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Body changes post-op?

Started by AubreyRenee, January 18, 2011, 09:48:56 AM

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caitlin_adams

Hi Tink

How old were you when you had your SRS?
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Northern Jane

Body changes? Hum ... that was a long time ago  ;) I was 24.

I had been on HRT for 6 years but the first thing I noticed after surgery was a change in body hair in the first year. What little hair I had on my legs and underarms disappeared and was replaced with a very fine fuzz, almost invisible, and my pubic hair shifted in to the typical female triangular shape.

Other changes came with 'maturity', such as gaining 2 bra sizes and facially growing more feminine (rather than the other way). I didn't gain in hips or butt but that wasn't in my genes - I grew to the same shape as my mother  ::)

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FairyGirl

I have noticed a general, over all "settling into" my female body, no body hair at all to speak of, even on my arms and legs; my breasts have gotten fuller, as have my hips. My belly has as well, unfortunately.

One of the most interesting changes is the remapping of the brain- I can touch various areas around my labia, clitoris, or even up inside, and that is exactly what it feels like to me- what it is now. There is no sense whatsoever of "oh that used to be this or that", because in a very real physical sense it is what it is now and not what it "used" to be. Inside my vagina feels nothing like what I expected it would before surgery, and nothing at all like a penis. Not only does the brain remap itself, but also the nerves and the various areas of the skin, once grafted together, grow and change over time to become only what they are now. It isn't "penis skin" in the shape of a vagina, it becomes simply vagina skin and meaningless to think of it any other way.

As the body heals from surgery, so does the mind. More than there simply being no vestiges of penis left, I can't even remember what it felt like to have one anymore- I only know what it feels like to have a vagina. I mean, of course I remember that there was something else there in a strictly academic sense, but that "feels" so foreign and alien to me because the the old sensations have been completely overwritten by what is there now. I think this is why we forget so readily, because the brain becomes literally no longer physically wired in those terms.
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Michelle.

Chloe, that's one awesome and inspiring post you just made.
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missyzanta

I had psychological changes 2 mths after i started on HORMONES.                         My sex drive went away COMPLETELY and when i DID have sex, (pre opt), parts of my body became sensitve that werent prior to hormones.  I never had my penis touched by a man EVA nor has a man seen it before, but AFTER immediately after surgery, i became so horney my head was about to explode.  Also I used to ENJOYYYYYYY performing oral sex on a man prior to but now being 9mths post,  the thought of it sickens me.  I have done it only once since surgery and that was on a man who REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY turned me on physically but i didnt ENJOY it.  I havent had many men who wanted me to do that anyway.  Most men I have been with REALLY enjoy performing oral sex on me.  Which by the way I have become addicted to.  OH MY GOD nothing on earth like it.
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atheris

Post op, I gained fullness in my butt and about half a cup size in my breasts. Pre-op, there were almost no gains at all.

Weight gain has also become a problem.
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AubreyRenee

You've all given me a lot to think about!  Thank you so much for posting everything here. I'm excited to see how things "settle in" - I have two weddings to buy dresses for afterward and will probably wait just a bit before picking the dresses up because of what everyone offered here. I'd rather not get the dress now only to end up... well... _settling_ afterward. :D
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Debra

Quote from: FairyGirl on January 29, 2011, 04:10:52 PM
I have noticed a general, over all "settling into" my female body, no body hair at all to speak of, even on my arms and legs; my breasts have gotten fuller, as have my hips. My belly has as well, unfortunately.

One of the most interesting changes is the remapping of the brain- I can touch various areas around my labia, clitoris, or even up inside, and that is exactly what it feels like to me- what it is now. There is no sense whatsoever of "oh that used to be this or that", because in a very real physical sense it is what it is now and not what it "used" to be. Inside my vagina feels nothing like what I expected it would before surgery, and nothing at all like a penis. Not only does the brain remap itself, but also the nerves and the various areas of the skin, once grafted together, grow and change over time to become only what they are now. It isn't "penis skin" in the shape of a vagina, it becomes simply vagina skin and meaningless to think of it any other way.

As the body heals from surgery, so does the mind. More than there simply being no vestiges of penis left, I can't even remember what it felt like to have one anymore- I only know what it feels like to have a vagina. I mean, of course I remember that there was something else there in a strictly academic sense, but that "feels" so foreign and alien to me because the the old sensations have been completely overwritten by what is there now. I think this is why we forget so readily, because the brain becomes literally no longer physically wired in those terms.

very nicely put Chloe =) It sounds like something you just have to experience. And I'm eager ;)

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Nigella

psychologically, just female, remapping of the body by the brain. Seems I've always had female genitalia (now six months + post op). Boobs have grown 1 1/2 inches from 38 to 39 1/2 inches over the bust. I hope they don't grow any more, lol. Bum and thighs are bigger and waist smaller. More lose of upper body strength and muscle.

All in all pretty good, lol.

Stardust
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