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currently in the hospital, had vaginoplasty this morning - update & AMA (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Here are some basic facts:

  • method was penile inversion
  • I opted for full-depth rather than a vulvoplasty
  • surgery took 3 hours, though recovery took another hour
  • I went under general anaesthesia and had to be intubated and put on a ventilator
  • I'm currently admitted in the hospital and bed bound, discharge is scheduled for Friday
  • so far pain is between 1 and 3 for me, most of the time it's between a 0 and 1.

Ask me anything!

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

This surgeon seems pretty decent on all three measures, aesthetic seems ideal as well as function and sensitivity.

Here are some photos of the surgeon's work:

NSFW

3 month post-op:

different person, 1 year post-op (this one is shallow-depth / vulvoplasty):

same vulvoplasty person but 6 months post-op:

a different person 4 days post-op:

and yeah, joy is the end-goal I guess, for me it's more like harm reduction driving things than joy, but I'm happily surprised when the joy comes anyway, lol

I have a hard time connecting with my feelings around dysphoria, I've coped really well and part of the way I cope is by dismissing and ignoring my feelings around gender.

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