Help please - Genital hair removal

[JustMe]

Hi Christine,

I would question the opinion.

Everything I have ever read/heard about SRS is that MTF women need 'downstairs' hair removal. I've never heard that it's unnecessary. Indeed, I've been led to believe that it most definitely IS necessary and that some surgeons will refuse to proceed if you've not had it done.

I'm of the belief that if you don't get it done and you have a full penile inversion - the hair will grow inside your new vagina. As time goes by, you will get matted hair in there which will create awful complications because it will still be attached and very difficult to remove and be very very unhygenic.

I may have completely misunderstood your post Christine but the way I read it, I was quite worried about that opinion.

Hugs
Kerry x.

[Christine]

I asked about it, and received this reply:

If uncircumcised then highly unlikely you will need to have hair removal.

Which seems to be in line with advice others have been given. I did ask for more clarification but didn't get any.

Obviously given the risk of potentially quite serious complications, I'm not really happy to just leave it there, but it would appear that's CX's policy (and presumably that of its surgeons) so I'm having to make my own arrangements. It is a bit of a worry, as well as being rather irritating.

[Steffi]

The thing is ........ this is the rest of your life. If hair does grow afterwards inside the neovagina, it is impossible to treat.
The surgeons may say that hair removal is "probably unnecessary" but for the sake of a relatively small amount of cash you can get it treated yourself and be sure.
- How lucky do you feel?

It's not THAT painful. In my own case, an hour before my session I daubed myself liberally with Emla and wrapped my genitals in a plastic bag. My pain levels were insignificant, in fact far less painful than having electro on my face.

The question that needs asking of the surgeon is "What stops the hairs present on the donor skin from continuing to grow after inversion?"
- If the answer is that the surgeon scrapes off all the hair follicles from the reverse side then that is a fairly reassuring answer.
But answers like "It is not usually a problem" do not reassure me at all.

[Christine]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not making an argument to not do it. Even if he can scrape off the follicles, I'd still like to effectively insure myself by having them zapped anyway. My real discomfort isn't even the physical part (though I may change my tune once it starts!) but the awkwardness of up close and personal attention regarding a part of my body I wish wasn't even there. But I guess I'm going to have to get used to people looking at it. Maybe if I regarded it more as a growth, a medical problem that needs fixing, it'll be easier.

[Casaluna]

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