Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Wanderlust: Designer vaginas, anyone?

Vagina | Porn | Plastic Surgery

By Iva Skoch — Special to GlobalPost
Published: October 26, 2010 06:56 ET in Offbeat Vagina plastic surgery

 

According to Libuse Konopova, author of several books about female sexuality and an owner of the online store Shop4Ego.com that caters to women, pornography plays an increasingly important role in how women perceive their bodies.

“Women are becoming more significant consumers of pornography and are also becoming more involved in its production,” she said. As a result, female grooming preferences in the pubic area have largely followed the styles popular with female pornstars: no pubic hair at all.

Svatopluk Svoboda, a plastic surgeon who specializes in genital plastic surgeries in the Czech Republic, said that practically all his patients have started shaving in the last few years. “I can’t even remember the last time I saw a hairy woman,” he said….

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