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  If you’ve ever taken a peek at your vulva — the outer part of a person with a vagina’s genitals that includes the vagina, labia, and clitoris — and wondered if yours is normal, you’re not alone. “The truth is a lot of women don’t like their vaginas. One in seven women have considered getting labiaplasty, which basically is trimming and tucking the vulva and tightening up the entrance,” says Sherry Ross, MD, OB-GYN and a women’s health expert with her own private practice. In fact, a 2017 report by the  Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank  showed that labiaplasties increased by 213% from 2012-2017, indicating that more and more people were seeking cosmetic procedures to alter their vagina’s appearance. It’s important to note that everyone has a unique and different type of vulva, says Ross. And unless it’s causing you discomfort, there’s no reason to be ashamed of what it looks like or to undergo expensive surgery to reshape it. While there’s no set number of vulva ...