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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Post operative life => Topic started by: Shantel on May 21, 2014, 03:38:58 PM

Title: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: Shantel on May 21, 2014, 03:38:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9-XMl3fg4M&feature=em-subs_digest
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: AnneB on May 21, 2014, 04:05:20 PM
There seem to be a few reports of 6-7" depth, but I would think it depends on your actual build, if there is physically room for it. 

I do not know if I would be able to get GRS, either financially, or just physically.. emotionally, I probably could, as it would signal the end of the journey.  but the After-Care (not just recovery), would be something I am just not able to do, the way that my work is.  Leaves of absence are one thing, but the daily required after care isn't not something I can do.  just not possible.  =(
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: mrs izzy on May 21, 2014, 04:08:44 PM
I think she is just a little over doing it a little.  ::)

General basic information but every doctor has there own regiment.

Its a good info piece but would not call it a 101.

Isabell
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: mrs izzy on May 21, 2014, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: Pikachu on May 21, 2014, 03:57:49 PM
This is the first time I've gotten any real education on dilation. I haven't looked into anything relating to GRS since I'm nowhere close to it becoming a reality for me, but I am curious about one thing in this video: Is a 5-6 inch depth all that can ever be achieved, even with regular dilation? I'm asking because that would mean my ex would not have been able to fit inside me, and for some reason, that's kind of a sad thought that if we had stayed together and I had gotten GRS, we still wouldn't have been able to make love the same way as if I had been born a cis girl. In any case, I'm assuming initial depth depends on how big your penis was before the surgery? Is that right?

Depth is based on physical room. The normal average is around the 6 in mark. Men are just not made with a large area unless you want the risk of a fiscula.

And your ex would do just fine. Might be a touch down but he would be just happy being each time it would feel like a virgin  >:-)

Izzy
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: AnneB on May 21, 2014, 05:16:01 PM
I believe it.. really.. almost 8mos of herbal T blockers aand E, and I'm still like a teen boy =(  I think once I switch to Spiro or Androcur, things will be different tho.
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: Vicky on May 21, 2014, 06:46:04 PM
She does not give the exact instructions I received from my surgeon. (Bowers) There are variations on the frequency and timing and technique among the surgeons and we need to go with the ones we are given.  I only went three times a day for 90 days at 20 minutes per session.  I was encouraged to move the dilator around as I felt comfortable doing it. (It is pleasant to do it that way).  I only had to hold off on PV sex for 6 weeks, and I am to be dilating once per day for the next few years I am still around.  She has done a really great job here, but geometric shape measurements are not her strong field.  The biggest dilator (orange) is 1.5" in diameter which is 4.7 inches in circumference. 

Your 7" boyfriend will do fine with you and have a great time.  The dots go inside your vulva, and the base of his penis where it meets the scrotum is enough outside so that it compensates.  Also a penis can telescope a bit when you crunch down on it.   
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: AnnahM on June 01, 2014, 07:28:50 PM
Nice vid. Joules is awesome!
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: Jennygirl on June 01, 2014, 07:36:30 PM
Love this girl. Getting sooo excited for Brassard :D
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: AnnahM on June 01, 2014, 07:57:06 PM
Quote from: Jennygirl on June 01, 2014, 07:36:30 PM
Love this girl. Getting sooo excited for Brassard :D

Congrats! Brassard rocks! His work rocks, too! ;)
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: Jennygirl on June 03, 2014, 10:09:43 AM
Yeah reading about his work through his patients was a game changer for me. Initially I was a bit worried about the procedure in general, but after enough times of hearing all the great patient reports it totally put me at ease. Chalk up another one ;)
Title: Re: Post-Op Dilation 101
Post by: Shantel on June 03, 2014, 10:51:30 AM
Quote from: Jennygirl on June 03, 2014, 10:09:43 AM
Yeah reading about his work through his patients was a game changer for me. Initially I was a bit worried about the procedure in general, but after enough times of hearing all the great patient reports it totally put me at ease. Chalk up another one ;)

Brassard has been at it for a mighty long time and has thousands of happy former patients here on the North American continent, he does nice BA's too, I've seen the results of several that looked very natural. One positive thing to consider is that after so many patients he's no longer just practicing and by now is an art rather than a practice!