British doctors from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) are putting their foot down on government funding through the National Health Service (NHS) of designer vagina surgery.

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In the past few years, there has been a surge by five-folds of that procedure, also known as labiaplasty, reducing the size of the labia minora. In 2010, more than 2,000 such procedures were performed and paid for by the NHS.

What is also troubling is that in the past five years, 250 girls under 14 years old underwent the procedure, according to NHS data.

Dame Suzi Leather, chairman of the Royal College's Ethics Committee said, quoted by Daily Mail, "Some women are requesting it solely for cosmetic reasons and these decisions are not always being made on an informed understanding of the normal variations that exist, but influenced by images from popular culture and the pornography industry."

She stressed that women should be reminded everyone is unique and there would be variation in appearance of women's private parts.

The doctors are not against labiaplasty when it is done for legal medical reasons such as hygiene, difficulties during sex or discomfort while exercising.

The RCOG paper recommended counseling and psychological treatment for females who are suffering from body image distress that leads them to seek the designer vagina surgery. It pushed for education, support and advice in clinical practice, plus sympathetic appreciation of the female body insecurities.

The numbers cited are only those paid for by the NHS. More designer vagina procedures had been done on young Brit girls in private clinics.

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