The sensitive or squeamish might want to look away, but did you see “The Perfect Vagina” on Channel 4 this week?

I’ve written previously about how women in their 20’s are trying to find security and confidence through botox, but this new documentary really troubled me.

It seems that vaginal cosmetic surgery has doubled here in the UK over the last 5 years and labiplastys are the fastest growing form of cosmetic surgery in the UK.

I watched as Lisa Rogers (the presenter) explored the subject in good humour, becoming upset and sometimes tearful as she listened to some of the women who took part and saw them linking the procedure with their self-worth.

I share Lisa’s feelings. Young women are taking increasingly desperate and risky steps to increase the value they place on themselves, and something’s clearly wrong here.

Trying to be perfect or normal will not boost your self-esteem

Let me spell it out. Unless there are very good health reasons for it this is purely about insecurity. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman or normal woman, just like there’s no such thing as a perfect man or normal man. Trying to attain the idea of perfection or even normality will not make you confident and won’t boost your self-esteem.

You have to develop a good relationship with yourself and your body, otherwise those insecurities will continue to get in your way and damage your self-confidence.

This Sunday sees another documentary on Channel 4 – ‘Superbotox Me‘. I won’t be watching because I know it’ll trouble me just as much as this one.