GRS - Sanguan or Chettawut

[zvs]

So I think I'm realistically looking at these two surgeons if I go to Thailand.  Clearly they have quite different methods and results.  I plan breast augmentation at the same time.

My priorities are sensitivity (I have posted before that I have a desensitised glans but have significant sensitivity and orgasmic capability elsewhere - specifically along the urethra, close to the base of the shaft where the tissue is spongy and acts similarly to a g-spot and this has been the focal point both pre and post hrt), ideally in the labia and internally as well as the clitoris; and aesthetics (I'm aware later revision labiaplasty is an option but I'd like things to heal as well as they can from the vaginoplasty).  I'm aware there are threads elsewhere on these two surgeons but not necessarily active ones.  I'd be happy to hear from any former patients.  I've not seen much in the way of results from either (especially recent ones).  Essentially here is my thinking:

Sanguan:

PROS - 2/3 stage procedure should reduce swelling and the gap between the initial op and the attachment of the skin graft should allow for any necessary tweaks to be made.  14 days in a hospital may be boring but it's also very safe and I'm planning to be recovering from having my boobs done too and it is a top hospital rather than a clinic.  Shorter healing time.  Recovery location (Phuket sounds a lot more restful than Bangkok for recovering from major surgery.  Breast augmentation pics look far better than almost any other GRS surgeon - choice of round or teardrop, choice of placement, choice of incision location, high quality silicone implants).  Less aggressive dilation regime.

CONS: less former patients easily contactable; concerns about possible loss of sensitivity in the skin graft whilst it is stored in a tissue bank (I don't know how much of an issue this is); slightly longer waiting list.  Less depth?


Chettawut:

PROS: Easier to find former patients.  Method suggests greater sensitivity should be achieved as should depth.  Shorter waiting list.  Anatomically possibly closer to natural genitalia.  If it goes well, results can be incredible.  Free revisions are available.

CONS: More dissatisfied patients at least publically.  Less convincing breast augmentation (from the limited pics I've seen - the ones on his website are also pretty old).  Location less appealing.  More aggressive dilation required.  Higher risk of complications, scar tissue, closure.  Longer recovery time.  Some reports of hair internally post op.


Please add anything you can, positive or negative.  I am also considering Dr McGinn but the overall costs would be far higher and I'm far less convinced of her breast augmentation than her GRS (which looks excellent); her wait list is slightly longer but not much longer.  I'm in the UK so her location in America, while closer than Thailand, is far from a deal-breaker.


Zelda

[AnonyMs]

Search for "A collection of links to photos of srs results". There's some for Dr Chettawut, but not Dr Sanguan. I've seem a few reports of problem with Dr Chettawut, but then there's far more success stories. I don't think you can really say it means anything compared to Dr Sanguan since there's so little written about him.

You can avoid the risk of hair post op with electrolysis pre-op. There was a good thread about that issue recently.

I suspect Dr McGinn's wait list is quite long.

[Jill E]

Have you considered Suporn? I can't speak to BA, but the pics I've seen for GRS are amazing. I'm going there in a few weeks for mine. I've heard he's very good at preventing significant/ noticeable, long term scaring. He also guarantees no hair internally; my understanding is they excise the layer containing it. Dynamic dilation is required. I haven't hear of many stories where people have reported issues (actually the opposite); he offers no-cost revisions too


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[zvs]

Dr McGinn's list isn't long.  it's about 7 months for a consult (i have one scheduled for november - you need your first referral in place prior to that); and then 3-4 months until surgery after that.  The main issue there is total cost and therefore whether I could afford to travel for revisions if I needed them; and the fact that I don't think her breast augmentation looks that impressive

On Suporn, his wait is just too long for me (I have reasons for this); other than occassional cancellations, he's booked up until the end of next year (and bookings aren't open for 2019 yet).  When he gets results, they look amazing externally; but I'm concerned about the amount of erectile tissue he retains and am aware of the complications that have been posted about that on here and imagine it making me really dysphoric; even though you wouldn't see it much I kinda think the Chonburi organ just looks like most of a glans sat inside your cavity; and I guess I'd question spending the extra over and above Chet, who has a very similar method and many satisfied customers.

On hair removal, in theory Chet does a follicle scrape and cauterises and only recommends you get the perineum cleared and advises you do that post-surgery; his view is electro can cause loss of sensation.  He "guarantees" a hair-free vagina; but I've heard it doesn't always work that way.  McGinn wants you to have 6 full (3-4 hour) clearings, one month apart, to finish a month before surgery (but also scrapes the follicle as do all North American surgeons, just doesn't see it as necessarily 100% effective).  Some other surgeons ask for a year of electro and longer between that finishing and surgery.  If I stayed in this country I'd need electro as I'd need a scrotal flap tehcnique; but I don't much fancy either of the two surgeons qualified to do it here.  There is a surgeon here whose work I like, but she can't do scrotal flap.

Sanguan's patients are harder to track down for sure.