There are two other visual resources which I use. Femalia is a book of about 25 images – with a view directly at the perineum. This small book ( I always carry it with me!) can be purchased from Amazon. More recently there has been a coffee table book called vagina 101 – with 101 images of women standing( ie front on view) – this is a Melbourne made book. Both show a diverse range of appearances, all adult.
There has been an 8-fold increase in labioplasty procedures in Australia, across all age groups ( except the <10 years and the >55 years) as evidenced by claims using the medicare schedule number. As there has been no medical condition that has risen 8 fold in this time, these procedures must reflect cosmetically/culturally driven labioplasties, which by definition are female genital mutilations ( = “any culturally driven genital procedure” – there is no age limitation relating to this WHO definition). FGM is illegal in Australia…
Some of the problem relates to the fact that no-one seems to have pubic hair any longer – thus body bits are visible now that were previously obscured. Another part of the problem lies with young people accessing pornography, but the Australian classification board is not helping – as they consider images of female genitali to be ok for open publication ( i.e. in magazines such as Dolly and Cleo etc) any genitalia that appear neat – thus excluding the 50% of women with labia visible beyond the labia majora, and thus they contribute to the distorted perception of what is normal….
Dr Sonia Grover,
Director, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
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Very important point Mike & Sonia – the ABC’s Hungry Beast program had an excellent segment on precisely these issues a few years ago. It’s well worth the watch https://vimeo.com/10883108
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For other uses, see Labia (disambiguation) .

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^ Lloyd, Jillian; et al. (May 2005). "Female genital appearance: 'normality' unfolds" (PDF) . British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology . 112 (5): 643–646. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.585.1427 . doi : 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00517.x . PMID 15842291 . S2CID 17818072 .

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^ Ginger, Van Anh T.; Yang, Claire C. (2011). "Functional Anatomy of the Female Sex Organs" in Cancer and Sexual Health (PDF) . Humana Press. pp. 13–23.

^ Lamanna, Mary Ann; Riedmann, Agnes (2011). Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society . Cengage Learning. pp. A7. ISBN 9781133172826 .

^ 617.23, Minnesota Statute

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Look up labium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The labia are part of the female genitalia ; they are the major externally visible portions of the vulva . In humans, there are two pairs of labia: the labia majora (or the outer labia) are larger and thicker, while the labia minora are folds of skin between the outer labia. The labia surround and protect the clitoris and the openings of the vagina and the urethra .

Labium (plural labia ) is a Latin -derived term meaning " lip ". Labium and its derivatives (including labial, labrum) are used to describe any lip-like structure, but in the English language, labium often specifically refers to parts of the vulva .

The labia majora , also commonly called outer labia or outer lips, are lip-like structures consisting mostly of skin and adipose (fatty) tissue, which extend on either side of the vulva to form the pudendal cleft through the middle. The labia majora often have a plump appearance, and are thicker towards the anterior. [1] The anterior junction of the labia majora is called the anterior commissure , which is below the mons pubis and above the clitoris. To the posterior, the labia majora join at the posterior commissure , which is above the perineum and below the frenulum of the labia minora . The grooves between the labia majora and labia minora are known as the interlabial sulci or interlabial folds.

The labia minora (obsolete: nymphae), also called inner labia or inner lips, are two soft folds of fat-free, hairless skin between the labia majora. They enclose and protect the vulvar vestibule, urethra and vagina. The upper portion of each labium minora splits to join with both the clitoral glans , and the clitoral hood . The labia minora meet posterially at the frenulum of the labia minora (also known as the fourchette), which is a fold of skin below the vaginal orifice. The fourchette is more prominent in younger women, and often recedes after sexual activity [2] and childbirth. [1]
When standing or with the legs together, the labia majora usually entirely or partially cover the moist, sensitive inner surfaces of the vulva , which indirectly protects the vagina and urethra, [1] much like the lips protect the mouth. The outer surface of the labia majora is pigmented skin, and develops pubic hair during puberty. The inner surface of the labia majora is smooth, hairless skin, which resembles a mucous membrane, and is only visible when the labia majora and labia minora are drawn apart.

Both the inner and outer surfaces of the labia majora contain sebaceous glands (oil glands), apocrine sweat glands , and eccrine sweat glands . The labia majora have fewer superficial nerve endings than the rest of the vulva, but the skin is highly vascularized. [2] The internal surface of the labia minora is a thin moist skin, with the appearance of a mucous membrane. They contain many sebaceous glands, and occasionally have eccrine sweat glands. The labia minora have many sensory nerve endings, and have a core of erectile tissue. [1]

The color, size, length and shape of the inner labia can vary extensively from woman to woman. [3] In some women the labia minora are almost non-existent, and in others they can be fleshy and protuberant. They can range in color from a light p
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