"We feel these operations
might prey on people with insecurities and fears who actually need psychological help,'' he said.
"They are also not very anatomically-based and have the potential to cause serious harm.''
Many college members had treated patients with scarring, permanent disfigurement, infection and altered sexual sensations, some of whom required reconstructive surgery, he said.
There was concern that women seeking the most common operation, the labioplasty, did not understand there was a huge variation in how women's external genitalia look.
"In one case we heard of a man bringing in a Brazilian pornographic photo and saying: `Make my girlfriend look like this','' Weaver said.
"We
don't think it is ethical behavior to agree to do that.''
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