article_snippet.sent: Labial reduction procedures - surgery to reduce the size of the inner ‘lips’ of the vagina - have risen five-fold in the past 10 years, with more than 2,000 operations performed in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Labial reduction procedures - surgery to reduce the size of the inner ‘lips’ of the vagina - have risen five-fold in the past 10 years, with more than 2,000 operations performed on NHS in 2010 .
article_snippet.sent: The surgery involves reducing the size of a woman's labia minora to make the size of a woman's labia minora more symmetrical and smaller than the labia majora.
article_snippet.sent: A labiaplasty is a surgical procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora –
article_snippet.sent: Most labiaplasty operations are done by private clinics as cosmetic surgery, to change the appearance of the female genitals.
article_snippet.sent: A labiaplasty involves shortening or reshaping the vaginal lips, a bit like shortening a hem on a dress.
article_snippet.sent: A labiaplasty is usually performed by a gynaecologist or plastic surgeon.
article_snippet.sent: – an 80 per cent rise - while NHS figures show there were 2,000 labiaplasties performed in 2010 – a five-fold rise since 2001.
highlights_snippet.sent: NHS labial reduction procedures risen five-fold in the last 10 years .
  