Peritoneal Pull-Through Vaginoplasty with Dr Min Jun AMA
Surgery was 08/22/2022 everything went great and so far I've had considerable pain but the care team at cpmc has been great.
So happy for you! I'm about three months post, and so happy with his work.
If Brian the amazing nurse is assigned to you at some point, he is the best and please tell him some rando trans woman on the internet says hi! He works late nights and does not skimp on the pain meds :-)
Thank you!!! Im glad you’re happy too :) Im at the Bernal Campus, idk where you were but I had Josef yesterday and he was super sweet. And also Paul today they’ve been amazing.
Ohh, yikes! So many hospitals. Vann Ness CPMC downtown for me.
Good luck on your healing journey. You're in the worst of it now, but it will get so-so much better as the days go on!
Feel free to message me if you have any questions, Getting the compression bandage removed at day 2 is such a wild experience! You got this. :-)
Oh yeah that was really something lol my stomach was still super sensitive for a wax job 😂
And thank you so much
Cost of the surgery?
I went through my Insurance, I have yet to see how much they billed my insurance.
Wow did you have to pay anything up front?
All I had to cover was my plan’s Max out of pocket for the year which was $4,500 total but I had already put in $600 so I payed $3,900 to the hospital a fee days before my surgery.
The out pocket for the year you meant you had to pay a year in advance in order to do the surgery ? Was it your plan new or tou already had it and which one ? I m sorry just trying to get some infos ! Thank u and your results looks amazing as he works is !!!
No, in the US health insurance plans have a “Max out of Pocket” amount that is the max amount you’ll pay for medical care, some also have a deductible which is when your plan will start paying for treatment but mine didn’t have it I know its confusing, it took me a while to understand how it works.
Well apart from that my plan pays %90 of procedures so the $3,900 was my %10 copay. The $600 I had already payed out of pocket plus the $3,900 for hospital fees completed my 2022 max out of pocket. So they’ll cover %100 of surgeon fees, anesthesiologist fees and every other procedure or visit I might have for the rest of the year As long as i keep paying for my plan
Thank u I could understand better now ! Which plan you uses if you don’t mind saying ? I m looking to some that would cover or Dr Jun or Dr Wittenberg was it blue shield ? Thank u
Yes Platinum 90 Blue Shield of California
Did they say laser was ok for hair removal, how much depth did he mention he usually achieves… I am circumcised and worried I won’t have enough depth
Yes they said laser was ok, but electrolysis is more recommended. Also I believe it was 7inch he mentioned and A lot of circumcised people choose ppv because of peritoneal graft and its added benefit for depth.
Thanks for answering, I am looking forward to getting that 7" depth at least and his work speaks for itself, these reasons are why I am planning to go with him.
Definitely recommend him!
I just hope I can get my insurance to accept it otherwise it could be several years untill I can save enough after I pay for ffs and ba
Where are you living if you don’t mind me asking? I can tell u how I went about paying for all my surgeries
I’m from Ontario Canada, anything you could tell me would be great
Oh well idk if you could do the same as the health care systems vary greatly between the US and Canada. But basically i used my savings to pay for the most expensive plan Blue shield of California has and to meet my expected max out of pocket which is $4500. Between monthly payments and the $4500 I should be paying a few thousand dollars more than for a BA but I got all my pre op care, hair removal, meds, tests, the actual bottom surgery covered, I also got approved for my BA and FFS already so in reality I’m paying coins for all these procedures.
I will have to pay out of pocket for FFs and BA so if it’s not covered it makes sense to prioritize those. It will likely take me about 10 years from now to get to a point where I can and pay for srs… sucks really with the cost of living I just don’t earn enough with my six figure job to pay for a mortgage and $100k worth of surgery and then I have to think about doubling that to get SRS. We just don’t have the same level of insurance options if any here in Canada for FFS, SRS and BA. I can get coverage for SRS but they are very specific and many surgeons won’t work with my Governments insurance
In that case you can look into having your surgeries in Thailand and Mexico, Thailand is known for the bottom surgeons and Dr Lázaro Cárdenas has really good results for ffs I believe both places you can also get BA for around 4K. I considered those options early in my transition when insurance coverage wasn’t as accepted as now. I’m sure you’ll be paying a whole lot less if you go abroad
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Thank you! I will post an update when i get my catheter out and start dilating.
Did you experience genital atrophy prior if at all? I am and am kind of concerned if it will hurt my chances of getting a nice result. Looks great by the way.
I honestly did maybe in the last 2 years. But I was uncircumcised. And also its PPV so the peritoneal flap will add some depth as well.
Thanks for your response. I appreciate it.
Yeah no problem. You can ask me anything
Looks great! Congrats
Thank you 🫶🏻
Did you consider going with anyone else?
I have thought about going to Dr Crane who is much closer to me or Ashley DeLeon but having see Dr Min Jun's work a few times and the youtube video he did some time ago he seems super great all around.
Dr Jun and his team have been great! I also considered going to the TX Crane but I was set on Dr Jun since my first consult. Other than that i didn’t really considered anyone else
Fuck it, Dr. Jun seems to be in network for us... sooo I am putting in right now for a consultation.
Since it’s been a while, and I’m sure you’re well healed at this point, how is it in terms of sensation?
Clitoral sensation has been great since the beginning but I have yet to have PIV intercourse, maybe soon. I’ll make sure to update when it happens
Toys? Sorry if the questions are intrusive at all, I’m just kinda looking at options because what I want is a bit unusual and this is one of the most viable routes
No introductory toys either, I’ll make an post when I do
Thank you very much.
PPT seems like the most viable option for someone like me who’s interested in ultimately ending up with mixed genitalia so the information is extremely valuable to me.
Yeah, that’s why I am looking specifically at PPT, since it’s the option least reliant on tissue recycling and why I want a firsthand report from someone on how the interior bits are
There’s very few surgeons who do this kind of surgery so you probably won’t have much choice in how it’s done.
True. And that’s assuming I even am ever able to do anything past an orchi, but I happen to live within 4 hours of one (only benefit of Detroit proximity) so if and when, then likely there.
this is gonna be my doctor 😭
Awesome! He’s great and so is everyone at the Crane Center!
I have a consult with the same surgeon next month and this just made me even more excited. You look great, hope he can do the same for me.
Omg how exiting, im sure hell do great on you too!
Congrats! Best of luck with your healing!
Thank you :)
You are looking great, I hope your healing goes smoothly and quickly.
How far down does the peritoneal tissue extend? Does it go all the way to the opening or is did the doctor use penial and scrotal skin in the vagina?
Thank you!! And no as far as I know its only the the very end of the vaginal canal that is lined with the peritoneal flap. The rest is PI and Scrotal tissue
Lovely! His aesthetics are really good! Being local(ish) to both, I have Wittenberg at the top of my list, but Dr. Jun is rising fast. I'm curious if you considered her and if so, why you chose him?
I did look at Wittenberg but I had already had my consultation with Jun and filling out Wittenberg’s forms looked annoying lol so I stuck with him.
Ha, fair enough!
Good luck with your healing sister ❤️
Why did you choose peritoneal over sigmoid/PI?
Thank you! I never really considered sigmoid because of the cutting off a part of colon part and idk ppv seemed like a good method to try. I believe I could’ve also had PI I had mild atrophy but I’m sure I still had enough tissue. I guess the selling point was the added self lubrication.
How long after your consult did you get your surgery date? We're you completely ready with all your hair removal done?
Thank you and congrats, looks like he did an amazing job.
I had my initial consultation on 05/2021 but I didn’t have insurance at the time so I had to wait til this year, I initiated the process around April of this year and got a date for January 2023.
I had already submitted all my letters, insurance had approved it and hair was cleared for surgery so I asked to be put on the waitlist and got a sooner date.
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