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One Labia Minora Bigger Than Other

One of the labia minora lips is bigger than the other, it has extra skin and is very dark in colour, and has no feeling. Now the problem is that it sticks out and I'm very uncomfortable with it. It makes me feel akward and abnormal. When I get my period sometime its hard to get the tampon in because it gets in the way and sometimes folds over so I can't get a tampon in and it hurts. Does this happen a lot, and how does it happen? Is there a surgery I can get for this, and should I?
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I am a RN and have seen hundreds of penises and vagina/vulvas.  I can say that for the most part most all external genitalia have a variety of colors, sizes.  Just as it is very normal for women to have one breast that is larger than another, it is true for labia as well.  Unless one side is a good deal larger than the other I don't think you all have any thing to worry about and even if it is, then it is probably just a psychological/cosmetic deal.  It is not unusual for the outer edge of the labia to be a darker color.  This is true for penises as well, in that there are variations of color, size and even the way the penis hangs, some curve in a direction.  

In the past no one thought much about this, but now that everyone's genitals seem to be everyone's business, has this become an issue.  There is no 'perfect' anything on anyone's body.  God knows what He's created and it is all just fine.  

If you still worry, go see a gyn or your family doc.  Also there are different levels of sensitivity in and around the vagina/vulva.  

Personally I think our culture has lost its mind.  Focusing on what is so called 'sexy', the correct ' size' of bodies and every organ, what is 'beautiful', etc... The point of life is to live and love.  It is not to be a 'perfect' object that is something to be observed and judged as we move through life.  Girls, reclaim your life, femininity and dignitity, find what you love and make it yours.  Don't spend your time worrying about who will or won't find you to be perfect.  Be and own your unique beauty, and let men find and pursue you.  You and all of who you are is your POWER, this is what the source of beauty is.  

Relax, breathe and laugh at MSM.  You are God's beloved daughters.  Now behave like it.   xxxxx

TabacBlond
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I'm 29 and like this. It's normal
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One of my labia is a great deal longer than the other m. It can also get in the way of wearing tampons. Mine happened during the birth of my first child. During my c-section they used a latex catheter even though I’m allergic to latex. This caused in if my lips to swell to like fifty times it’s normal size. It became permanently stretched out. I was embarrassed at first but nobody really notices those things but you. I have been with two other men since then and neither have said anything negative. One is my husband now and he told me he never really noticed it that much. So don’t worry about it it’s not worth your time
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Mine is like this too, larger on the right side and a darker purple like color, it often hangs lower and sticks out when my legs are closed, I often feel self conscious of it and am scared to have sexual intercourse, I have heard of labia plasty, a surgery to reduce size and cute some of it away, there's full where u cut it all off then there's knotch where you take out a triangular section and see it together to reduce size and have it look more natural, instead of going all in and having no lips on that side, I'm sure if you asked a doc about it they could set something up to have you meet with someone, it's harder for me especially because I'm only 15, boys are not mature and I m deathly afraid of a bad reaction from one of them,,, and also going to the doc is scary bc I don't wanna really talk about it with my parents,,, maybe someday I'll forgo some type of surgery too.
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My left lambia is longer then my right do guys care about the size or am i just over thinking i hate it being differnt sizes tho
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My right side hangs down awkwardly an I'm 14!! I stg it din do that yesterday but I woke up with alotttt of discomfort this morning an I looked in the mirror an I was so confused... considering it legit just happened over night, should I go to a gynecologist ??
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