When girls watch porn, they see an idealized version of female genitals on display. But the only thing “baffling” here is widespread ignorance of porn’s impact on girls’ sexual confidence -and its likely role as a culprit in the alarming increase in surgeries.
Julie Strickland, chair of the ACOG’s Committee on Adolescent Health Care, said doctors were “kind of baffled” by the surge. Some doctors say girls want genital surgery to alleviate physical irritation in that area, but Dr. More than 8,000 teen girls received augmentation breast surgery in 2014, nearly double the number from just four years earlier, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which officially recommend girls wait until they are 18 to go under the knife. And the increase in this procedure is part of a larger boost in cosmetic surgery for teens. While the rise in requests for labiaplasty remains relatively small-with an increase from 220 to 400 girls overall-the data suggest more girls are becoming ashamed of the most intimate parts of their bodies.
