Do phalloplasties actually work?

As I said before, a forum for surgeons who carry out phalloplasties would also be a great place for OP to ask these questions. Actually, to be honest, that would probably the best place to do so in order to get factual answers to those specific questions.

Meh. Many (most?) of us are women and mothers who have an instinctive wish to safeguard children and young people - ours and others.

Mumsnet has been one of the few places where women's voices aren't silenced - where the "go educate yourselves" fools stand out as biased and trying to silence women.

If society had been aware of the brutal experimental nature of this surgery, I suspect far more parents would have stood up to the "if you don't affirm your child they'll kill themselves" bullies and might have been able to protect their children from these grim outcomes.

Women use mn for a whole host of reasons. Not just to discuss gender.

I'm not that thick, thanks. I'm genuinely curious.

Yes we must all remember to ask out hcps if they've had the procedure/treatment that they are advising us on otherwise their thoughts don't count apparently.

I think it's extremely unlikely that there are many trans men using Mumsnet...

The questions OP asked could be answered very simply and factually by people who have undergone a phalloplasty. Whether those answers would be positive or negative I have no idea, but they would certainly be more accurate than the answers given by the average Mumsnet users, purely through the benefit of lived experience.

Why not? This is a predominantly female forum, yes? Transmen are women, yes?
I think people ask questions here because they will get (often brutal) answers that they many not get eleswhere.

Really. My cardiologist gives me informed answers to my questions about my arrhythmia. As far as I know, he has no such problems himself.

Which many have answered even including links. I'd imagine if you asked on a pro plasty site they'd all be like yayy looks great love it, if you ask on a regret site they'd be noo, disaster hate it. Maybe a bit more balance here with actual experienced hcps contributing

Could you point to the existence of any such forum? Afaik any website or forum dedicated to free speech in relation to women’s rights (which includes FGM, sport etc) gets attacked and harassed into oblivion. It’s happened many times.

There is even an African solely anti FGM campaigner on Twitter who has had HUGE personal abuse from the trans lobby.

But if you’ve seen one where detransitioners are allowed to speak freely do enlighten us.

I'm wondering why some posters are trying to fill the 1000-post limit with distractions in order to stop discussion Not a very productive strategy when there's 700+ posts to go

Discussion is part of arriving at answers to questions.

But not from anyone who has actually undergone the procedure.

I actually am quite horrified by the procedure, and by the complication rate. Again, I am very much not pro-phalloplasty. But I still don't think Mumsnet is the place to get the kinds of questions OP has answered accurately.

FGM slightly different in that there are more likely to be women here who have experienced FGM -- but I'd still say that if one wanted specific medical questions about the experience of FGM answered, it would be better to post on a forum specifically for women who have undergone FGM.

And has got some very specific answers, backed up with evidence.

We don't have to have had the mutilating surgery ourselves to know the answers, as demonstrated by many posts if you read the thread?

That's fair enough, but OP wasn't asking for a discussion, she was asking very specific medical questions.

Did OP really ask for opinions though? She asked some very specific questions:

• "Do they work?"
• "Do they actually function?"
• "Is it mainly cosmetic?"
• "Can they orgasm?"

All questions that, I would argue, would be better answered by those who have undergone said surgery (or performed it).

Some of us don’t use X or Tik Tok. We prefer to have our discussions on here.

I'm confused by you saying that these stats support successful outcomes. The first link compares trans med having phalloplasty with natal men having phalloplasty
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29019859/. I note it's from 2018.

and this is the conclusion.

Conclusions: Cismale patients undergoing phalloplasty had lower urethral and flap complication rates compared with transmale patients. Staged urethroplasty had more flap complications, and worse outcomes and patient satisfaction compared with primary urethroplasty.

The second link
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2050052122000129
in your post you have quoted the findings from the study that
"Overall complication rate was high at 76.5%, of which urethral complications were high in all reconstructive subgroups (urethral fistula rate of 34.1% and urethral stricture rate of 25.4%)"

This just seems to confirm my concerns.

Would you also have an issue with OP asking question about FGM?

Incidentally, some states in America refused to pass anti FGM laws because the powerful trans lobby knew it was likely to interfere with these ‘trans’ surgeries. That’s how close it is.

I guess the real question here is @peachgreen - why are you not as horrified as the rest of us?

Anyway, ignoring the obvious attempts to derail.

It is blatantly obvious that most people don't have a clue about what these surgeries entail

And you have. Up to the OP if she wants to enlighten you.

To canvas opinions on a high traffic site?