#phallo

[loverfutch]

i wish ppl didnt shit so hard on (transmasc) bottom surgery man. i feel like i wouldve looked into a metoidioplasty a lot sooner if i hadnt seen all of the negativity and stigma surrounding phallo and metoidioplasties. but as soon as i actually looked into it i realized it was something i want! extremely bad! and i feel like a lot of other transmascs would want bottom surgery if they actually knew more about different types and results

#ebby echoes #trans tag #bottom surgery #transmasc #trans #metoidioplasty #phallo #phalloplasty

[twinfools]

I’m 3 years post phalloplasty and I realized I’ve never really made a post about how things are going. Phalloplasty is a hard surgery to talk about because, bottom line, it’s not part of common conversation to talk about yo dick. That being said I think it’s really important for me to talk about this procedure to help break stigma and misinformation— both inside and outside of trans and non-binary communities.

I had ALT phalloplasty, glansplasty, scrotoplasty, no urethral lengthening (UL) with vaginectomy. This means that tissue from my thigh was used to create my penis, my urethra was not extended or moved (so I don’t stand to pee) and my vagina was closed. I feel like this detail is important because this is one of many variations for this procedure and what I opted for/out of were decisions made according to trade-offs between personal benefit and risk.

I opted out of UL because I do not tolerate catheters well and, due to my very active lifestyle, was not willing to risk longer term catheterization or bladder spasms which would impede my quality of life. This risk, for me, outweighed the benefit of standing to pee.

I opted for ALT knowing that I would likely need debulking (which I didn’t end up needing but opted for anyway out of preference). Debulking is a procedure to make the penis less girthy as ALT phalloplasty is more girthy because of the nature of tissue on the thigh. I chose ALT because, first and foremost, I did not want scarring on my forearm. My ALT scar is covered by clothing most of the time which I appreciate. I also chose ALT because I have skinny forearms, which wasn’t ideal for forearm phalloplasty (RFF).

Vaginectomy, for me, was a no brainer. I have never used or connected with that part of my body so I wanted it gone.

Glansplasty is a procedure to make the glans (head) of the penis and was a short procedure done after my initial stage of surgery. I may get it redone but I’m still undecided on that. Scrotoplasty creates a scrotum, I was ambivalent about this procedure but have grown to more appreciate it over time.

I am considering further surgeries: erectile implant (which creates the ability for the penis to “get hard”) and testicular implants (fills to scrotum with testicle implants). But I’m undecided and want a break from surgery while I finish my degree and focus on work. I’m also considering phalloplasty tattooing to help enhance the contour and coloring to make it appear more like a cis penis.

Whew! Lots of info, right? These are big procedures completed over multiple stages and are very unlike chest surgery, hysterectomy and other surgeries I had completed prior. When I was first considering this surgery I didn’t know there was flexibility in terms of tissue donor site and UL. I waited to have this surgery and am so happy I did because the information I gained from research and consulting with professionals and folks with lived experience was so valuable.

Was surgery hard? Yes. This surgery was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through. I’ve never been so uncomfortable for the first 2 weeks after recovering. I had to re-learn how to walk. I couldn’t sleep. Peeing hurt… but would I do it again? Yes. It was worth it for me but I can’t underscore enough that that doesn’t mean I didn’t have moments where I felt regret while recovering because post op depression is a thing and I was in pain while adjusting to a new body part that was also a healing surgical site… LOTS going on there!

3 years on I feel really at home in my body. Just having a penis is such a comfort to me in ways I didn’t anticipate. I’ve had a feeling my entire life that I was missing a body part and this was it. The quiet gender euphoria of just sitting and feeling my body and for once feeling complete in that is something that’s hard to articulate.

I’m thankfully back to full mobility and got back to full mobility about 3 months post op. I was grateful for this since a long term recovery wasn’t what I wanted. There are still weird twitches, pains and feelings, especially around my donor site (thigh) from time to time but nothing that inhibits me. Just interesting when it happens (usually when weather gets colder?).

What is one thing I would want to go back and tell myself before surgery? Well:

Your penis will feel HEAVY. Like it will fall off. It won’t fall off and your body will adjust to the weight in an area you didn’t have it before. Until then it will feel like you need to hold it at all times.

Hopefully this helps someone as an overview of what an experience with this procedure may look like. Again, my goal is to put information out there and have frank conversations— because it’s these same things that greatly benefitted me in my surgery journey.

Finally— my inbox is open for anyone that has questions. I am in a privileged position to feel safe talking about these things and I feel comfortable doing so. Not everyone does, so please don’t assume that this invitation applies to other folks who have accessed surgery unless they say so.

Thank you for reading :)

#ftm #phalloplasty #surgery #trans #transition #transgender #trans man #trans guy #gender affirming surgery #phallo

[theciviljay]

more phallo positive sketches for you all 💕💕

if you’ve appreciated my work, and are capable, please consider donating towards my top surgery! (august 15!!) I still need to raise $7,400 before my surgery! Thanks everyone!!

#art #illustration #illustrator #transgender #transisbeautiful #ftm positivity #transmasc #phalloplasty #phallo #bottom surgery #bottom surgery positivity #sketchbook #top surgery #mutual aid #gofundme #cw artistic nudity #cw nudity #nude drawing #ftm art

[answersfromzestual]

***Educational Purposes Only***

Normal questions for phallo (my personal experience, and facts)

"Do you feel anything?" - yes, I feel everything from touch, stroking, temperature,pain, pressure, pleasure. They do disconnect and reconnect nerves, so it does take time depending on how you heal to have complete sensation. But you always have sensation there even after your healing period.

"How do you get erect?" - it's a pump, after they create the scrotum (they use the labia for this), you get your pump installed into your main hand side (ex. My pump is on the right testie), and the other testie is just an implant. I squeeze my pump (or my partner), and then saline water is pumped from the testicle into two tubes (one on each side on my penis). Creating a natural looking erection besides having to pump. It only takes about six pumps for me. Doesn't take much effort.

"How do you "deflate"/ go down after an erection" -on the testie that is the pump, there is a small button above it, it is actually kind of a small box with a button on it. I hold the button for about 15 seconds and just let my erection naturally go down.

"How many surgeries does it take?" - well, I guess four in total. You have your hysterectomy (which includes a complete oophorectomy as well), then your phalloplasty the building and attaching of the phallis and vaginectomy only at this part. The next surgery was to connect my urethral, called urethra lengthening. The last surgery was to install the penile pump and testicular implant.

"What are the chances it will fall off?" - less than 1% in the hands of a skilled surgeon. (My surgeon told me this information as the source)

"Where did they take the skin?" - they took the skin from my forearm and used a thin layer of the skin on my upper thigh to cover the tissue left exposed on my arm.

"Do you have any issues today?" - No issues, I've been finished for quite a bit now. I enjoy sex, it feels good. It looks good. I've never been clocked even naked in a locker room. I do dribble sometimes if I hurry while urinating.

"Can you ejaculate?" - Yup! I can, at least. I also have pre-ejaculate. I ejaculate almost everytime I orgasm. (With this said, the ability to ejaculate, amount of, and frequency of are all variable factors that can depend on person to person)

"Is the orgasm different?" -yes! It feels better to me. It could be comfort, but ejaculating does feel good when you orgasm.

"Did you have any major issues?" - not really, I did have to see a wound clinic for my implant surgery. I had wounds that needed care. I got a bladder infection with the catheter during the healing stage of urethral lengthening and had it removed after just over two weeks (it was supposed to be in for six weeks), as a reference though one of my urine bags broke and I had a plastic baggie to try to repair it until I could get a replacement (i had to wait hours), I also have a compromised immune system. For my arm, I wore my compression sleeve 100% of the time, and my arm healed extremely well and flat. You just need to listen to the rules and be sure not to break them.

"Do you have to do anything (e.g weekly) like transwomen have to do?" - sorta, I have to make sure I pump fully once a week.

"Any issues urinating?" - nope, takes some getting used to, though (standing). I find that I dribble, but it's only when I'm rushing when I shake. I still sit most of the time, it's even very common in cis men as an FYI. (I asked a large group of cismen)

"Does it look real?" -Yes, my wife said she never would have known I was trans until I told her. All penises look different.

"Did you have any corrective surgeries?" -No, I got pretty great results the first time. I do plan on going to closer, regular plastic surgeon to put in a larger implant as my left testicle (non-pumping side).

Have any of your own questions? Send me an ask, I'll be happy to answer!

Stay Golden Everyone ✌️💙💜

#pride month blog #trans ftm #transgender #transman #transman phalloplasty #phalloplasty #i love my phalloplasty penis #phallo #my experience with phallo #person #if i can help put info out there i would love that #phalloplasty education blog #phalloplasty experience blog #phallo education #phallo blog #/r phallo #ftm transition #ftm bottom surgery #ftm phalloplasty #phalloplasty blog #ask me things #lgbtq

[vvussyboy]

Picture it: Me, mid to late thirties, has ADHD. I'm discharged from the hospital. My body is finally complete. I finally get to live a with-dick existence. I’m in a wheelchair heading for my ride home. I’m wearing this shirt. Every nurse wears a different expression. I’m happy.

#ftm #trans man #phalloplasty #alt phalloplasty #phallo #intersex trans man #personal #I'm joking but also not really this is my dream

[dicklessjohn]

Ive had this username for the last 9 years and i love it but... i just had phalloplasty... dicklessjohn is no longer dickless 🥹 a bittersweet day

#ftm #trans #transgender #transition #hrt #phalloplasty #phallo

[transgenderteensurvivalguide]

Lee says:

TransBucket has been an invaluable resource for me throughout my medical transition.

I would spend hours on the site looking at photos that I’d already seen because it helped me prepare for my own medical transition and it helped me feel like what I wanted was a possibility.

Seeing the ‘before and after’ photos from other trans people who had gotten top surgery and phalloplasty gave me so much hope at a time when I was really struggling with dysphoria and depression.

I’m someone who has benefited in ways that I can’t even fully express from the post-op community’s generosity. I don’t know if I would have the life that I have now without it.

After I had my top surgery and hysterectomy, I chose to upload my photos to TransBucket to give back to the community (in a small way) and help others as I had been helped.

This is largely why I hesitated in sharing photos of vulnerable moments depicting surgical healing, although I ultimately did upload several photos showing the early weeks and months of recovery.

I didn’t upload any photos after I had fully healed and gotten tattoos to hide my surgery scars because I was worried about my privacy, which is something I still struggle with, and I ultimately decided to not upload photos of my genitals after phalloplasty for the same reason.

While I always knew TransBucket was publicly accessible, the mention of the site in the news made me reconsider whether I wanted to continue having my images hosted there.

The site being down for the past couple of months has given me some pause, but today, 5+ years after getting top surgery and making my first TransBucket submission, I have gone back and deleted some (but not all) of my post-top surgery and post-hysterectomy images.

I’m still considering what the best way is for me to protect myself from transphobic cisgender people who might use my images in ways that are incompatible with my views and how I feel about my body, and also protect myself from some of the hate coming from within the community as many of the most hurtful comments about about post-op bodies like mine are often made by pre-op and non-op trans people.

I became a mod on this blog when I had just turned 16 and I had top surgery at 18. I shared things online that I probably wouldn’t have shared if I had been if I had become a mod at my current age in my early 20’s, but the internet is forever and I can’t take it all back, even if my feelings on my online privacy have changed.

I would like to encourage our followers to take a moment and reevaluate their internet privacy as well, and think about what things they’re comfortable with sharing going forward.

I’m not saying that you should delete your images from TransBucket specifically— I might even end up reuploading mine there at some point, with some redactions for privacy. But you should think about what photos you are okay with sharing online a lot longer and harder than I did.

All that said, I’d like to circle back to my original point— that TransBucket has been an incredible resource for me (and many others) and it continues to be one of the first things that I recommend to anyone who is considering gender-affirming surgery (and is not a minor in the jurisdiction in which they reside as the site hosts images of genitals and it is against the terms of service for minors to join).

I would like to thank the admin of @transbucket for all the work they’ve done, and encourage our followers to assist them if they are able to:

#Lee says #transbucket #trans #transgender #top surgery #phalloplasty #hysterectomy #hysto #phallo #medical transitioning #post-op

[hestiasroom]

#FTM #trans #bottom surgery #lower surgery #meta #phallo #metoidioplasty #phalloplasty #gender affirming care #gender ideology #top surgery

[t4transsexual]

if you shit on phalloplasty for transmascs unfollow me immediately

#posting on the t4t acc bc i dont fucking want yall here #let trans people feel good about themselves you assholes #phalloplasty #phallo #trans #transgender #transmasc #trans man

[intersexfairy]

Hey friend this is the post I was thinking of about phalloplasty

(www.tumblr.com)/genderkoolaid/719614499032793089/the-funny-thing-about-hung-jury-is-that-the-guys?source=share

I hope it comes through! ((Also when pasting remove the () ))

oh thank you! i saw that post before but i forgot about it. i'll definitely look at the resources it has.

this is so strange to me though bc for the bulk of the 10 years I've known im trans, i thought i didn't have bottom dysphoria. i ignored that part of my body, or wanted it removed because "i didnt need it" (i used to think i was 100% asexual - i've learned i'm grayace instead). then i wanted meta, but didn't want phallo because "let's wait for it to get better" and i was scared of not liking how it feels (still am). but i still said i didnt have bottom dysphoria, just that meta would give me gender euphoria.

and then... ykno how some trans guys are like do i just find this guy hot or do i want to look like him? yeah, i got that but with.. ykno. dicks. but i still was denying it, and then i had this massive sex repulsion episode and i didnt know why... until i talked to my boyfriend (♡♡♡) about it and he helped me realize i *do* have bottom dysphoria and i *do* want phallo. 10 years... I spent 10 years suppressing that.

so yeah... just wanted to share to get it off my chest. but also i know i cant be the only one to feel this way. sexuality is hard as a transmasc... we dont deserve to suppress how we feel. and we may not even realize we're doing it.

#asks #anon #traasks #transphobia #internalized transphobia #transmasc #trans man #transman #trans guy #transguy #bottom dysphoria #gender dysphoria #trans #transandrophobia #transmasculine #phalloplasty #phallo #metoidioplasty #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #lgbtqia #ace #asexual #grayace #acespec #ace spec #ace spectrum #srs #gender affirming surgery

[turgidscum]

why are so many people in the phallo subreddit looking to not have a v-ectomy. this makes me incredibly fucking uncomfortable wtf.

#phallo #phalloplasty #vectomy

[answersfromzestual]

Angry rant:

I think people who out someone who is stealth are horrible people. They know what they are doing... it's cruel, and unnecessary. Be supportive, not an asshole...

Screw the misconceptions of phalloplasty. Guess what. It's not much different than a cis penis enhancement, or when a man gets old and can't take any viagra anymore so he gets a pump.

Everything is fine and dandy until it comes to trans-people needing to actually enjoy their body, their skin, their life!

#angry rant #sorry people #trans ftm #transgender #transman #phalloplasty #ftm transition #ask me things #ftm phalloplasty #lgbtq #ftm tran guy tips #ftm transition blog #phalloplasty blog #phallo #phallo blog #love should be winnning...

[jovkjack]

In case anyone was curious what 6.5+ years post-op ALT phalloplasty scars look like 🤷‍♂️

My initial surgery was in November 2015. For folks who haven’t known me forever, I had a part of a text tattoo moved from one leg to the other in my skin graft ^_^

#me #ftm #transgender #trans #personal #transition #transmasculine #transmasc #qtpoc #scar #scars #bottom surgery #phalloplasty #phallo #alt phalloplasty #alt phallo

[zorotlekuykauo]

the phalloplasty was invented by a soviet surgeon

#phalloplasty #phallo #trans #lgbtq #soviet #communism

[queerautism]

Anyway regular r/phallo plug for anyone interested in learning more about phalloplasty! The top posts of all time have great pictures of fully healed dicks too <3

#Phalloplasty #Phallo #Transmasc