“I wear my vagina around my neck!”

Tracy Kiss was so pleased with her labiaplasty, she decided to turn the excess skin into a necklace

hen Tracy Kiss W underwent vaginal reconstructive surgery, it marked the end to a life of longterm suffering – and she wanted to have something to remind her of the pain she’d overcome.

So, shockingly, the mum of two from Buckinghamshire asked her surgeon to keep the inner lips of her vagina, which she’s now turned into a necklace.

The 29 year old says, “I know keeping body parts might not be to everybody’s taste, but I keep my children’s milk teeth and locks of hair – it’s the same thing.”

Single Tracy, a former glamour model, suffered extreme discomfort from her protruding labia her whole adult life.

She says, “It looked normal and no one had ever said anything, not even the midwives when I had children. I thought all women must feel tenderness down there. They rubbed against my underwear and, because of the pain, I couldn’t ride a bike, had to be careful when I exercised, and was often sore after sex because of the discomfort it caused.”

ABSOLUTE AGONY

Then, last year, Tracy found she was in more pain than normal and booked an appointment with her GP.

She says, “I thought I’d cut myself shaving as I was in absolute agony. My doctor took a look and told me my labia were chafed because they protruded by an inch. I was stunned.”

Her GP recommended surgery to remove the excess labia. Because the NHS don’t routinely offer labiaplasty, Tracy had to go private and had the op last December, which cost £5,000.

Her labia were removed in the 45 minute-long procedure, performed under local anaesthetic and, once the swelling had gone down, for the first time ever, she wasn’t in discomfort. Tracy then kept the two pieces of inch-long excess skin in a jar of surgical fluid on her kitchen dresser. But it didn’t keep as well as Tracy had hoped, so she rethought her plans.

A CONSTANT REMINDER

Tracy – who is mum to Millisent, ten, and Gabriel, five – says, “The cut-off tissue had discoloured to a pale grey and had crinkled up and turned curly. I knew I didn’t want to get rid of it, and then I had the idea of turning it into a pendant.”

So Tracy researched online about how to turn skin into jewellery. She dried out her labia using Christmas card pegs, an ice cream box and cotton string, before applying several coats of textured, red pearlfinish paint. She dried them with a hairdryer and then dusted them off with glitter. Tracy set the labia into resin using an oval-shaped mould, threaded it on to a red cord, and the necklace pendant was ready.

Tracy says, “My labia pendant is bright and cheerful – it’s a unique talking point. People often tell me how pretty my necklace is and are stunned when I tell them what it is! I love to see their reactions, but they often say, ‘Good for you.’”

She adds, “I love my bespoke jewellery and will cherish it forever. I want to help others and make jewellery from their unwanted body parts.

“People shouldn’t have to suffer in silence. I put up with so much pain for 29 years and it’s a motivational reminder of how far I’ve come and I know others would feel the same.”

❛MY LABIA PENDANT IS BRIGHT & CHEERFUL – IT’S A UNIQUE TALKING POINT❜