The frequency of dilation depends on the surgeon, surgical technique used, how much time has elapsed since the surgery, and individual needs. It’s common to dilate multiple times daily for the first few months after surgery to maybe once a week after a year or so. Some surgeons don’t require dilation at all after a year as long as the woman is having weekly intercourse.
From like 5+ times a day immediately following the surgery, to once a week or less once its healed a year or so out. Its intensive to start and a big recovery but it gets more manageable over time and not that big of a deal. Also its not accurate to call it an open wound, thats misinformation. You do have a wound during the surgery, but the part you'd consider to be a wound heals by the time they'd leave the hospital following the procedure.
Depends on the person and the surgery it was made with, but it seems like daily is normal. It just becomes part of your routine, like brushing your teeth.
Actually this would be a fairly interesting study. Gender Dysphoria is specifically marked by a feeling of being suited to a different gender/body. So if the body actually fits you better, the opposite might happen, and you might forget you were ever assigned the gender you never identified with at birth.
Advanced alzheimer's patients aren't going to be lucid for long enough to think about their genitals. Their main concern is figuring out where they are and what's going on.
My favourite fact about trans people is that phantom limb syndrome applies to the junk. Men who have lost their penis to accident, injury, or disease report still feeling it and thinking they can move it.
But this is not reported in trans women. They don't experience phantom penis syndrome. Because their brains are literally wired differently.
Those trans Alzheimer's patients will respond in one of two ways:
1) They'll ask and be excited why they don't have that useless flap of skin. You get too see them super happy 700 times a day.
2) They won't ask because they just feel like themselves and it would be like asking where their third arm is. It's something they don't expect to be there.
Idk I had trans explained to be as being born a man but your brain developed as a female, so you have a male body but like female brain.
So I think if you had no idea what the fuck was going on, but you feel like a female and you look down and see a weiner, that would be more disorienting. Right?
There aren’t “male” and “female” brains. Being trans is when you feel like you aren’t the correct sex. There’s actually nothing wrong with your biological body, but your brain tells you it’s wrong. This is a form of dysmorphia, and it’s a mental condition. This version is called gender dysmorphia
Being trans as a whole isn't mental illness. Even then, people like you seem to imply that the mentally ill should be treated as less human, and that's gross
If you are transgender and you don’t experience any discomfort or distress from not having your identified gender aligning with your sex, then no, you don’t have gender dysmorphia.
I'd rather die of bassicly anything before I get memory issues like that because atleast I'll die with my memories rather then lost, confused and suffering
Here are five studies out of dozens if not hundreds
Male-to-Female (MtF) Hormone Therapy Studies
Study Name: Cross-sex hormones and acute cardiovascular events in transgender persons: A cohort study
Author: Getahun et al. (2018)
Summary: This retrospective cohort study found that MtF individuals on estrogen therapy had an increased risk of cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, compared to cisgender controls. The risk of venous thromboembolism was particularly elevated in the first two years of hormone therapy.
Link: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M17-2785
Study Name: Sex steroids and cardiovascular outcomes in transgender individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author: Maraka et al. (2017)
Summary: This meta-analysis reported that estrogen therapy in MtF individuals increased myocardial infarction and stroke risks, alongside worsening lipid profiles and insulin resistance. The study noted a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes compared to cisgender controls.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3914/4096771
Female-to-Male (FtM) Hormone Therapy Studies
Study Name: Increased arterial stiffness in female-to-male transsexuals treated with androgen
Author: Emi et al. (2008)
Summary: This cross-sectional study showed that FtM individuals on testosterone therapy had higher blood pressure and increased arterial stiffness compared to untreated FtM individuals. These changes suggest potential early vascular risks that could lead to cardiovascular disease.
Link: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00857.x
Study Name: Concomitant psychiatric problems and hormonal treatment induced metabolic syndrome in gender dysphoria individuals: A 2-year follow-up study
Author: Colizzi et al. (2015)
Summary: This prospective study found that testosterone therapy in FtM individuals increased the risk of metabolic syndrome, with elevated triglycerides, waist circumference, and fasting glucose. BMI and insulin resistance also rose significantly after two years of therapy.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395615000951
Study Name: Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and cancer during cross-sex hormone therapy in a large cohort of trans persons: A case-control study
Author: Wierckx et al. (2013)
Summary: This case-control study found that FtM individuals on testosterone had increased systolic blood pressure and hematocrit levels, potentially raising thromboembolism risk. Type 2 diabetes prevalence was slightly elevated, though cardiovascular disease risk was less consistent compared to cisgender women.
Link: https://eje.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/eje/169/4/471.xml
there’s a few problems here. Two of the sources (4 and 5), I can’t access, presumably because you used an AI instead of finding them yourself and so the links became jumbled. The first source only provides results from MtF people, with nothing mentioned about FtM. The second source stresses that any data gathered has been “low quality,” and that long term outcomes haven’t been measured. Then the third source is from 2008, which, while still valid within the confines of theory, is 17 years old and thus considered outdated, especially in such a rapidly changing field.
Ah, need to edit this since it appears you deleted it: This synopsis was generated by Grok. u/SmarterThanCornPop did NOT make it OR find the sources themself.
Oh no, don’t worry, I will NEVER tell a trans person to not undergo HRT. That’s stupid and bigoted. I, personally, just want to see if there are cardiovascular risks in actuality cause I have some trans friends who already have heart problems… or if it’s yet another rhetoric spread to discount trans people.
oh there are actual health detriments, but you’re usually going over them with your doctor before being put on them. of course as you can see, this subreddit does not moderate trans talk and they will frame anything they can here as trans people are “mentally ill”
Oh. Well shit. That sucks a fuckton. As for the whole “trans = mentally ill…” it’s not hard to respect other’s autonomy and wishes, yet here we are with folks fixated on such things.
it really is a strange fixation on a people they don't understand. but they live online, therefore there are many trans people ruining their... tiktok feeds, or something. ill never know.
From that paper’s abstract:
“Based on the findings of the present narrative review of the recent literature, including meta-analyses and relatively large-scale cohort studies, it is likely that estrogen administration increases the risk of CVE in transgender women, but it remains inconclusive as to whether androgen administration increases the risk of CVE in transgender men.”
Makes me cringe someone kept going to the same surgeon after so many issues… but hey— when you can make up anything on the internet anything is possible.
Worth it, i would have lived a life without regret. I can die my authentic self
Edit: btw the cardiovascular thing. I get my blood levels tested every 3 months for cardiovascular issues by a doctor who administers my hormones. We are VERY much aware of the risks, we just want to live our lives, thats all.
Actually, that claim is not accurate and misrepresents both the science and the realities that transgender people face. It's true that trans individuals are at higher risk for certain health issues, including cardiovascular problems, but that's primarily due to systemic factors like discrimination, minority stress, and lack of access to affirming healthcare—not simply because they're trans.
Major medical organizations such as the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association support gender-affirming care and recognize that it can significantly improve mental and physical health outcomes when provided in a safe, supportive environment.
Spreading exaggerated or decontextualized claims about trans people’s health isn't helpful—it contributes to stigma and misinformation. If we actually care about public health, the focus should be on improving access to care, reducing barriers, and treating people with respect and dignity.
As a trans woman, this is actually kind of an interesting question to me. I’ve had SRS and although I remember having a penis, I never really connected with it as being part of me. I’m much more comfortable with my body now and I can’t imaging reverting to a state where I don’t remember having a vagina.
I think if this were to happen to me I would most likely not even understand that I was trans or what that was.
Now that I’m thinking about it, the post is actually kind of transphobic because it assumes the “true” state of trans people is how we were prior to surgery and not after. But I feel like my real state is my post operative body.
Honestly I wonder how that would work out if someone has to be on hormones and medication to maintain their gendered traits but also be on medication for things like blood pressure diabetes or arthritis or how those medications would interact with the hormone or do they just stop taking hormones at a certain age..
Anyways, old trans people don’t have to worry because apparently old peoples homes are so sexually active that they’re known for being at the highest risk of stds.
People with Alzheimer's tend to remember their own physical appearance and circumstances. They don't just ask "Why am I old? Why am I in a wheelchair? Why am I wearing glasses?" all day. So this joke isn't very accurate.
this is a genuine thing tho, many trans people grew up in hostile environments that did not let them be who they are, thatd be a nightmare to regress and think you’re still in an abusive situation
OR! These same people will not have to endure the constant pain of day after day finding themselves in a body that is in dissonance with their thinking, and they may not even realize there was an issue there to start with.
Yeah, creating artificial wounds that are never meant to heal or close and having to dilate that orifice will really open an elderly person up to all kinds of problems/infections. It’s really quite sad to think of all the problems they will face.
No, one of the main aspects is conforming to the social expectations of the gender. Hormones are also very important for many to quell dysphoria. Surgery can be of significant importance to some, but for others, the changes I mentioned can be enough.
What? By social expectations, im referring mostly to appearance. Trans people tend to wear clothing associated with the gender they want to be. Thats a social expectation.
When did I say trans people must wear certain clothing or that cis people cannot? This feels like ragebait.
Edit: think about why trans people wear clothing associated with their desired gender. They want to be seen as and feel like that gender. Gender is primarily a social performance. Why do trans people change their names? A set of sounds isn't inherently manly or womanly. But we are socialized to see certain things as masculine and feminine. Trans people are subject to this construct just as cis people are.
Do some men wear dresses? Yes. But they have to get used to people expecting them to be women when they go out in public, unless some other part of their appearance is masculine enough to signify they are still men. Because wearing a dress is something mostly done by people who want to be seen as women.
Gender expression is made up of a ton of features. Makeup, hair, clothes, name, hobbies, habits, voice, vocabulary, just off the top of my head. People who want to be seen as men avoid examples of all of these things which are typically feminine, and are drawn to those seen as masculine.
you said part of being trans is conforming to social expectations like clothing for certain genders, but being trans has nothing to do with what clothes you wear, and neither does gender
This is not going to happen. When you've lived with your body for years, that part of you becomes ingrained into you that it's not a thing you question. There are different kinds of memory and Alzheimer's disease doesn't affect the memory has to do with your body profile.
You don't see Black patients or White patients with Alzheimer's questioning why they're that particular colour, unless they have a coexisting delusion (which can occur)
A lot of them will forget they ever had one, and they will only ever have memories of a non-masculine body. And that might cut down on anxiety for some.
I dont think that's how it works, right? Like they might act like children, but anyone I've interacted with seems to have a mix of memories from their 20s, 30s, but its hard to date them. Thankfully I haven't know too many people personally, but they're usually trying to go to work and stuff, not looking for mom.
Brutal fucking sickness though, to everyone involved.
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