Hey all!

I turned 18 this February, but since I have never been sexually active, the thought of checkups at a GYN just passed me by. Since I started my period -and overall puberty- when I was eleven, I'd first noticed that my labia were getting very long and dark. Since then, my labia minora have grown to an ungodly, nearly two and a half inches long (if I loosely stretch them out- otherwise it's like an inch and a half).

Quite unlike some of the posts here though, they're the same length; the bulge in my underwear is revolting! I am constantly on the lookout for infection, since my discharge often lingers in my labia (and discolors it an almost yellow); it get pulled and poked painfully by the seams of pants that I not only have to wear a pad month-round, but in especially bad pants I also have to wear leggings underneath to sort of... keep it tucked up? It's definitely unsightly, and painful in more ways than one- it gets tugged on a lone tampon let alone if I ever, ever, get a boyfriend to have sex with.

It's a pain in the butt (thank god not literally!) and I need help: tips, hints, advice, anything you can throw at me! I've considered labiaplasty, but I haven't got the free time, money, or gusto to ask anyone about it.

 

-GiL