That's great! You are in a good hands. I did permanent laser removal, because I was not sure what kind of method I wanted and who I will pick as my surgeon. I had no problem with internal hair at all. I don't think you need to worry. They remove hairs during the surgery.

Thank you! It definitely improved my life. I was living in a shell before, and I wanted to finally live my life to the fullest. Transition is expensive and costs are insane. It should be available via the healthcare system and covered by insurance. I took a loan for SRS as I couldn't imagine to wait years. It's not an easy journey, but it's worth it.

Thank you! I am happy I could inspire you and probably others. We shall take SRS posts here with kind of a grain of salt as people post often problematic results because they want to be advised by other redditors on what to do and that’s amazing that we can help each other here. But, it does not represent the overall outcome from SRS surgeries as people who are just happy with the results don’t have the need to post it. They just go with their life. It would be definitely helpful and inspiring to see more of success stories.

Another Chet girl here. I discussed my work might restrict me from 3 per day with Dr Chet and he was happy for me to have less and longer sessions (one two hour per day worked for me, kept it over 6 depth). I treated dilation as "me time", making sure I could look forward to it by having Netflix,etc., mixed it up nuts and cheese to graze on, and the occasional chocolates and wine. Bubble bath when finished. First six month were most important for me, then reduced the frequency after that. 3 years along and very happy.

Lol GRS Montreals schedule is 4 per day the first month, then 3 for two months, then 2 the next 3 months, then 1 until the 1 year mark, then you slowly reduce to 1 per week unless sexy times.

It's excruciating

It's about to get used to dilatation. With time, you create your own regime and now it feels like part of my body care. It's difficult in first months as you are still not healed enough, it's exhausting and you deal mentally with this new situation. Once you get over this, it's something like the brushing your teeth. I was 2 months of work, so to fit 3 dilatations was easy. After that I did one when I woke up and second one before going to the bed.

the method is called the Thai method

It's definitely wet inside when you use fingers. With time, vagina creates its own microclimate. Deeper you go, more moisturised it feels. The enterence is the critical point as it's not that wet. It's better and recommended to use lubricant for the entrence.