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Happy to be working out and running again. Glansplasty has made a huge difference in my confidence. Testicular implants coming in July!

All the scabs just came off so i figured i could take a nice picture of it. The dissolvable stitches really irritated my skin, I even had skin trying to grow over them instead of falling out. So that's the irritation you see on the edge. Hoping that fades but I'm so thrilled with how it looks regardless. I almost opted out of glans because I didn't want to deal with more surgery but I'm glad I pushed through

Had an ask for a video about the firmness and mobility of my penis. I haven’t done anything like this in a pretty long time (4 years apparently 😅). I’m still healing from my implant so my left testicle is stiffer and the incision area as well, but penis is as jiggly wiggly as ever!

I’ve mentioned sex in some recent posts/comments as well, and how having had abdo allows me to penetrate without an ED or sleeve. My tip is bigger than my base and the firmness is on par with a natal penis tip that’s chubbing or semi-hard. Once that’s in I’m good to go as long as I don’t pull out too far.

Notes: Abdo phalloplasty and all stages with Dr Freet from 2021-2024. Testicular implant with Dr Keith in 2026.

Hey everyone — wanted to share my experience for anyone researching this path. Representation of real surgical journeys matters, so here's mine.

Quick background: I had Stage 1 with Dr. Miroslav Djordjevic in November 2025. That included metoidioplasty with clitoroplasty, urethroplasty, three fasciocutaneous flaps, a vascularized pedicle flap for the neourethral opening, vulvectomy, vaginectomy, complicated scrotoplasty, and bilateral testicular implants.

Stage 2 — Musculocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi (MLD) Phalloplasty:

This stage included:

• Creation of the recipient site with three fasciocutaneous flaps (3×5cm each)
• MLD phalloplasty flap (15×12cm)
• Adjacent tissue transfer (10–30 sq cm)
• Additional fasciocutaneous flaps (10×20cm and 10×10cm)
• Wound closure with skin graft (8×7cm)
• Free skin graft with microvascular anastomosis
• Monsplasty

Surgery was 8 hours.

The hospital stay:

I always have a positive experience at Mt. Sinai West — the nurses are incredible and the urology team that works alongside Dr. Miro is consistently great.

I responded to the blood thinners too well and ended up needing two blood transfusions. Because of that, I couldn't eat for the first 1–2 days in case they needed to take me back into the OR. Day 3 was all liquids.

I spent about 4 days in the ICU with Doppler checks on my penis every hour — when I finally moved to the regular floor, that dropped to every 4 hours. I've been essentially bed-ridden since surgery. My penis has to stay propped straight up in a foam donut with a small bucket over it to protect it. Getting up and walking has been extremely minimal.

Dr. Miro came to see me 2–3 times personally, which honestly surprised me in the best way. The urology team checked in frequently and asked thorough questions throughout.

Pain management and recovery notes:

My stomach has been reacting badly to oxy and Tylenol, but the team has been pushing IV meds to manage pain and it's been working well. Everyone has been ontop of pain management— I haven't felt abandoned in that department at all.

Today (5/13/26) I was able to take a show and the team changed bandages at both the donor site and the graft site on my leg — tissue Dr. Miro used to help close the lat graft. It was the second bandage change for my leg and the first for my back (donor site).

Overall: This is a serious, complex surgery and recovery is no joke — but the care I've received has been thorough and attentive. Happy to answer questions for anyone considering this route.

side notes: i didnt feel any intial pain out of surgery. It got a little uncomfortable laying on my back. my back muscles kinda cramped up here and there. Not that it hurt just a new weird sensation. The itching as the sites heal might drive you a little crazy

I recently had stage 1 pediculed ALT with Mr C and thought I’d share my experience. I had phallus creation done (next stage will be urethroplasty using my forearm).

I am almost a week post-op and luckily recovery has been okay so far. I was able to get out of bed on day 3, climbed a flight of stairs on day 5. I was relatively fit before surgery and they did not have to cut deep into my quad to get to the blood vessels, two things which I think have massively helped my recovery. I have a high pain tolerance and so pain has been very low for me, no more than slight aches/discomfort.

I’ve not yet had a chance to measure but my graft site was 16 cm x 12 cm, and of course things might change with time.

The team has been wonderful and I have no regrets.

If I could give any advice I would say to buy a litter picker/grabber tool (the only thing I can’t do right now is put on my socks). That was the only thing I’ve seen on other lists that I was on the fence about and wish I’d have gotten

Rod 2 week update. Had my 2nd and final post op with Dr Chen (virtual). Swelling has gone way down! My incisions are healing great so far (2nd photo). For reference I’m 5’3 with thick thighs (185lbs) and pre op I was 4.75 x 4.5

Pain: Pain is around 1-3/10 depending on my activity. I had to take pain killers the 1st 5 days but by days 4 and 5 I think I only took one a day in the evening and supplemented with Advil (I can’t take Tylenol). Then I think day 6-10 I was taking Advil as needed, usually when I woke up or before going to bed.

Work: Had surgery Friday and took that Friday and Monday completely off work. Remote Tues-Fri of the 1st week after surgery. Week 2 I was back in office. Pain was ok, it was more trying to hide my boner in my pants comfortably. I do have my own office so it was easier, if I was in a cube like most people in my building I’m sure I would have wanted a few more days remote. If you can I would really suggest taking 1-2 weeks off and not worrying about it at all but if you can’t it’s doable.

Positioning: Before surgery I was under the assumption I was not going to be able to bend my dick for the first 4-6 weeks and that I was going to be stuck with a full erection. Thankfully that is not accurate! I can bend my dick as long as I hold the base securely and pack down (up or down is fine, down is what works for me) and I’m not stuck at 90 degrees or anything. I do have to prop so it’s closer to a 45 degree angle just like stage 1.

I feel like there’s not always a lot of love for the Rod on here so I want to share for those interested. I can’t believe how much this has made me love my dick even more. Didn’t think it was possible and honestly I was on the fence for a while about getting stage 3. My wife is just as excited and we’re counting down the days to week 8 when I’m fully released to “use it” as Dr Chen said haha!

Edit!: implants are size 2 (10cc*) with the 13mm coloplast genesis rod

I feel significantly better than last week, not sore anymore swelling has gone down in my scrotum. Off of antibiotics and pain meds. My dick is still pretty heavy and hard tho. Kind of challenging to conceal in clothes. The “bruise” on my balls ended up scabbing so I’m keeping that dry and clean but there is no erosion so that’s good.

Hey, everyone! I have a YouTube channel where I post videos every week relating to phalloplasty. I have tons of videos out already. From wound care to intimacy. I’m trying to cover EVERYTHING about phalloplasty. My goal is to have all the information in one place for people to watch. Here is the link to my YouTube channel if you want to check it out.⬇️

https://youtube.com/@lighthousetransitions?si=Jux9rjA15aSxHrkO

Its been a little bit over a month since my surgery with Dr. Keith to get Lefty put back in. First off, he's still here! and he looks fantastic! There have been a couple scares, and a couple things to take note of, but overall my mood and energy from this surgery has been positive and I cant wait to get on with the rest of my life and get tattooing finally.

Notes: I have a pinhole between my balls from my last stage that I thought was completely gone. I previously had to get silver nitrate treatment to turn the spot from a red oozing spot to the hole you see now. I hadn't seen the hole in a long time and so when it appeared again after I started stretching and could see into the crevice more, it was very concerning. It does not go through to my urethra, no fluids have come from it, and it seems to be shallow and stable. Another issue is that I have to be very mindful of friction between my balls, at least right now. I've had two instances where masturbating or having sex a bit too vigorously has resulted in rubbed raw oozing patches of skin. The first time it happened I was afraid my testicle was eroding. After the second time I was able to put it together on the cause. I hope over time that it stops being an issue as my testicles get more space to work with. Which leads to my last note. Lefty did get adhered to my scrotum pretty bad on the bottom to left side and it results in a lot of friction and rubbing and is generally unpleasant. I do massaging daily to try and fix it and it is making progress, so just a matter of time. I'm just impatient because with Righty being past this point already I know how good it can be versus how stuck it is now. But that's all the concerns I have so all in all I feel good.

I currently have no future surgery plans. Due to my surgical history and the weakness of my scrotum I am very unwilling to put that area through the stress of another surgery. What's more is that I was able to have full penetrative sex with my husband a couple weeks ago with no external aids, and that gave me all the validation in the world that I'm fine the way I am and can absolutely have fulfilling sex without going further. Full disclosure on the sex, I had abdominal phalloplasty so right out the gate my tip is firmer than RFF or ALT typically are. It is such that if the person I'm penetrating is relaxed and prepped then I can push my tip in and once that's in its like a plug and stays even through back and forth movement. I've still got a lot to learn and muscles to build up around it, but that comes with the territory of being new to sex with a dick lol. I'm happy to answer any questions around my surgeries to date or other daily life aspects. I probably wont post much more in the way of surgery updates, but I will try to post the period check-in on things I always wanted to see down the road for myself when I was preop. Cheers!