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I'm curious to know whether this could be offered to M->F transsexuals.
by Pitarou 13y ago
I'm curious to know whether this could be offered to M->F transsexuals.
- Kabacaru 13y agoI think this technology might be even more useful for trans men, where unlike trans women there's less flesh available to sculpt the structures you want.
- bostonpete 13y agoWhy would a trans man want a laboratory grown vagina?
- Kabacaru 13y agoThey wouldn't but they might want a laboratory grown penis. There's a lot less skin down their for them to create a penis with currently, so this technology could give surgeons a lot more to work with.
- peterwwillis 13y agoUsing skin grafts and prosthetics they can already create the structures they want, so this would merely make a slightly more realistic looking structure, but probably not make it 'functional'. There's a number of active processes that would have to be reproduced, and I doubt there's sufficient existing wiring/processes in place to create the same effects. If you just don't have the wiring, it's difficult to make it work organically. But I can completely believe it will be possible in the future to create synthetic pumps to induce erection, and redirecting female ejaculation through the phallus should be simple enough.
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- neona 13y agoI don't feel like finding the source, but iirc one of the articles covering this mentioned that they actually managed to grow a penis before they did vaginas, so that is indeed very good news for transmen. Whether it's been actually attached to someone successfully is a different question of course..
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoIndeed. The current state of the art in vaginoplasty is nearly indistinguishable from the real thing; I think elasticity could be improved, but transwomen who can afford it are pretty well-served already. (Although affording it is kind of a huge deal; if this tech could be made significantly cheaper than standard vaginoplasty, it would be an enormous benefit to a lot of women.) Phalloplasty, on the other hand, is somewhat disappointing right now--mainly because we can't yet create erectile tissue, so they have to resort to thing like pumps to get an erection. If we could create fully-functional penises, a lot of FTMs would be very happy.
- anon4 13y agoI would imagine they would need to replace a lot more tissue in the pelvic region compared to implanting a new vagina in a genetic woman who already has all the required surrounding tissue.