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I am probably years away from surgery being I'm only 19 and I am already looking at Brassard because he's in North America and not too far (driveable from where I currently live) and Chett because he has really good results as well from the website.

What's the difference between their methods and which one is better (pros/cons?) I see that Chett looks like he has a method that has virtually no scarring but with brassard do the scars heal to nearly invisible?

Any input is appreciated


EDIT: are there any *updated* results with brassard? the Anne Lawrence website is disgustingly outdated and I'm sure results are a lot better now compared to those pictures

Quote from: lilangel on March 08, 2015, 03:56:37 PM
I am probably years away from surgery being I'm only 19 and I am already looking at Brassard because he's in North America and not too far (driveable from where I currently live) and Chett because he has really good results as well from the website.

What's the difference between their methods and which one is better (pros/cons?) I see that Chett looks like he has a method that has virtually no scarring but with brassard do the scars heal to nearly invisible?

Any input is appreciated

I chose Brassard as well because he was close - about 1.5 hour drive. I also chose Brassard as I had a high degree of comfort with his facility and people having had tracheal shave six years ago. So It was fairly easy decision.
My scars are healing nicely after six months, but then again, I'm very diligent in rubbing vitamin E cream.
I cannot speak for pros or cons versus other surgeons as I did not consider other surgeons, but I'm pretty sure everyone who has had GRS will tout their surgeon as being great.
The one thing I was extremely happy about was the recovery centre. Outstanding support and care.

I went to Brassard; by a year or so post-op my scars had faded to near invisibility and with my pubic hair grown out even I can't find them anymore. I also only had two scars that were about 2" long and 1/4" wide, one on each labia majora.

I do have a longer review of Brassard's work around here somewhere, if you want me to look for it. Short version is, I'm fully sensate, aesthetics are excellent, and depth is adequate.

Quote from: Jenna Marie on March 08, 2015, 06:26:14 PM
I went to Brassard; by a year or so post-op my scars had faded to near invisibility and with my pubic hair grown out even I can't find them anymore. I also only had two scars that were about 2" long and 1/4" wide, one on each labia majora.

I do have a longer review of Brassard's work around here somewhere, if you want me to look for it. Short version is, I'm fully sensate, aesthetics are excellent, and depth is adequate.

I'd love to read it! And is there anywhere at all where he's posted results?? I wouldn't want to go to him blindly without looking at examples first.

I think you should be able to see my review here : https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,182064.msg1614537.html#msg1614537

Brassard's office sent me some additional, more recent photos. That's a perfectly reasonable thing to ask him for. Admittedly, his web site is terrible, and there's no pictures...

Quote from: Jenna Marie on March 08, 2015, 07:47:00 PM
I think you should be able to see my review here : https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,182064.msg1614537.html#msg1614537

Brassard's office sent me some additional, more recent photos. That's a perfectly reasonable thing to ask him for. Admittedly, his web site is terrible, and there's no pictures...

Thanks! I'll send him an email.

Also this is a kind of a weird question but I'm not really educated on it I guess but you said you are able to self lubricate. Is it to the point where you wouldn't need to do anything extra if you were having penetrative sex? And is it safe to have anal sex after everything is healed?

Quote from: lilangel on March 08, 2015, 07:08:21 PM
I'd love to read it! And is there anywhere at all where he's posted results?? I wouldn't want to go to him blindly without looking at examples first.

Dr Brassard contractually forbids his patients from posting results.

Myarkstir : I thought I remembered something like that, but it was a while ago and I wasn't sure...

lilangel : The times my wife has used toys on me I definitely produced more lubrication after being penetrated - my body seemed to know when I needed more, the same way she always used to lubricate more after I entered her than before. I don't know if it'd be enough for PIV with a man, but it's possible? Bear in mind that there are no guarantees when it comes to lubrication, and I just lucked out.

I have never had anal sex, so I don't know. The surgeon should tell you (whoever you choose).

Quote from: Myarkstir on March 08, 2015, 09:13:04 PM
Dr Brassard contractually forbids his patients from posting results.

That sounds appalling, and I must admit hard to believe it's true. Do you happen to have the appropriate part of the contract? I'd like to read it.

Its the sort of thing unethical people/companies do to make sure if someone posts a bad review you can get it taken down, while leaving the good ones up, thus creating a false impression of of good work.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/04/17/you-shouldnt-need-a-copyright-lawyer-to-pick-a-dentist/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/pain-relief-patient-can-sue-dentist-who-tried-to-censor-online-reviews/

Its hard to believe Dr Brassard needs such a thing, but I can only assume it's either working as intended, he's not entirely ethical, or his lawyer put it in and he didn't pay much attention to it. Being a surgeon he's got to be reasonably intelligent, so I'm not sure about that last one.

There's a transgender porn star who apparently went to Brassard, and her results look great. I wonder how that works? It would stop her doing her job if he enforced it, but on the other hand the results are good.

I saw a post here recently about FFS at that clinic. Does that mean you're not allowed to post pictures of yourself after having FFS?

Any other surgeons doing this?

Quote from: AnonyMs on March 08, 2015, 10:09:43 PM
That sounds appalling, and I must admit hard to believe it's true. Do you happen to have the appropriate part of the contract? I'd like to read it.

Its the sort of thing unethical people/companies do to make sure if someone posts a bad review you can get it taken down, while leaving the good ones up, thus creating a false impression of of good work.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/04/17/you-shouldnt-need-a-copyright-lawyer-to-pick-a-dentist/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/pain-relief-patient-can-sue-dentist-who-tried-to-censor-online-reviews/

Its hard to believe Dr Brassard needs such a thing, but I can only assume it's either working as intended, he's not entirely ethical, or his lawyer put it in and he didn't pay much attention to it. Being a surgeon he's got to be reasonably intelligent, so I'm not sure about that last one.

There's a transgender porn star who apparently went to Brassard, and her results look great. I wonder how that works? It would stop her doing her job if he enforced it, but on the other hand the results are good.

I saw a post here recently about FFS at that clinic. Does that mean you're not allowed to post pictures of yourself after having FFS?

Any other surgeons doing this?

do you know the name of the girl that went to brassard?

Quote from: lilangel on March 08, 2015, 10:27:33 PM
do you know the name of the girl that went to brassard?

I'm not sure about the site rules for this sort of thing, so I sent you a PM. Hopefully that's ok.

Quote from: AnonyMs on March 08, 2015, 10:50:19 PM
I'm not sure about the site rules for this sort of thing, so I sent you a PM. Hopefully that's ok.

now you made me curious, can you pm me the name too please.