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Doctor Responses: Enlarged Labia

Dr Pixie answers your most frequently asked questions about enlarged labia such as: Will they get bigger as you get older? Can it affect your health and cleanliness? What can you do to deal with enlarged labia?

With thanks to the Baker Street Medical Centre

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i have it, im 15 an i have a boyfriend but he doesnt rele care because he loves me

this isnt anything to worry about girls x

I'm 15 also, i deren't have sex because they're really noticeable, i want surgery on it but my mum keeps saying it'll be okay, i know for a fine fact it isnt ok and yeah, alot of people may have it but it doesnt exactly look attractive, i plan on having oral with my boyfrinds for future but now i cant, thanks to this.
I need surgery.

Helloo im 13/14 and recently i have noticed that i have an enlarged labia, atm it doesnt really bother me but gradualy its getting my self confindence down,and the boys in my school are always talking about how they have fingered girls and if d let them finger me and its embarrasing i havent told my mum or anyone id just purely like to know if boys would like this sory of thing,or if they would take one look at me and laugh, also when i was learning about sex education my teacher told us what a vagina looked like and that was when it caught my attention that i was different.

i am only 15 years old and have the same problem. One side is bigger then the other and it really worrys me alot. i cant do anything or even have a proper serious realationship with a boy. I lack in confidence because of it, as all my friends can have serious relationships but it just bothers me so much. What can i do to stop it? Pleaseee help me

I feel really bad that so many girls feel this way about their vag.
I used to be really self conscious about mine, especially when I has younger and going through puberty.

I´m older now (22), and I just want to say to any young girls out there who hate their vagina and their "enlarged" labia, try not to worry! Almost all the girls I know have some complaint about their vagina lips, so you´re not alone!
The way I see it, if someone is getting the opportunity to see my vagina then:
1. They are a doctor
or
2. They are lucky

Everyone has things they don´t like about their bodies, EVERYBODY. And please, ladies, don´t think you can´t have a boyfriend because your vagina is "ugly". For one thing, the things a guy wants to do with your vagina have very little to do with looking it… well, any guy who is worth your time at least.

I have a big labia, and I´ve had no problems getting boyfriends/booty calls/whatever. I´ve also never had someone decide not to have sex with me after getting a look at the goods.
My current boyfriend compares this vagina thing to belly buttons: some are innies, some are outties.
These is NOTHING wrong with you or your vagina. TONS of women have "outties". There´s a good chance its probably your won´t be the first outtie your guy has seen.
And really, if the dude has a problem with it would you really want to be involved with a man is that shallow, and who doesn´t understand that there is more to being a sexy woman than the very linear image we see in the media?
You are worth more than that!

Oh, and I understand some women do experience physical pain if their labia is too large, bu that´s a whole different ball game. This is more directed at the ladies who have normal vaginas but unfortunately have been lead to believe they are not normal.

I have a large labia and it does not really bother me that much. But the thing what does is that i get very swallon and sore. It also gets itchy and unbearable to even move. I get very frustrated with it and feel like i just want to rip it of. If i do itch it, it then bleads and becomes very sore and i cant go toilet because it burns and is very painful. I dont want this to carry on my whole life because i am only 15. Please help me.

I didn't even consider there was anything different between me and the next person before I saw this on the program.. so now I do feel a bit embarrassed by it! But I've had various sexual partners, most of which were long term boyfriends and none of them have ever mentioned it, so as long as it doesn't cause me any discomfort, I'm going to continue as I am!

holly, i have the exact same problem as you, and i know exactly how you feel. im 14, nearly 15, and i have noticed i have an enlarged labia since i was about 11 or 12. im so embarrassed but ive never said to anyone, and i really look up to you that you told your sisters and your mum! i know you said it was hard and it didnt happen they way you wanted, but i could never have dont that and i really respect you. i feel better knowing im not the only one in this situation my age, weird but i kinda feel nonee of my friends would have this sorta problem :S x

i have this problem too, my partner of four years says its normal, but stil it gets me down. i always thaught it wasnt normal. when i see pictures of other peoples it makes me feel its not so bad! is there anything i can do about it ti bring my confidence back?? i have had two children and both times i didnt want to even open my legs i was so self concious about the problem. so please let me know what i can do…..

wow i dident know it could get so bad and start swelling inside . iv been writing here and there for the past few years and every now and again there is somebody that says "oh its all right to have an inlarged labia " but thats becaus they have found someone special who will take them for what they are unlike the rest of us we dont feel real with them and i find i am very ashamed of my self (not to make evrey one feel bad about them selfs ) i no i shoudent and i would love to go have surgery but it costs proberly a LOT and iv looked all over for prices ! and the thing is if i had it done i know i would love it forever and ever and i would feel like a women oh yeah im 13 soon to be 14 and i got it when i was about 12 ish my mum doesent have and my sisters dnt ever and i dnt reallt want to tell them cus its embarassing !! ha ha i spelt it wrong AND i wish the people on this site sent you something back cus all im doeing really is writing to all of you and you dont write back any way hope you have a good life and find a soloution to you inlarged labia




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