Elizabeth M. Johnson

1/25/2006

Vaginal plastic surgery?

Filed under: General — Elizabeth Johnson @ 6:46 am

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, liposuction is the top cosmetic surgical procedure in the US with rhinoplasty (nose reshaping) a close 2nd. While I cannot really imagine getting either procedure done , I really had a hard time simply reading about vaginal plastic surgery, one of the field’s fastest growing sectors according to Daphne Merkin’s article, Our Vaginas, Our Selves in a recent Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.

Even more disturbing than reading the particulars of this article (if that’s possible) are the alarming implications that surgery of this nature. The woman who decides to embark on a procedure of this nature is likely post age 40 (my guess) and looking for some way to feel young and sexy again. However, feelings of youth and sexiness are more a product of our minds than our bodies. I can reconstruct every part of this body of mine from my ass to my breasts and those changes won’t necessarily make me feel sexier or more beautiful. They may help my self-esteem but they don’t make it or break it.

It’s another depressing commentary on the level of women’s self-esteem in today’s society that many of us feel inclined to alter the most personal part of ourselves to seize something we feel is lost. The good news is that this internal damage can be mended…and at a much lower, less painful cost. You won’t feel like a virgin again but you will feel something even better and more long-lasting. Ever heard of Uncommon Confidence?

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