Using Vaginal Dilators After Sexual Re-assignment Surgery
Vaginal dilators need to be used as a post operative aid by transsexuals. Using a dilator is absolutely vital to helping the healing process and preventing narrowing or complete collapse of the newly-formed vagina.
The dilation process is essential to ensuring a well formed vaginal opening and indeed to the wellbeing of the whole vaginal structure.
Dilation must be regularly carried out daily or twice daily during the first year after gender reassignment surgery. Many surgeons will also advise that dilation of the vaginal cavity should be carried out on a weekly basis for life.
Failure to follow recommended dilation procedures can result in the failure of reassignment surgery. There are many excellent articles written by post-operative transsexuals detailing their own experiences (and those of others) during this process.
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