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We all have keepsakes we treasure to remember special moments in our lives, from teddies to train tickets.

For Tracy Kiss, her labiaplasty surgery 10 months ago marked the end of a life of 'long-term suffering'.

And so, wanting to have something to remind her of this momentous occasion in her life, she asked her surgeon if she would be allowed to keep her severed labia minora or 'inner lips'.

The 29-year-old, from Buckinghamshire, likens it to keeping her children's milk teeth, locks of hair, their first babygros - and her silicone breast implants.

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Tracy, a former glamour model and single mum-of-two, has suffered with pain and tenderness her whole life from her protruding labia - but she didn't realise anything was wrong because "nobody talks about it".

"As a result I’d missed out on so many hobbies and interests that I love and had to be mindful with tight clothing, exercise and intercourse because of the discomfort it caused simply because I didn’t know anything could be done about it – I thought all women were just as tender as I," she writes in her blog .

After realising something could be done Tracy turned to surgery in December 2016, had her labia removed and changed her whole life.

Warning: You might need a strong stomach for the pictures below...

(Image: Tracy Kiss)

"I know that keeping body parts may not be to everybody’s taste," Tracy explains.

"However my collection began when having children and finding my feet as a tooth fairy which led to me also keeping my silicone breast implants after an emergency breast reconstruction five years ago."

For a while, Tracy kept her labia "floating in a jar" on her kitchen dresser, but they didn't 'keep' as well as she had hoped.

(Image: Tracy Kiss)

"However with time the cut off tissue has discoloured from pink to a pale grey, crinkled up in the surgical fluid and turned curly which has made them less of a trophy and more of a Halloween accessory so I’ve been looking into ways to more effectively preserve them longterm."

(Image: Tracy Kiss) (Image: Tracy Kiss)

Tracy started making crystal jewellery with her nine-year-old daughter, learning how to set resin effectively and practising by creating glittery necklace pendants and jewels.

Once she had perfected her craft, Tracy set about 'drying out' her labia on a makeshift washing line using Christmas card pegs, an ice cream box and cotton string - as she shows in her video .

(Image: Tracy Kiss)

She applied several coats of textured, pearl-finish paint - red, to match her bold nails and lipstick - dried them with a hairdryer and then dusted them off with glitter.

Tracy then set the labia into resin using an oval-shaped mould and, voila, she had a necklace pendant ready.

The model and blogger shared her story to raise awareness about circumcision, in the hope that no other women suffer for so long the way she did.

(Image: Tracy Kiss)

She wrote: "My labia have been successfully preserved, are colourful, bright and cheerful and mark the end of my suffering; one step closer to breaking down the taboo of female circumcision through a unique talking point and bespoke jewellery that I will cherish forever."

You can read her full method and story on Tracy Kiss' website , watch her video on YouTube or follow Tracy on Facebook .