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I seriously need reassurance, my labia minora is NOT NORMAL

I think my vagina is very very ugly. the labia minora is a darkened color and it is almost 2 times longer that the outer lips. My boyfriend is a lot more experienced than i am. I've only been with one other guy before him. He says that i am "different", but won't admit whether it turns him off or not. But our sex is still great. i've seen pictures and videos of other people's vaginas and it only makes me feel uglier.
Please tell me that there are others out there with the same "problem". i wish i had a pretty little pink one like the girls in porn clips; but i do not want surgery. We love eachother very much and i don't want this "isseue" to ruin our sexlife due to my lack of self esteem. Big sisters..please help!
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I am also 15, and I'm not sure when, but one day my labia minoria just popped out. Since then I've been very insecure about it, and wondering if it's normal or if I'm just a freak. I have had sex, and the guy didn't seem to mind, but I'm still not sure. Does anyone know what causes people to have large labia minoria?
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Please, please, please do NOT worry or concern yourselves, girls & women, boys & men, with the appearance, structure, or form of your body. Lips, clits, penises and vaginas are the standard issue with the corperal form into which your mortal soul comes into the world. The CHOICES we make have the impact on the world in which we live.

The size, color or smell of your sexual organs have nothing to do with anything, unless you are ill. We should all concern ourselves with our behavior instead of how our bodies appear. Hey, Lads & Lasses, we are only on this world for a short stint. Let's make the most of it. I pray that we can all be kind to each other & treat our family members right.

Alice. I am a UK ***** who doesn't understand why EVERYONE just doesn't do what's right. Sigh.
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I am also 15, I have large labia,
and I love them.
They are wonderfull, trust me a girl with just a plain old slit would be bored of oral sex...
I can't get enough. Maybe it's bad for me to say that at this age?
but when you find someone who truly loves you for who you are (and they are part of who you are, absolutely beautiful) he'll be happy to even be in bed with you!
just be proud of what you've got, because no one else has one quite like yours and come on - if we were all the same then men wouldnt care who they married or slept with.. in fact I don't think they'd even bother.

And if anyone still has issues with thier labia I would quite happily show you just how nice they are!
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I have noticed, in my experience, that women with large Labia Minora (Inner lips) also have larger clitorises.  For me, personally, I find this to be more of a good thing than a bad thing.  Sure, you can go and compare yourself to those air-brushed ******* in Playboy, and get down about how yours looks, but before you do, why don't you have your significant other go compare themselves to Peter North or John Holmes.  That will make them feel sufficiently insufficient enough to realize that they, themselves, are not as well endowed as they wish.  Fact is, NO woman's bodies that I have ever seen (and this is coming from someone who worked in exotic dance clubs for several years, as well as having been around the block a few times) is ever 100% perfect.  I have seen women with "perfect" breasts, but unattractive labias, and I have seen women with text book privates, but unattractive breasts.  I've seen some who are generally good all over, and some who are generally bad all over.  Fact is, it is our personal imperfections that make us perfect to someone out there.

My wife is young.  I was her first, and her Labia was large before we met.  She felt that she was different, and was worried that something was wrong with her, but, when I first saw her nude, and liked I saw, she was relieved.  You, as well, will find that your guy will not only "not mind" your large lips, but, if will find that they are more than useful in giving pleasure.

I've been with women with all sorts of body types....  if every one were the same, life would be boring.
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Hi, I'm 29 and have had the same problem when I was younger. Only I wasn't so worried about it then (I did ask my Mom back then and she said hers were like that, too) and I am definitely not worried about it now! One side of my labia minora is way bigger than the other and hangs out and the other isn't. I always thought this was kind of cool and I used to kind of "play" with it a lot - I got the feeling I was making it more prominent by doing so - but hey, my body is my body.
I really think it's nothing to worry about - nobody ever thought this was unattractive or even mentioned it. Because it isn't. And I'm married, so plenty of experience there.
So just enjoy your labia for what they are - and trust me, no boyfriend is  going to care. They're going to think it attractive, most likely.
Anyways, to bak9591: You describe some discomfort, like pain and itching. You might have a vaginal infection of some kind. Yeast infections are common and unpleasant. If that still continues, you should probably ask an Ob/Gyn for advice - I had a yeast infection when I started the pill and it was very annoying.
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up until this moment I had no idea that I wasn't the only one! I am 17. I'm definitely in the category of dark and long but before today I had considered myself in the category of 'bound to be a virgin forever' because every time I got close to a guy I'd panic, not because I was uncomfortable with being close but because I was uncomfortable with myself, I thought it was some kind of mutation. I have felt this way since I was about 10 or 11. I feel like I actually have potential for a real relationship now, one that will begin without me being certain it has to end.
Now if I ever have a daughter I'll make sure she knows that whatever she looks like down there is absolutely perfect!
Thank you everyone for lifting this weight off me and, as I read, many other girls as well!!
Take care of your bodies, whatever they look like!
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