Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Phalloplasty and scars.

Started by TylerTerp, June 21, 2006, 08:49:29 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

TylerTerp

This question is me thinking out loud, because it won't be a pressing issue for a few years. I've never read anything about it, though, so I'm wondering if it's ever been a problem for anyone.

I have a history of cutting. I think I'm okay in saying I don't do it anymore, or at least I haven't for quite a while. My problem is, I have scars on my forearms (both from cutting and from simple accidents) and I'm worried that this could be a problem in the future. Most of them are from a few years ago and I don't think they're very easy to notice.

I'm wondering if scar tissue would make the radial forearm flap procedure riskier, impossible or less productive. Anyone have any ideas?

Tyler.
  •  

Nero

Hi Tyler,
I wish I could help, but I don't know much about phalloplasty.
I could be wrong, but I don't think anybody here has had a phallo yet.
If your scars have healed and they're not that bad, I don't think it'd be too much of a problem.
In case you didn't already know, the radial forearm phallo is going to leave huge scars on your arm/s.
If godforbid your arms are too scarred for phallo, there's always the abdominal flap procedure.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, buddy.
Good luck.

Nero
Nero was the Forum Admin here at Susan's Place for several years up to the time of his death.
  •  

Dennis

I don't know, tbh. Probably a question for individual surgeons.

Dennis
  •