Labiaplasty is plastic surgery of either the labia majora or the labia minora or both — the external folds of skin surrounding the structures of the vulva - in order to reduce the size of elongated labia. Moreover, a labiaplasty that creates labia where there were none, usually is a subordinate procedure within a vaginoplasty, plastic surgery of the vagina. The medical and sociologic reasons for labial reduction include the correction of labial damage occurred during childbirth.