Hi all,
Great diagram Melan, way better than the one I was going to post. I'm adding two images to illustrate what I'm talking about. The images are explicit, if I'm not allowed to post then I'm SORRY I don't want to get into trouble. I know there's young people on this site. I put them at the very bottom so at least they're not right in your face as people get to my reply.
When I say the vaginal canal is exposed, I don't mean there's just a hole and you can see right down inside the canal like in the early days of srs ie: srs at John Hopkins.
My apologies if I mislead anyone.
As FlanKitty mentioned, the labia minor disappears just above the vaginal canal leaving an opening. The labia minor should surround this opening just as in the diagram provided by Melan. Also, you should have to pull to the side or spread the labia minor to reveal the vaginal canal. The 1st photo I'm providing is a Dr. Brassard result I pulled from Anne Lawrence's site and is close enough to my result to illustrate what I'm talking about.
However in my case the hooding around the clitoris is fatter and as it comes down to form the labia minor it's also fatter and not quite that symmetrical. As you can see the opening of the vaginal canal is completely visible with out having to spread anything.
The 2nd photo I provided is post labiaplasty by another surgeon, still not perfect but a bit closer to what I was hoping for.
Now having said that, these are just my preferences and opinions. I'm not looking for perfection, but maybe I'm too picky so take my comments with a grain of salt.
In my case, I don't think Dr. Brassard did anything wrong at all. Also, I'm not sure what else he could have done except for the skin graft. As mentioned in my other post, a skin graft could bring about other problems. The surgeon is going to try to give you the best result with the least amount of invasive surgery, so I'm sure there's going to be trade off's. I know he had absolutely no material left over when he was finished. What could I have done differently? Maybe ask the following questions:
1. With the amount of donor material I have to offer can you show me an outcome that will be very similar to what I can expect?
2. If I want better definition post op of the labia minor, is there a second procedure I can undertake that you offer?
3. What difference would there be if a skin graft is used?
Going back to my previous post. The man I was with became suspicious when he was stimulating me with his finger. He thought the vulva had too large an opening leading to the vaginal canal. That prompted him to have a closer look., though the light wasn't great it was enough for him wonder what happened to me. Then in he wanted to look in even better light which revealed the fine white lines (scars) on the labia majora. So kind of a domino effect. The hair never really grew back there, which isn't Dr. Brassards fault.... just the way I recovered.
When I was doing my research for surgery I read about women going back for revisions to improve the appearance after the initial surgery (labiaplasty). Like Melan I thought these women were just too picky. I thought my result was good enough and wasn't going to bother seeking out any improvements. It's a different story once you're post-op. Something to consider when you're pre-op and thinking I just want this done so I can get on with life. Also as I'm discovering, if the primary surgeon doesn't provide a labiaplasty option it may not be that easy for another surgeon to do so.
I've repeatedly read two statements: That there's a wide range in appearance of women's genitals which I agree with, however there has to be a limit. I've also read that many guys don't really know what women's genitals look like. Based on the guys I know quite well, I'm going to disagree with that.
I also had BA with Dr. Brassard. Another guy I was with tells me that my breasts must be fake as they look too perfect, he then proceeds to man handle me looking for the incision scars.... I just can't win! I know Dr. Supporn uses arm pit incisions or at least he did on all the women when I was there for FFS.
Melan: On Dr. Supporn's support club site there's one woman's result of the Forchette construction.
Kristyn: I never knew Dr. Brassard created the Forchette.
Anyway, to answer your other questions. I'm 5'11, 135-140lbs and athletic. I had my surgery in the month of December. Can I ask why you wanted to know which month?
The patients who returned to Dr. Supporn for revisions due to necrosis were all his patients. To date I personally haven't heard of any of Dr. Brassard's patients experiencing necrosis.
The asymmetry was so minor, that's why I didn't worry about it. Dr. Brassard never gave me an explanation as to why it occurs. A guess would be that there's so much stretching due to swelling. The whole surgery area was swollen 4 times it's normal size. Apparently it's not that swollen while they put everything together, but it still amazes me how they manage to get anything that looks half decent in the end.
Again, if posting the images is a no no, I'm sorry. I'll assume diagrams are ok?
