Hi all,
I'd like to throw into the forum a new idea of an improvement to current GRS techniques: how to get more skin and mucosa for the surgeon to work with - perhaps so much as to have a mucosal neovagina...
I have not tried personally what I write below. What I would like to hear from you is brainstorming on this topic. Thanks...
The basic observation is that lots of circumcised men do not like their state and seek restoration of ther foreskin so that it would be again able to cover the glans. The method is to stretch the remains of their foreskin by elastic bands or weights applied for a few hours every day for about a year. The foreskin then grows new cells and lengthens. This is well tried and nothing new, but it is not well known in the medical community (because being circumcised is not considered a medical condition and the method can be 100% DIY). "Tissue expansion" would be the general medical term. Google "foreskin restoration".
What could that mean when applied to MtF people? Of course, more penile skin would result in possibly deeper neovagina. But what excites me more is that along with the outside part ("leaf") of the foreskin also the inside part grows. This part is mucosal. Top surgeons like Suporn or Schaff use the mucosal part to reconstruct the areas of vulva which are supposed to be mucosal: underside of the hood, inner sides of the labia minora. However, there is not enough mucosa in the foreskin so that it could also be used for the vaginal entrance and the vagina itself. Skin is used instead.
But by stretching an uncircumcised foreskin for months, one could get several times the original area, just as the men doing foreskin restoration achieve. That would surely be enough for the whole vulvar vestibule, and who knows, maybe even for a part or all of the vagina...
What excites me most is that if all this would work, and a mucosal vagina would result, then no lifelong dilation would be neccessary, just as with neovaginas made from sigmoid colon section. Only dilation needed would be during the healing phase. Mucosa don't have the skin's tendency to stick and grow together.
Do you like the idea? Any additional thoughts?
