genuinely it is so important to tell people all the options they have in regards to transition cus a lot of people don't understand how bottom surgery works or what the final results can look like/how well they can Work, let alone all the options you have regarding WHAT EXACTLY you wanna do to customize your junk...
Like theres not just full phalloplasty and vaginoplasty, there's also the option to construct the thing you want while preserving your original plumbing entirely, or mostly, you can get phallo without a vaginectomy (tho it is highly recommended if you're going to reroute your urethra theough your neo-phallus) and you can even get a scrotoplasty while retaining your vaginal opening and canal, though that will mean using your labia to form the "sack", so it onoy preserves SOME of your original bits ...
i know a bit less about vaginoplasty, since I've had PERSONAL reason to research FTM surgery options, but i have done a bit of research on that as well to better understand it, and i know there is the option to take tissue from the colon to construct the neo-vaginal canal instead of using the penis, or even using BOTH if the penis doesn't provide enough to work with on it's own.
But also, you dont even necessarily need to go through the whole "constructing a meat tube (external vs internal version)" if that's not what you want, theres also the option to have a clitoris and vulva and everything constructed WITHOUT a full canal, or simply removing the testes to lower testosterone production, and on the other end of the spectrum theres metoidoplasty, where you use the bottom growth of the clitoris and add tissue to make it a bit bigger, with or without scrotoplasty and/or vaginectomy, and even just the "simple release" option which simply disconnects the clitoris from the things sides of the vulva and labia that connect to the clitoral hood, allowing it to both stand more erect without having to be "pulled back" and also allows the whole length to be... Utilized, more easily
And tmi, but I've personally always liked the idea of the simple release for myself, or if i ever do choose to get metoidoplasty or phalloplasty, i will definitely be retaining my original plumbing as well (aside from removing the bits that make babies and periods happen, hysterectomies are also gender affirming surgery after all!) because
1: ive really never struggled that much with bottom dysphoria, i have no issue with what i have, i would just be HAPPIER with something else is all, and
2: my back door dont fuckin work bro thats not rlly an option i have...
my health issues affect me in such a way that, as much as i WISH it was (again, tmi) anal is really not much of an option for me, at least not reliably, and i wanna keep all my options open for how i can enjoy my own body myself or with someone else, ykno? Why limit myself, anyway, when Both is an option i have at my disposal??
Oh, and another option i almost forgot to mention, its less common but still absolutely a thing people do!! Is the removal of ALL the external genitalia entirely, creating more or less a flat featureless mound, (of course has to retain urethra for, ykno, peein out of, or you would die) which i wouldn't personally be interested in but i do think its neat!!! Shout out to ppl who dont have/dont want ANY JUNK AT ALL y'all are cool as hell
Aaanywho I'll quit yappin about genitals for now, it's just a subject thats very important and i, personally, find absolutely fascinating! If anyone has more info i missed, or interesting details or even personal stories of their own journeys they want to share PLEASE feel free, this is a safe space to talk about your junk journey if you want lol
