I am interested in having vaginectomy because it ruins my entire being when I think about the fact that I possess such a disgusting thing. I am wondering something specific however:
Do I also have to have the internal organs removed or can I have it by itself?  I had a hysterectomy in the past but other things are still there.  Will I have complications in urination even though that's not the same area? 

It is generally recommended to have everything internal removed if you are getting a vaginectomy, for the reason that if something were to be wrong internally, with a vaginectomy you've removed the easiest means of access to that internal stuff. If something were wrong, you'd basically have to open up the abdomen whereas before you could just go straight in.

I haven't heard of anyone having urination issues. I know a guy who had a vaginectomy done with his phallo (without urethral lengthening), and he hasn't experienced any changes down there after healing.

You may find some bottom surgeons willing to be flexible about it, while others aren't willing to do it. Off the top of my head, Dr. Crane is a good option to approach, as he's a people pleaser. Dr. Schechter would have to be crossed off the list. But you might also be able to find an OBGYN that will do it.

I am curious about how insurance coverage would work. Mine is covered as a part of my phalloplasty, but I'm not sure I've ever heard someone do it as a standalone procedure.

Oh I see... so not everyone is willing. I wished my gynecologist surgeon did it at the time of my hysterectomy but it would have been considered as SRS and my insurance wouldn't cover it. But yeah, I would ideally like to get over two things rather than doing it one by one.  Mine was done through the belly button and I don't even mind that scar much because it's nothing compared to my top surgery.
The reason why I would like to not mess with other things inside of me is because I don't want to take hormones all my life. 

Quote from: FreakOfNature on July 19, 2016, 01:32:46 PM
Oh I see... so not everyone is willing. I wished my gynecologist surgeon did it at the time of my hysterectomy but it would have been considered as SRS and my insurance wouldn't cover it. But yeah, I would ideally like to get over two things rather than doing it one by one.  Mine was done through the belly button and I don't even mind that scar much because it's nothing compared to my top surgery.
The reason why I would like to not mess with other things inside of me is because I don't want to take hormones all my life.

You would have to leave an ovary then.  Crane told me I could leave one if I wanted.  I chose not to since I am so close to menopause, anyway.  My GYN surgeon told me it would be ok to leave with vaginectomy as long as you get the fallopian tubes removed.  Something about needing them in order to get ovarian cancer or something.  I think that you are smart to look into being able to leave your ovaries if you are young and are not certain you always want to take a synthetic hormone.  It I wasn't 46, then I would have left one just in case there was a reason I can't stay on T.

Schechter will do it, unless he recently stopped. He performed that for another guy back in December at the same time I was in the hospital. The guy who had it done is having complications though.

Quote from: JesseO on August 17, 2016, 07:20:11 PM
Schechter will do it, unless he recently stopped. He performed that for another guy back in December at the same time I was in the hospital. The guy who had it done is having complications though.

He will do it as long as you've had a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Can't have anything left in there if you want him to do it.

Quote from: Bimmer Guy on July 30, 2016, 10:05:48 PM
You would have to leave an ovary then.  Crane told me I could leave one if I wanted.  I chose not to since I am so close to menopause, anyway.  My GYN surgeon told me it would be ok to leave with vaginectomy as long as you get the fallopian tubes removed.  Something about needing them in order to get ovarian cancer or something.  I think that you are smart to look into being able to leave your ovaries if you are young and are not certain you always want to take a synthetic hormone.  It I wasn't 46, then I would have left one just in case there was a reason I can't stay on T.

Sorry I missed this thread! Thanks for that information. Does leaving one ovary equals the same amount of natural hormone production?