thank you for sharing all this with us! Also it doesn’t look gross, I’ve seen some people with 3-4 weeks progress and they had way more inflammation and issues, I hope yours resolve soon for you! It looks like you’re healing so well overall.

Fun fact: The extra incisions are from the micro cameras and tools going into you to construct the vagial cannel! You’re doing amazing babe. I’ve been using paper towel too the “v” area is a bitch to deal with. I also literally use peices of paper from my writing book to wave air infront of it to extra dry it too. 😂😂🐱🙄

i had wound dehiscence as well. maybe after washing just let it air dry and use bethadine solution to pat it afterwards. that‘s what i did

I don't recall being told to keep the area dry, but I had PPT. It's hard to keep it dry when blood and lube is dripping out of it. I also had a tear on my left labia from dilating. Overall I am glad to have Dr. Anger as my surgeon and UCSD aftercare is amazing.

You can ask for rectal Valium. It helps relax the pelvic floor and will make dilating easier.

I thought that was surgical threads. 😶

Is that the dilator your Dr gave you? Mine are totally different, there soul sorce and taper with a little crook on the end. I have 5 of them all together in different diameter. Was just curious 🤔. I'm 10 weeks post opp tomorrow. Pi method. I've had a time keeping Mine dry like down at my but and it stays really tender if I don't stay after it. I wad up a little fold of gauze and just tuck it in until it out of sight/feel and it helps. Once you get raw and a little tear or anything it makes dilation really unpleasant. They gave me a bunch of lidocaine lube in individual syringe without any needles of course, you just take the rubber cap off and stick in in there and push the gell up in you and it numbs things up and Is super slick. Congratulations girlfriend and I hope everything goes well for you. Thanks for sharing.

Hug's Emily 🤗

My gf is getting this done in august anything to know or make it s little easier? I was with her the entire way for the zdv procedure and others shes had

A lot of the stuff on the stomach was for drainage during the surgery.

As for keeping things dry, it can be tricky. Be naked often so you don't have moisture to worry about from underwear. Also, my care team had me douching with a betadine saline mixture and betadine is good to dry up a bit. There was also some sort of powder that told me to put on any sores that develop to help dry those up.

I won't give you any guidance on how often you should dilate as every doctor has their own guidance for it and they know what's best for their surgery method.

It gonna look so nice when fully heal wish u a smooth save recovery

I had the same type of surgery and I started with a smaller dilator. It was tan looking. The first thing I had to get used to was putting something IN me.

I think going up in dilator size was the hardest thing for me because at one point the canal stopped stretching and I had to literally force it in, leave it in, then take it out. And it was painful the whole time. And I think this is common. I had to have my doctor give me oxycondone to take before I dilated every time.

I dilated once a day cause more than that was a nightmare. I think I did twice a day sometimes.

I'm at the largest size now and I dilate between every day and every other day for ten minutes.

I think it took me about 1 1/2 to 2 years to get to the largest size. But I was also lax with the dilation.

And I have to douche once a week with saline/salt water. Although I sometimes wait longer.

I also forgot to mention that when I went to the bigger size I would use the previous smaller size to "warm it up" then use the larger size and that seemed to make it easier.

Can I ask who your doctor is? I'm curious because: is what I'm leaning towards. I do have a doctor picked out currently. I'm just curious who did yours?

This is amazing , thank for sharing. Your healing is fantastic. Dilation is hard, especially for the first twelve weeks but then it gets easier and you size up with relative ease. I do 3x per day with 10-15 mins for each size, with 30 minutes on the last one… I am on the 4th size of soul source now, with just the last one to up to.

Did you have this done in all one step?

Or did you get zero depth first ?

by no means an expert as I'm hoping I can even get surgery but I saw someone got it approved to just sleep with it in so they didn't have to do the dilation 3x a day. I have no specifics like if it was right away, x months down the line etc.

Thanks for sharing but omg I almost passed out. This must be unbelievably painful 😅

thank you for sharing babe, i can already see it’s going to heal so pretty 💕

How long does it take to heal? How long should you keep it dry?

It’s actually healing good. Had an appointment with the pelvic floor doctor and I was able to size up to the number 3 dilator. Hopefully I won’t need a revision.

Sorry sis ..but I smell a revision for you in the near future. I've had the colon method, and it was not bloody like that 2 weeks post op, and it did not hurt dilating with a dilator bigger than the one u have. The one you have doesn't even curve so that could also be a reason why it hurts. You could also have granulation tissue inside your 😺 that may need to be addressed. After a month...you'll know if a revision is needed...if your smart. My 1st procedure was done by that bitch Dr. Sibh Gallagher (penial inversion technique was used) who pretty much botched me. I could barely put any dilator In, my clit looked weird (she said it's fine, and that the swelling would go down...but never did), and I just didn't have much depth no matter how many times I dilated..and after a few months the hole just closed up. I knew within a month, post surgery, I was going to need a revision, and started the whole research process over where I soon discovered Dr. Del Coral (who saved my life). I got the colon method for my revision. He was fortunately able to fix everything. And because the vaginal canal doesn't close no where near as fast as a penial technique...I dilate once or twice a week without any issues. Of course sizing up can hurt, but other than that it's cool. Also, does your clit have sensation?

U are so dam brave and cool for sharing this 🙏🏽❤️💋