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Vaginal dilation
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Vaginal dilation is a term used to describe the process of ensuring that a post-op male-to-female woman's neo-vagina does not lose depth.
[edit] Rationale
Any technique of vaginoplasty performed will require vaginal dilation of the patient for the rest of her life with a set of vaginal stents. This is due to the body treating the vagina as a wound, thus trying to close it. Dilation is started several days after surgery, when the temporary packing inserted during surgery is removed. After several weeks of several dilations per day, the patients will eventually be able to cut down to one dilation per week. It is important to note that sexual intercourse does not count as a dilation — the body requires the hard presence of the stents to keep the vagina from losing depth.
[edit] Dilation regimens
There are several methods and routines for vaginal dilation and each surgeon recommends their own method, and while each may be vastly different each method achieves the same result. The key is to follow the surgeon's instructions.
[edit] An example
The following example of one SRS surgeon's dilation regimen is included not as instruction but as a hint of how much commitment is required to dilate properly.
| Months | Times a day | Dilator (minutes) | Each (mins) | Daily (hours) | Total (hours) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 2.27 | 68 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 2.30 | 138 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 1.53 | 138 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 0.57 | 102 | ||
| 446 | ||||||||
Note: The times indicated include an estimated time for setup, insertion, removal and cleanup.
[edit] See also
- Gender reassignment surgery (male-to-female)
- Gender reassignment therapy
- List of transgender-related topics
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