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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => Testosterone => Topic started by: iwaslost on January 12, 2015, 11:35:05 PM

Title: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: iwaslost on January 12, 2015, 11:35:05 PM
I didn't see any topic about this subject, so I was inquring.
Title: Re: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: mm on January 12, 2015, 11:58:24 PM
What kind of circumcision for the female genitalia are you talking about here? Dehooding of the clitoris is done sometimes or triming of the labia minora? or something else?
Title: Re: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: iwaslost on January 13, 2015, 12:07:38 AM
Quote from: mm on January 12, 2015, 11:58:24 PM
What kind of circumcision for the female genitalia are you talking about here? Dehooding of the clitoris is done sometimes or triming of the labia minora? or something else?
that differs? I don't know to be honest, but that kind of circumcision that done in th3-world. but probably trimming of the labia minora.
Title: Re: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: mm on January 13, 2015, 12:21:05 AM
It would depend on what was cut or removed to know  what would be left to grow once you started T.  With most of the 3rd world female surgeries the clitoris is completely or most of it is removed for I have read, in these cases there would little left to grow when T is started.
Title: Re: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: 2fish on January 13, 2015, 02:04:41 AM
Ouch! Squeezes legs shut! :o
Title: Re: can ftms on HRT expect genital growth even if they had circumcised genitalia?
Post by: Bran on January 19, 2015, 09:15:53 AM
Check Wikipedia.  Female "circumcision" encompasses a wide variety of procedures from a minor cut in the labia or clitoral hood, through complete removal of the clitoris, labia minora and majora, and sewing shut the opening.  If there's a clitoris, it will get bigger on T.  If not, not.  If the individual in question has a lot of scarring with an intact clitoris growth would be unpredictable, and potentially very painful.

Some of the surgeons who do gender reassignment work also work internationally to repair female genital mutilation.  So if someone had one of the more extreme procedures, they might want to look into getting some reconstructive surgery first.