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Trans surgery nightmares revealed: 81% endure pain, 33% incontinent

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Pixiedust1234 · 23/07/2023 17:34

Trans surgery nightmares revealed: 81% endure pain in the five years after gender-change procedures, more than half say having sex is painful - and a third are left incontinent, survey shows

The headline alone makes this is absolutely horrendous.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12312219/Trans-surgery-nightmares-revealed-81-endure-pain-five-years-gender-change-procedures-half-say-having-sex-painful-left-incontinent-survey-shows.html

Trans surgery pitfalls revealed: 81% endure pain after operations

University of Florida researchers showed that more than half of trans surgery patients endured pain during sex, and nearly a third could not control their bladders after operations.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12312219/Trans-surgery-nightmares-revealed-81-endure-pain-five-years-gender-change-procedures-half-say-having-sex-painful-left-incontinent-survey-shows.html

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KiteofUncertainty · 23/07/2023 20:23

ladyvimes · 23/07/2023 20:13

It’s a hideous procedure and you don’t get a vagina or a penis afterwards. I cannot understand how it is allowed as it is basically butchering people’s general is! It is impossible to change sex and people need to start realising this. We need more support to enable people to be comfortable in the skin they’re in.

This is the crux of it.

FannyCann · 23/07/2023 20:22

The DM has been doing such sterling work ion educating the public about this. The comments could have been written by a bunch of mumsnetters.

Maaate · 23/07/2023 20:20

Welcome to womanhood chaps!

ladyvimes · 23/07/2023 20:15

TheBiologyStupid · 23/07/2023 19:59

N=21, so a very small study. Nevertheless, the results are alarming and should be borne in mind by those who promote such hideous and unnecessary surgical procedures.

Yes a small study but a reasonable sample size for general results. A larger sample size probably wouldn’t show much difference.

ladyvimes · 23/07/2023 20:13

It’s a hideous procedure and you don’t get a vagina or a penis afterwards. I cannot understand how it is allowed as it is basically butchering people’s general is! It is impossible to change sex and people need to start realising this. We need more support to enable people to be comfortable in the skin they’re in.

TheBiologyStupid · 23/07/2023 19:59

N=21, so a very small study. Nevertheless, the results are alarming and should be borne in mind by those who promote such hideous and unnecessary surgical procedures.

RebelliousCow · 23/07/2023 19:52

I suspect the mental and emotional trauma after radical surgery is under-reported too. 'Regretters' a Neflix documentary about two MTF transsexuals highlights the total shock they felt after coming round after surgery - from which neither ever fully recovered. " What have I done"? No longer 'whole'.

dcbc1234 · 23/07/2023 18:48

You'd have to be bonkers to consent with those odds.

LizzieSiddal · 23/07/2023 18:45

Awful stats.

Thank goodness people are researching this stuff and collecting data.

WhereYouLeftIt · 23/07/2023 18:23

Bloody hell, I knew the complications rate was high, but that is awfully high! I read https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/transgender-vagina-surgery a few years back, Roche details the outcomes of their surgery (along with a soft-porn lengthy description of what they wanted / expected, be warned!) and I actually felt angry on their behalf.

The surgeons and clinics involved in these surgeries should be ashamed of themselves. They're experimenting on these people, and leaving someone incontinent or in pain - how do they look at themselves in the mirror?

Trans Vaginas Gender Reassignment Surgery

Writer and trans woman Juno Roche shares how she feels about her vagina.

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/transgender-vagina-surgery

EdithStourton · 23/07/2023 18:23

I knew it was bad, but not that bad.

And only the DM could come up with a term like 'genital overhaul'.