Color, shape, size, smells: We all have an idea – often unrealistic – of what life should be like. perfect vulva.
The truth? Every V-zone is different. And here's why.
It's now clear that women's lives are often a perpetual race toward perfection. At every stage of life, we're forced to live up to models, goals to achieve, and seemingly inalienable aesthetic standards. The desire is to finally feel "enough": beautiful, adequate, perfect.
But at what cost?
This constant pursuit risks turning us into our most severe judge, always attentive to the next defect to correct, without ever stopping to think that our body is already perfect as it isAccepting it, loving it, and valuing it is one of the most powerful gifts we can give ourselves.
Aesthetic pressure also affects the V zone
Yes, even our vulva ends up in the crosshairs of insecurities.
Maybe because it has a particular shape, a darker color, or proportions that seem “strange” to us compared to an abstract idea of perfection.
But where does this idea really come from?
There lack of realistic representation of the vulva The media leaves us with few reference images: often idealized, often filtered. In fact, two main sources influence us:
📺 Pornography
🧸 The dolls of childhood
It seems absurd, but it's true. It's no coincidence that one of the most frequent requests to cosmetic surgeons concerns precisely intimate surgery: in particular, labiaplasty. At the Toronto Cosmetic Clinic, for example, there is the “Barbie Labiaplasty”: a procedure that reduces or eliminates the labia minora to achieve a more “tidy” or “delicate” appearance.
If by “delicate” you mean erasing natural anatomical variety, then we have a problem.
❗ It's not surgery that's the enemy, but the reason behind the request
We are not against cosmetic surgery: when it serves to resolve a physical or functional discomfort, it can be a safe and valid option.
But the real knot to unravel is: Why do so many women think they need to modify their vulva?
The causes are many:
- Lack of realistic representation of the vulva
- Lack of dialogue on the female body
- Taboo, embarrassment, silence
- Social and sexual pressure
- Stress related to the first approach to sexuality
And all this often starts during adolescence.
💗 The truth: every vulva is perfect in its own way
Let's say it clearly, once and for all: the perfect vulva doesn't exist.
There are different vulvas. Like noses, mouths, smiles, and hands: none are the same as another.
Larger or smaller lips, lighter or darker skin, asymmetries, shapes, folds: it's all completely natural. And, more importantly, the vulvar area changes over time.Puberty, pregnancy, menopause: Hormones transform the appearance of the V-zone and this is completely normal.
