Electrolysis Prior to SRS?

[Guest Wendy F]

So I was researching vaginoplasty and learned that the surgeons want you to have electrolysis hair removal in that area. I've never heard anyone mention this until now. Is there a huge consequence if you don't? Because I'd really rather not...

[Guest SusanB]

From what i've read, it is suggested but not required

[Guest Melissa~]

Some surgeons have charts on the web. I downloaded one from my preferred surgeon and turned it in at my laser treatment place to add to my chart. Might even start on that the next session in a couple weeks, I wanted to hammer out more details with the nurse that operates the laser.

[Guest]

Hi Wendy,

Some surgeons say that they remove the hair follicules as they're creating the neovagina. Other surgeons insist on hair removal prior. You may want to find that out as you're selecting your surgeon.

Mine requires hair removal. I'm having hopefully my last electrolysis session tomorrow. I have a doll of an electrologist - it's been less painful than my face was. But, yeah, just icky thinking of having my pants off and someone touching a body part that I don't even want to touch. Will I be glad when it's done???

Love, Megan

[Guest Protoman2050]

Hi Wendy,

Some surgeons say that they remove the hair follicules as they're creating the neovagina. Other surgeons insist on hair removal prior. You may want to find that out as you're selecting your surgeon.

Mine requires hair removal. I'm having hopefully my last electrolysis session tomorrow. I have a doll of an electrologist - it's been less painful than my face was. But, yeah, just icky thinking of having my pants off and someone touching a body part that I don't even want to touch. Will I be glad when it's done???

Love, Megan

This is why I don't want SRS...I don't want electrified needles ANYWHERE near my penis, or anywhere else for that matter.

[Guest]

Hi Wendy,

Some surgeons say that they remove the hair follicules as they're creating the neovagina. Other surgeons insist on hair removal prior. You may want to find that out as you're selecting your surgeon.

Mine requires hair removal. I'm having hopefully my last electrolysis session tomorrow. I have a doll of an electrologist - it's been less painful than my face was. But, yeah, just icky thinking of having my pants off and someone touching a body part that I don't even want to touch. Will I be glad when it's done???

Love, Megan

This is why I don't want SRS...I don't want electrified needles ANYWHERE near my penis, or anywhere else for that matter.

Honey, it only gets better! There's the surgery itself, the catheter, the dilations, the douche, etc, etc.

But, hey, if we were GG's, we'd have been introduced to PMS, Tampax and Birth Control at age 12! Being a girl ain't easy!

Love, Megan

[Guest Protoman2050]

Hi Wendy,

Some surgeons say that they remove the hair follicules as they're creating the neovagina. Other surgeons insist on hair removal prior. You may want to find that out as you're selecting your surgeon.

Mine requires hair removal. I'm having hopefully my last electrolysis session tomorrow. I have a doll of an electrologist - it's been less painful than my face was. But, yeah, just icky thinking of having my pants off and someone touching a body part that I don't even want to touch. Will I be glad when it's done???

Love, Megan

This is why I don't want SRS...I don't want electrified needles ANYWHERE near my penis, or anywhere else for that matter.

Honey, it only gets better! There's the surgery itself, the catheter, the dilations, the douche, etc, etc.

But, hey, if we were GG's, we'd have been introduced to PMS, Tampax and Birth Control at age 12! Being a girl ain't easy!

Love, Megan

I'm quite happy to have the best of both worlds, LOL! Retaining my penis just makes me more interesting!

[Guest]

It's not that bad!

I think of it as pre-SRS. My Electrologist is a registered nurse, which means that she can legally give injections. So, with a few very sharp needle pokes, the area is mostly numb. For a few hours, I get to feel what it's like to have nothing there. Tonight ran 2.5 hours. The lidocaine wore off too fast to really enjoy it this time, and that amount of time, lying head down, left me dizzy as all get-out. That real thing gets closer every day!

Love, Megan

[elliemckay]

I definitely depends on the surgeon. Mine didn't require it and it was one of the factors in choosing the surgeon I did, because pain and cost were definitely issues for me. I can happily report that I do not, in fact have hairs growing out of my vagina

[Guest Madison_Always]

I honestly cant even imagine having to do that. I am getting laser on my face because it is a necessity to pass, but it hurts so bad, and I must believe the area down there is even more sensitive than my face....it hurts just thinking about it lol

[Guest Melissa~]

I honestly cant even imagine having to do that. I am getting laser on my face because it is a necessity to pass, but it hurts so bad, and I must believe the area down there is even more sensitive than my face....it hurts just thinking about it lol

7 days to my first south pole laser treatment, I haven't been medically examined down there for 29 years, there have been some blind hernia tests sure, but nothing more. Woohoo, a paid professional to have fun down there...

[Guest]

I honestly cant even imagine having to do that. I am getting laser on my face because it is a necessity to pass, but it hurts so bad, and I must believe the area down there is even more sensitive than my face....it hurts just thinking about it lol

7 days to my first south pole laser treatment, I haven't been medically examined down there for 29 years, there have been some blind hernia tests sure, but nothing more. Woohoo, a paid professional to have fun down there...

My electrologist always asks me how well the last treatment went, and it always makes me laugh - I've so disowned those body parts that I'm not about to look!

It really is starrange to have someone handling that area. I'm not sure how laser gets all of the folded up layers of skin - but the electro lady has to do a lot of poking and stretching to get every hair. Thank heavens for lidocaine!

Love, Megan

[Guest kelise]

My surgeon (Bowers) didn't require it, but suggested it for the shaft and inner 1/3 of the scrotum. She actually suggested leaving the rest of the hair there to hide scarring. I opted for a full extended brazillian laser package because I have no desire to have hair anywhere south of my eyebrows, regardless of it's scar-camoflaging abilities. (The scars aren't that noticable anyway.) Alas, as i've mentioned in many a hair removal thread, two years and several thousand $$ worth of laser sessions did about diddly-squat for me, and I'm still stuck shaving kitty on a regular basis, but other than the annoyance of still having to shave, there's no real complications.