Do phalloplasties actually work?

I think it’s internal so you press a spot multiple times and it slowly inflates. Then again to deflate.

Phalloplasty certainly doesn't work well enough for me to ever consider getting one. I don't fancy being a guinea pig for what is still very much an experimental surgery.

Because trans activists infiltrated once respected medical institutions and convince people that trans people would take their own lives if not able to access these surgeries.
Young people sucked into the contagion also came to believe they’d end up suicidal if prevented from having them.
So a potent mix of it being a very profitable surgical industry and the (now disproven) suicide narrative.

I have heard trans men used as a gotcha, would you want a trans man with a erection in the next hospital bed type stuff. I ‘d think with the complication rate being so high they are probably in due to neo penis being infected or failing in some way.

It’s pretty rare that it goes ok and not everyone goes with the inflatable option as thst can cause complications too.

It sort reminds me of playing blackjack and going for a five card trick. Odds aren’t great and have to decide whether to stick or twist.

Oh wow, the arms look like severe trauma victims!

I just had a look too and wish I hadn’t. How doing that to oneself can be characterised as an affirming experience I struggle not to get upset thinking about.

Erectile devices were created for men who lost the ability to gain an erection due to age, or medication. So the vast majority of people with erectile devices are 'cis' men.

Yes, I have heard this.

But it is like a micro penis. So, again, it is not functioning like a fully developed penis at all.

Some do, some don't.

Some who have them are able to stand to urinate, orgasm, most are able to pass in changing rooms etc. Some have a list of complications.

Whether they 'work' isn't the correct question, imo, it should be whether they improve quality of life. In most cases I believe it does.

I believe there is an alternative surgery called metoidoplasty that uses existing clitoral tissue to create a sort of micropenis which is capable of becoming erect and would actually have some sexual sensation, unlike the flesh tubes created with phalloplasty.

I cannot see how anyone would think that in anyway would make them appear manly or masculine or ‘feel’ like a man. Especially doing that with sexual partner in the room anticipating intercourse.

Most work. Might not be organically done, but most work.

Some experience recovery issues.

You're more likely to hear about the ones which didn't have the desired result, as people in those groups are more likely to talk about something they need support or reassurance over, than things which have gone right.

They don't remove muscle feom arms. Just skin. It's effectively a skin graft.

The important thing here is, it's a person's choice what they do or don't do with their body. You might not like it but it's not your body.

It is also well documented that these operations are very problematic too.

If the penis and testicles are splayed and inverted, there is potential for hair to grow inside the cavity. And the reports from those who opt to have a section of their colon or intestine used, the smell apparently is very concerning.

yes.

There is no way to replicate erectile tissue and the nerves to recreate a reaction.

So, to emulate an erection, it needs a pump mechanism.

It's sad that these people will butcher their bodies to achieve a non functioning caricature of a penis (same with the reverse surgery) I saw a transwoman on a programme who's "neo vagina" looked like a butchered stitched up scrotum with a "line in the middle" like a child had sculpted. It's multilation.

If I fell in love with someone (yes I'd make an exception for you Aydian Dowling ! - Google people !) I'd rather accept they had a vagina and work with it than see a butchered surgical pretend penis.

I’ve been googling ..
how on earth are doctors allowed to perform these Mengale-esque operations?

It's absolutely barbaric. Given how high the failure rates are it's astonishing it's still allowed.

It needs to be ‘pumped up’
Manually with a pump ??
Christ on a bike …

Since if they are to emulate an erection they have to be pumped up (some opt not to have the pump so will not have erection function) then I guess the answer is no.

Considering the very high % of failures and the high % of future bladder issues, it is hard to understand if these female patients really are getting the honest risk assessment from their clinicians and their surgeons.

Plus, the long term pain and danger due to lack of feeling on the arms associated with the stripping of the arm skin and muscle layers have been well discussed too.

No. It's horrific.

Transmen who have undergone this procedure pee standing up , get erections as a response to visual or physical stimulation, and ejaculate when they climax?

Blimey - I didn’t know that tbf-
every days a learning day on here