News.com.au have published troubling reports of a mother compelling her teen daughter, Alana*, to have surgery on her vagina.
The story emerged in a new book, When Doctors and Patients Disagree, documented a conflict between the mother’s wishes and what the doctor thought was right.
According to news.com.au, the mother thought her daughter’s genitalia was “abnormal” and “untidy”.
“Normal women are neater,” the mother said to the GP.
“She will never be able to have sex looking like that.”
The reports confirm Alana has no medical condition whatsoever, and the surgery would purely to make her more aesthetically pleasing, in her mother’s eyes.
As the name of the book implies, the doctor wasn’t going to comply with the mother’s requests. When Alana was asked about her thoughts on the surgery, she simply “shrugged” and agreed that it should be done.
The GP tried to tell the girl she shouldn't be worried.
The GP persisted by assuring her everyone's labia will look different and will have various sizes.
Unfortunately, labiaplasty surgeries have surged in recent years, particularly due to self-confidence issues.