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Started by Sunbird, August 31, 2008, 07:15:21 PM

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Sunbird

I could go back to the surgeon who did my vaginoplasty - and may do so - but I am interested in who are considered to be the top alternatives for labiaplasty.  Toby Meltzer comes to mind but his waiting list may be distressingly long. 

Also, just how much can be done during labiaplasty?  My labia minora do just extend past my vaginal entrance but they are distinctly weedy down there so I would ideally like them lengthened?  Is that possible?  What scarring is likely?  How significant are the risks?

I don't think I need any work on the labia majora or clitoral hood BTW.

Thanks
Sunbird
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tinkerbell

Yes, Dr. Meltzer's waiting list is just too long unless someone else cancels, and then it could be sooner.  Have you considered Dr. Bowers?

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Meshi

^Patience.  I have made prior threads dedicated to finding out, but no on answered?  I do not know why prior MTF patients dont respond..You know my issues now and how I feel.  I know you are going to see him soon and they will all be very nice to you im sure.  I will try to do some investigating.  To give you one issue i have now besides the irritation and very hard time dilating, but during my labiaplasty he was to do alittle lipo on the SIDEs of the upper Mons area ONLY.  Just so it wasnt so fatty.  Well what i have now is un-evenness and look as he took out fat in the middle of the Mon, which i did NOT ask for him to do, so now i have what look like a mis-shaped Mons with a dented in area in the middle instead of that nice curved look.  Again, is he the Dr. you want having do your SRS??  I would use Suporn in a heart beat if i could do it over again, especially now since i have to go thru Carole or one of the receptionists to get second hand info.  You call that good aftercare.  They all acted so nice and did everything the initial first time i had SRS, but it was after all this happened that there was not support or even anyone getting back with me.  They still havent got back to me on Rene and I told Dr. Meltzer about gettng pricing on my last pre-op.  I personally know a woman that just had her SRS with Suporn the second day she had an orgasm.  She told me that he has a paperwork you have to sign weather you want to have a guaranteed 8.5" depth using more tissue or going  with the standard  7-8".without a guarntee.  She opted for the standard and ended up with 8" and she told me she is so sensitive that even when the nurses put the  betadine under her clit hood it was sending her into starting to get sensitive.  Said she had a dream aft a wk about some actor was having an orgasm in her sleep and when she woke up it was still going!  She also said that the nurses and clinic are second to none as compared to US.  She is RAVING about it.  She said she is pink inside, which you will not get with with Meltzer.  I am soo bummed that i didnt go with him, not to mention spending over double the amount and still i am f-ed up.  You make up your mind but everything i am telling you is what she told me IMing me from Thailand in her hospital bed.  She loves it there.
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gentle_patience

Thanks Michelle
I really don't mind Thailand. I just want the best result. I also don't mind waiting if I have to. (plus there are always cancelations) I know we have both heard good and bad about Meltzer and Suporn RE SRS. I totally get the lack of follow up with Meltzer office as well. I DO trust him with FFS as he really help me with some bad results form Zukowski. SRS is something all together different tho. I trust him but the technique is altogether different than Suporn. I have also heard horror stories about Suporn as well (and going back to Thailand for revision is a pain ) so this cause some concern. 
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Janet_Girl

Dr. Nguyen in Oregon does labiaplasty, and he trained under Dr. Meltzer, when Dr. Meltzer was in Portland.
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Meshi

Quote from: gentle_patience on April 16, 2010, 07:51:05 PM
Thanks Michelle
I really don't mind Thailand. I just want the best result. I also don't mind waiting if I have to. (plus there are always cancelations) I know we have both heard good and bad about Meltzer and Suporn RE SRS. I totally get the lack of follow up with Meltzer office as well. I DO trust him with FFS as he really help me with some bad results form Zukowski. SRS is something all together different tho. I trust him but the technique is altogether different than Suporn. I have also heard horror stories about Suporn as well (and going back to Thailand for revision is a pain ) so this cause some concern.
All i know Patience, is that almost every site i go on MTF are raving about Suporn..I hear nothing about Meltzer..thats new, everything is when he was in Oregon.  Maybe my issues are just me and wont hopefully happen to u, but ive heard somewhere that other MTF that have used Meltzer had similar issues ( very painful dilation and hard to get in all the way and irritation).  Also, when i had labiaplasty done i told him i wanted alittle lipo on the outer part of the sides, outside the labia.  You know where im talking about right??  Well it appears he took out fat in the middle of the mons area and now i have an indention (flat area)  He said fat grafting wasnt a good idea and wouldnt do anything about it.  Said something about making an incision above the mon to leave me a like 4" scar and lift up the whole area.  It sounded alittle dumb founded to me, so when i went to my post op with my BA surgeon, he said it would be no problem to do a fat graft there and i showed him what i was talking about.  So apparently Dr. Meltzer just didnt want to do it, so now since i had the labia revision, cause i wasnt happy with the labiaplasty (uneven lines on the inner lips), i had it revised, costing me another hospital fee. Finally i was thinking the other nite, "Im tired of this and the non response from Linda or Tashia" so im gonna get a refund on my deposit, which is now $1,000.00 and i sent an email to Dr.JOHN R. MIKLOS, MD, FACOG office as they specialize in this kinda thing.  They are at the top of their game in vaginal reconstructive surgery and urology. http://www.miklosandmoore.com/miklos.php  Check out their pics.  They do fantastic work.  Right now with Perovic passing, i wouldnt know who to  suggest.  I would say tho, if you plan on going with Meltzer, plan on the typical vaginoplasty, labiaplasty, and most likely a revision, because with my labiaplasty it wasnt symmetrical.  After paying his costs i figured he should have gotten it right the first time.  So total its gonna run you around 32K
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rejennyrated

Well I had pretty good results from my Labiaplasty and general revision performed this year in the UK by James Bellringer. That was a full reconstruction as my original surgery was done in the early 80's when techniques were a lot cruder than they are now

No noticable scarring, no loss of sensitivity. I now have a clitoral hood, a neat small, sensate and erectile clitoris in the correct place. (how he managed that I don't know - it's like a tiny little button but boy is it sensitive!), urethra that emerges in the correct place, and small neat labia minora which do not extend beyond the labia majora but can be clearly seen when they are parted.

I am not disappointed about the small labia minora as they may be small, but they are there, and besides I always think that girls with "innies" look much neater and nicer than "outies" but perhaps that's just me.

overall sensitivity is excellent.

Trouble is, as I have said many times, we are all different. What works brilliantly for me may not for someone else with different anatomy, and we are talking biology here... so perfection really isn't the name of the game.

I've slept with enough men and women to know that there is a huge range of shapes and sizes even among those who have had no "alterations". I dare say, judged against a medical text book my result isn't perfect, but it isn't going to look out of place against anyone else, and that's all that matters.

So I think you have to be veryy careful that you don't have unrealistic expectations which can only be dashed. I went into my revision in the knowledge that the early 1980's result that I had, though fully functional, looked a mess. I wasn't expecting much, although I hoped that some of the anatomical anomilies could be sorted out, like lack of clitoral hood, urethra emerging behind a pseudo clitoris which was unfeasibly large etc etc.

I wasn't disappointed as the result was much closer to cosmetic perfection than I could ever have imagined possible.
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gentle_patience

So Sorry Michelle.
I know you are totally burnt out and wish it was behind you. I sure hope  MIKLOS can do somthing. I know you just want to move on from the surgeries ASAP... 
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Meshi

^Thanks Patience!  I just wish he would have got it right the first time, so i wouldnt have to go thru it again.  I have no trust in Dr Meltzer with this aesthetic issue and the irritation im having, as it has been ongoing since b4 December and all i have as after care if his off site nurse Lindsay from Oregon.  He has had two times that he should have done something and he nor has  staff are proactive about it, so im having all my records faxed to these surgeons in AL and they already have the pics they wanted me to take and email to them.  I was hoping to be done for the summer, but seems my dream of the summer of 2010 will not be realized.  Sure hope everything works out for you., 0x
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gentle_patience


Thanks Michelle
It seems like it goes on and on doesn't it. It can really get you down sometimes. I feel your pain. BTW, The moderators here seem to remove entire postings that speak poorly of one doctor over another. Hopefully they don't remove all your postings on meltzer and suporn. They deleted the entire thread from one of mine recently.  They will probably delete this posting and they may even delete me entirely as it looks like you are not supposed to speak the entire truth on this site. If that happens, I will just send you an email directly. Take care.

       
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