Oral health status and treatment needs of children and young adults attending a day centre for individuals with special health care needs Oct 23, 2008
9% required veneers for labial facing of hypoplastic enamel. Conclusions. (BioMed Central)
Designer vagina trend 'worrying' Sep 24, 2008
" The exact numbers of procedures carried out are unknown. In the past five years there has been a doubling of the number of labial reductions carried out on the NHS from 400 in 2000/1 to 800 in 2004/5. Growing trend The evidence from existing case studies shows that the procedure, which costs about 2,000 at a private clinic, does have positive aesthetic results but it is unclear whether it resolves feelings of psychological distress or improves sexual functioning, she said. Types of cosmetic... (BBC News -- Health)
Book Review: Bonk Mar 29, 2008
In a similar spirit, there's the study on "labial traction as an instigator of female orgasm," conducted by a team of Colombian researchers in the mid-1980s. Heli Alzate, a physician and professor of sexology, and Mari Ladi Londoo, a psychotherapist, mustered 16 prostitutes and 32 feminists into their lab, where they manually stimulated their vaginal walls. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
3M buys supplier of orthodontic technology Oct 15, 2007
So-called "lingual" orthodontics have been around since the 1970s, but those braces generally cost more, are tougher to put on and clean, and require longer treatment than do "labial" braces, which fit around each individual tooth. Lingual braces can also affect the speech and tongue, at least initially. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Should Pregnant Women Eat More Seafood? Oct 6, 2007
The G-shot, labial reduction, vaginal rejuvenation. What s next. (New York Times)
Demand for 'Designer Vagina' Surgery Rising in UK May 28, 2007
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they said the number of "labial reductions" carried out in National Health Service hospitals had doubled to 800 a year over five years. Editor's Picks. (ABC News)
'Designer vagina' craze blasted May 28, 2007
Not only is there a disturbing lack of data about the phenomenon, there has been negligible assessment about surgical after-effects and almost zero reflection as to whether a labial "problem" exists in the first place, the BMJ says angrily. In 2004-5, 800 "labial reductions" were conducted by Britain's state-run National Health Service, more than a doubling of the figure of six years earlier. (iAfrica.com)
Doctors Warn against Vaginal Cosmetic Surgery May 27, 2007
Taking the quest for ideal beauty to the nether regions, more and more women are undergoing labial surgery ... In 2004 and 2005, the British National Health Service performed 800 labial reductions -- six times as many as in 1998 and 1999 ... Liao and Creighton report that of the 490,000 results from a "labial reduction" Google search, 47 of the first 50 results were advertisements from US and UK clinics offering the surgery. (Spiegel Online)
Top medical journal blasts 'designer vagina' craze... May 25, 2007
Not only is there a disturbing lack of data about the phenomenon, there has been negligible assessment about surgical after-effects -- and almost zero reflexion as to whether a labial "problem" exists in the first place, the BMJ says angrily. In 2004-5, 800 "labial reductions" were conducted by Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS), more than a doubling of the figure of six years earlier. (The Drudge Report)
'Designer vagina' surgery rising in UK May 25, 2007
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they said the number of "labial reductions" out in National Health Service hospitals had doubled to 800 a year over five years. "More and more women are said to be troubled by the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas", wrote Lih Mei Liao and Sarah Creighton from London's UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
