Hello everyone,
I just wanted to ask some questions as well as inform everyone about my possible future GCS Surgeon. All comments are welcome.
I received an e-mail from Dr. Chett's Assistant "Som" and she goes over specifics, for those interested in knowing more.
Also, I'd like all past Chett Girls to please post their experience with him. If it's TMI or NSFW, please PM me. No Pics please. I'm just trying to learn more and more. My surgery isn't scheduled yet and I don't expect to do it until 2018.
So without further rambling here is a paste of Soms letter to me:
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Dear Ms Jessika,
We appreciate your interest and trust in Dr. Chettawut's practice and expertise and we are really sorry for this very late reply.
First we just want to confirm your decide procedure. You mentioned that you want to know everything about GCS? Are you also pertaining to SRS? (Sex reassignment surgery)
Doctor Chettawut performs sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in one step construction by using the non-penile inversion technique.
His non penile inversion technique will provide gender reassignment surgical results that have the most correct anatomical appearance and physiological function.
For labiaplasty, Dr. Chettawut utilizes both penile and prepuce skin (a hood that covers the glans penis in non-circumcised patients or a part of skin between the neck of glans penis and the incisional scar in circumcised patients) to form the well-defined inner lip (inner labia or labia minora).
The constructed inner labia is normally pink in color and extends to the bottom of the vulva vestibule to become the posterior fourchette which is similar to the appearance of inner labia in biological women.
Dr. Chettawut creates a natural shape of vaginal opening in vertical orientation for the best realistic look and function. The vaginal opening can also expand appropriately to accommodate pleasurable sexual intercourse and vaginal dilators in varied sizes.
Excellent depth and function of neo-vagina
Dr. Chettawut spends unlimited time and carefully dissects the vaginal canal to achieve the maximum depth of vagina.
An excellent 6.5-7 inches depth of the vagina can be expected even in SRS patients whose penis size is small and short.
Since the end of penile skin is no longer inverted inside vagina, the vaginal lining is made from only scrotal and/or groin skin graft which is absolutely hairless as a result of meticulous removal of all hair root during skin graft preparation.
Individualized self-lubrication can be also expected by preservation of specific secretory glands around the urethral & vaginal opening.
The urethral orifice is set above the vaginal opening at the correct anatomical position to allow female pattern of urine flow. All spongiosum (spongy) muscles around urethra are completely removed to prevent tissue engorgement during sexual arousal which can narrow the vaginal opening or cause difficulty during sexual intercourse.
Achievement of Special Sensation
Dr. Chettawut is well known for his ability to preserve specific sensory nerve to provide excellent sensation and successful achievement of orgasm even just within a short period of time after SRS.
The neo-clitoris made from the dorsal part of glans penis is considered the primary sensate organ innervated by branches of pudendal nerve.
The part of vulva vestibule made from the ventral part of glans penis is considered the secondary sensate organ innervated by branches of pudendal nerve.
Not only pudendal nerve, Dr. Chettawut can preserve 3 more specific nerves which innervate the created sensate genital structures as follows:
- Clitoral hood and clitoral frenulum
- Inner labia and its frenulum (posterior fourchette)
- Vaginal wall adjacent to the intact prostate (G-spot area compared to biological female anatomy)
A clitoral orgasm differs from a vaginal orgasm because different sets of nerves are involved.
The sex reassignment surgery lasts around 6 hours to complete all delicate processes and Dr. Chettawut is the only surgeon who performs the surgery from the start to the end.
All stitches are made meticulously to attain the best possible new genital structure with minimal scarring.
You can view a sample of Dr. Chettawut's non-penile inversion technique at
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According to the current Thai regulation for SRS, you are required to submit 2 referral letters from qualified mental health specialists. The letters should be addressed directly to Dr. Chettawut: one referral must come from only either a psychiatrist or a licensed psychologist and the other referral can be issued from 4 mental specialists which are a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist or sexologist or gender therapist.
The scanned copies of your SRS original letters should be forwarded through e-mail for Dr. Chettawut's approval at least 1 month before travelling.
Please note that you need to ask your mental health specialist(s) to issue you the printed SRS recommendation letters containing his/her original handwritten signatures to present Dr. Chettawut on the consultation day (the SRS recommendation letter(s) copy with electronic signature from your specialist(s) is not acceptable).
For more information, please review at http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.com/required-documents-for-scheduling-sex-reassignment-surgery/
The price for SRS is 346,000 THB ($9,810.00 US.....As of today).
All SRS patients will be examined by Dr. Chettawut on the consultation day to determine the need for groin skin graft. Once Dr. Chettawut confirms that the additional groin skin graft is required, there will be an extra fee of 32,000 THB and it is recommended to prepare this budget apart from your SRS fee.
The price quote is in Thai Baht and you can convert them to be in your currency by using our bank currency exchange at http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.com/scheduling-surgery-with-chettawut-plastic-surgery-center/convert-doctor-chettawuts-surgical-fee-from-thai-baht-to-your-own-currency/
The cost of SRS includes Dr. Chettawut and his anesthesiologist professional fees, all SRS related surgical fees (including a minor revision surgery if needed), 5 days and 4 nights admission at Chettawut Plastic Surgery Center, nurses visitation at our affiliated hotels, all necessary medications & post-operative SRS care kit, transportation from/to the airport, our affiliated hotels and our surgery center for consultation, surgery and follow up with Dr. Chettawut before departure.
Only the expenses of your hotel accommodation, air tickets and preoperative medical tests are excluded from your surgery fee.
The recommended length of total stay for SRS is between 25-30 days (arrive 4 days prior your surgery + 5 days /4 nights admission at Chettawut Plastic Surgery Center + around 18-day recovery only in our affiliated hotels where Dr. Chettawut's nurse teams will offer specific SRS aftercare).
The approximate cost of hotel stay is around 27,500 THB (roughly calculated by 25 days, used the cost 1,100 THB for single room or deluxe cottage with breakfast at our cheapest affiliated hotel which is the Bangkok Rama Hotel).
You can review the choices of our affiliated hotels for your stay at http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.com/scheduling/booking-your-flight-and-hotel-reservation/
You are required to have the lab tests done on the 4th – 6th week prior to your surgery date.
Please note that our medical team do not accept the old laboratory reports done beyond 6 weeks prior surgery.
Please send the lab reports & x-ray image & referral letter/medical clearance (if needed) to our office in JPEG or PDF format as soon as you have the reports in hand. Ideally the medical team needs to review all required laboratory reports at least 3 weeks before your surgery date.
For more information, please study the required laboratory tests based on your age at http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.com/scheduling-surgery-with-chettawut-plastic-surgery-center/
For scheduling surgery with Dr. Chettawut:
First, you can inform us the month you plan to come for your surgery so that we can choose and provide the proposal surgery date within your preferred month and according to our surgical schedule. Our earliest available date for SRS surgery is March 2017.
Second, kindly fill out the patient health information below because it is important for us to know your health condition before the surgery.
Your age ..................years
Your weight................kg
Your height...............cm
History of drug allergy ...............................
History of food allergy...............................
History of DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis)...........................
History or Current Diabetes condition............................
Current Medication......................................................
Underlying disease(s)................................................
Previous major surgery(s)...........................................
Do you regularly take aspirin or any blood thinner medication? .........................
Do you smoke? ..................
If yes, how many cigarettes do you smoke in a day? ................
You can simply copy and paste the above texts to your next mail and then fill out your information.
Looking forward to hear back from you soon.
Regards,
Som K. (Kitiyamongkol)
Business Office Manager of Chettawut Plastic Surgery Center
1529/4 Onnut 31, Sukhumvit 77, Bangkok 10250 Tel: +6683-133-5836 Fax: +662-056-0911
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What are the Pros?
What are the Cons?I like what I read but I'm sure there are more questions.
We can use this thread for 2017 and beyond.
Thank you all.
Jessika
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