https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11629421/Half-trans-surgery-patients-suffer-extreme-pain-sexual-issues-years-later.html
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More than half of trans women who have 'bottom' surgery are in so much pain years later they need medical attention, a study suggests.
Up to a third of patients also struggled to use the toilet or suffered sexual issues 12 months after the operation, which sees patients transitioning from male to female given a surgically constructed vagina.
Researchers from the Women's College Hospital (WCH) in Ontario, Canada, analyzed the medical records of 80 patients who sought care from the clinic between three months and five years after having the operation.
Campaigners say the findings demonstrate that complex surgeries like vaginoplasty often carry risks that patients are unaware of - at a time when there has been a dramatic uptick in the number of gender reconstruction surgeries in the US and Canada.
Research in October indicated the number of patients going under the knife increased more than 150-fold between 2010 and 2018
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The most common symptoms reported by post-op patients were pain (53.5 percent), bleeding (42.5 percent) and dilation issues (46.3 percent).
Severe side effects were much rarer, but in 12 cases - or 15 percent - patients experienced vaginal stenosis, the narrowing and shortening of the vagina.
In two other cases, patients had severe infections around the surgical site, and another two were hospitalized with mental health problems.
Much more common were minor outcomes like difficulty urinating (22.5 percent), sexual problems (33.8 percent), and poorly healing wounds (21.3 percent).
A total of 15 patients (18.8 percent) also told the clinic they were dissatisfied with the appearance of their new vulva and wanted some cosmetic revision.
GTFOH, you mean it's not just like a real vagina?Quote:
Bottom surgeries such as vaginoplasties and phalloplasties - genital reconstruction undergone by women transitioning to men - cost around $25,000.
'It is quite clear from the most up-to-date studies that vaginoplasty and other genital surgeries don't work in the way that people hope they will,' says Stella O'Malley, psychotherapist and director of campaign group Genspect.
'The reason why there is so many problems is because this is an incredibly difficult surgery. Young vulnerable people need to know about the challenges they will face post surgery but few of them do.'
Do you mean that cutting your dick off in favor of a rotting wound might be painful and not be the real thing? You can't be serious.Quote:
In recent years, an increasing number of de-transitioners - those who regret their decision to transition and later reverse it - have spoken out about medical side effects to the procedures that they were not previously made aware of.
One such detransitioner by the name of Shape Shifter claimed he regretted his mastectomy and vaginoplasty after they led to fistula and other painful consequences. He says he realized he was simply a gay man who liked showing his feminine side, and began to detransition.
