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u/TheCatInGrey, a TiF I've posted about ages ago, has made an update post detailing her last stages of phallo.
Unlike the other Cetrulo victims who switched surgeons when they realized he was a butcher; this patient never dropped him.
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Stage 6 phallo ~1 month post op - abdo w/o UL with Cetrulo (no implants)
I'd post my favorite parts but every sentence she writes is astounding in some way.
And of course she begins by telling everyone she has no regrets.
She made a comment detailing all her stages.
This entire post is littered with evidence that Cetrulo is a sadistic butcher who couldn't care less about his victims.
Unlike the other Cetrulo victims who switched surgeons when they realized he was a butcher; this patient never dropped him.
link | archive
Stage 6 phallo ~1 month post op - abdo w/o UL with Cetrulo (no implants)
And of course she begins by telling everyone she has no regrets.
Just wanted to share the last stage of this! It was a little more than 2 years start to finish, and it was more fucking exhausting than I could have known. But, no regrets.
I got abdo with Cetrulo, with a full v-ectomy. I didn't opt for UL for two reasons: 1) How I peed didn't much impact my dysphoria, and 2) I'm already prone to UTIs, and UL could make that worse.
I did get the full scrotoplasty, which Cetrulo filled with fat. I haven't gotten any testicular implants and may not bother; it looks pretty good as-is. If I wind up feeling weird about it, I'll revisit the question later.
I got my nerve hookup done in Stage 5, and am expecting to see results in the next 15-ish months. It takes time for the nerves to connect, even with his method. I don't mind, I can wait - especially since I got my T-dick buried in my scrotum, where it's still accessible. As I learned just three days ago, it's still plenty good for orgasming.
One note on the burial - I got the version where my T-dick wasn't de-epithelialated, which apparently winds up painful for about half of guys but preserves sensation a lot more reliably. I gambled and seem to have won (being able to cum was important to me), but it wasn't guaranteed.
I don't have any erectile implants and I'm planning not to get any, if at all possible. I don't want to need surgery down the line or deal with possible complications from them; even the semi-firm rod can develop issues or need adjustment/replacement, and I would prefer to not need any more surgeries around my dick.
So I'm trying to go the external route! There aren't many external erectile devices available, but there are a couple. I looked into the Elator, but they don't make one large enough for my girth (~7"). Luckily, my spouse found another option in RX Sleeves, a company that's willing to make (granted, very expensive) custom sleeves of any size. I'm waiting until I've had my surgical tattooing done so it can look as close to my dick as possible.
I can penetrate my spouse even now, kind of. A combination of ace bandages and Q-tips + a condom. I highly recommend ONE, since they make a much wider range of condom sizes in both girth and length. I didn't feel like I was losing circulation when wearing one of theirs, whereas drug store condoms were just uncomfortable - including Magnums. Turns out Magnums are more about longer length than wider girth, and I'm a lot thicker than I am long.
Last reflection: I alluded to it in the beginning, but this process was a lot harder (emotionally and physically) than I could have imagined at the outset, for both me and my spouse. If you're going to go the slow and steady route and don't already have a regular therapist, I'd get in touch with one (and maybe your partner(s) should too, if applicable).
There were times when I felt like Frankenstein's monster or my insurance made me want to misery-die, and the pure burnout from all my vacation days (and then some) going to surgical recovery rather than, y'know, vacation has been intense. Plus, my body has basically been in a constant cycle of "surgery --> recover just enough for next surgery --> surgery again" for two years. It's taken a toll.
And on my spouse's side, ze struggled with both caregiver fatigue and not feeling justified in feeling caregiver fatigue, since it wasn't constant. It was just constantly going to be needed again soon. Plus, it was difficult watching me go through something hard that ze couldn't really resolve - ze could (and did!) provide a lot of reassurance, but it just took a lot of waiting for things to finish.
That actually brings me to the last point. We both felt like our lives were on hold while I was going through the process, and in a lot of ways, they were. I'm lucky I'm that my instance covered it (after some fighting), but I still had to hit my deductible each year - it was about 30k all told (10k deductible each year). That, plus the pacing, means we haven't gone on vacation or moved forward with some of the things we want for our home. Not to mention the financial stress it caused.
So. It was long, exhausting, expensive, and, for me, 1,000% worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, because not feeling dysphoric and weird about my body is amazing. Weirdly, it was the scrotoplasty that made the biggest difference there. Not having the folds I used to is just... Amazing. Go figure!
This has already been a tome, but if any of y'all have questions, I'm happy to answer them in comments or DMs.
I got abdo with Cetrulo, with a full v-ectomy. I didn't opt for UL for two reasons: 1) How I peed didn't much impact my dysphoria, and 2) I'm already prone to UTIs, and UL could make that worse.
I did get the full scrotoplasty, which Cetrulo filled with fat. I haven't gotten any testicular implants and may not bother; it looks pretty good as-is. If I wind up feeling weird about it, I'll revisit the question later.
I got my nerve hookup done in Stage 5, and am expecting to see results in the next 15-ish months. It takes time for the nerves to connect, even with his method. I don't mind, I can wait - especially since I got my T-dick buried in my scrotum, where it's still accessible. As I learned just three days ago, it's still plenty good for orgasming.
One note on the burial - I got the version where my T-dick wasn't de-epithelialated, which apparently winds up painful for about half of guys but preserves sensation a lot more reliably. I gambled and seem to have won (being able to cum was important to me), but it wasn't guaranteed.
I don't have any erectile implants and I'm planning not to get any, if at all possible. I don't want to need surgery down the line or deal with possible complications from them; even the semi-firm rod can develop issues or need adjustment/replacement, and I would prefer to not need any more surgeries around my dick.
So I'm trying to go the external route! There aren't many external erectile devices available, but there are a couple. I looked into the Elator, but they don't make one large enough for my girth (~7"). Luckily, my spouse found another option in RX Sleeves, a company that's willing to make (granted, very expensive) custom sleeves of any size. I'm waiting until I've had my surgical tattooing done so it can look as close to my dick as possible.
I can penetrate my spouse even now, kind of. A combination of ace bandages and Q-tips + a condom. I highly recommend ONE, since they make a much wider range of condom sizes in both girth and length. I didn't feel like I was losing circulation when wearing one of theirs, whereas drug store condoms were just uncomfortable - including Magnums. Turns out Magnums are more about longer length than wider girth, and I'm a lot thicker than I am long.
Last reflection: I alluded to it in the beginning, but this process was a lot harder (emotionally and physically) than I could have imagined at the outset, for both me and my spouse. If you're going to go the slow and steady route and don't already have a regular therapist, I'd get in touch with one (and maybe your partner(s) should too, if applicable).
There were times when I felt like Frankenstein's monster or my insurance made me want to misery-die, and the pure burnout from all my vacation days (and then some) going to surgical recovery rather than, y'know, vacation has been intense. Plus, my body has basically been in a constant cycle of "surgery --> recover just enough for next surgery --> surgery again" for two years. It's taken a toll.
And on my spouse's side, ze struggled with both caregiver fatigue and not feeling justified in feeling caregiver fatigue, since it wasn't constant. It was just constantly going to be needed again soon. Plus, it was difficult watching me go through something hard that ze couldn't really resolve - ze could (and did!) provide a lot of reassurance, but it just took a lot of waiting for things to finish.
That actually brings me to the last point. We both felt like our lives were on hold while I was going through the process, and in a lot of ways, they were. I'm lucky I'm that my instance covered it (after some fighting), but I still had to hit my deductible each year - it was about 30k all told (10k deductible each year). That, plus the pacing, means we haven't gone on vacation or moved forward with some of the things we want for our home. Not to mention the financial stress it caused.
So. It was long, exhausting, expensive, and, for me, 1,000% worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, because not feeling dysphoric and weird about my body is amazing. Weirdly, it was the scrotoplasty that made the biggest difference there. Not having the folds I used to is just... Amazing. Go figure!
This has already been a tome, but if any of y'all have questions, I'm happy to answer them in comments or DMs.
Cetrulo's abdominal phalloplasty process can be lengthy, with 4-5 stages being common. Some of it was also a little bad luck, since the number of stages partly depends on how elastic your skin is.
I'll try to break down the stages!
Pre-phallo: V-ectomy. This took 10 weeks to recover from.
Stage 0: Cetrulo prepared the "flap" on my abdomen, encouraging blood vessel growth where it would need to be once it was a proper phallus. Nothing looked different at this stage, really.
Stage 1: Cetrulo formed the flap into a rough phallus shape on my lower stomach. It kind of looked like a waffle cone sticking to the right. Pants were VERY HARD TO WEAR during this and the next few stages.
Stage 2: Cetrulo moved the phallus down and centered it on my body. It was still high.
Stage 3/4: These were both about moving it down, centering it, getting rid of some lumpy scaring, and doing the glansplasty (which kind of freaked me out, since skin grafts are wild). But after stage 4, pants were finally a lot easier!
Stage 5: Scrotoplasty pt. 1, plus lowering the phallus into its final location! He couldn't finish the scrotoplasty and T-dick burial because he wanted a urologist in the room; apparently my urethra was very close.
Stage 6: Final scrotoplasty and T-dick burial!
I worked full time throughout this process. Since it's much slower, each stage "only" took a little more than a week to recover from, and then I could go back to work. It was tiring, though.
The v-ectomy was the sole exception; I needed to take the full 10 weeks, but work was understanding. If you're in school and thinking about getting one, plan to recover over the full summer.
Keep in mind, a lot of processes are shorter than mine - but they often require longer recovery periods, too. It's all about figuring out what'll work best for you, your goals, and your life. For me, this was a good way to protect my employment and get a good shot at what I wanted - a dick I could use for mutually pleasurable sex (results on that TBD over time), without needing a big skin graft (as needed above, they freak me out).
I'll try to break down the stages!
Pre-phallo: V-ectomy. This took 10 weeks to recover from.
Stage 0: Cetrulo prepared the "flap" on my abdomen, encouraging blood vessel growth where it would need to be once it was a proper phallus. Nothing looked different at this stage, really.
Stage 1: Cetrulo formed the flap into a rough phallus shape on my lower stomach. It kind of looked like a waffle cone sticking to the right. Pants were VERY HARD TO WEAR during this and the next few stages.
Stage 2: Cetrulo moved the phallus down and centered it on my body. It was still high.
Stage 3/4: These were both about moving it down, centering it, getting rid of some lumpy scaring, and doing the glansplasty (which kind of freaked me out, since skin grafts are wild). But after stage 4, pants were finally a lot easier!
Stage 5: Scrotoplasty pt. 1, plus lowering the phallus into its final location! He couldn't finish the scrotoplasty and T-dick burial because he wanted a urologist in the room; apparently my urethra was very close.
Stage 6: Final scrotoplasty and T-dick burial!
I worked full time throughout this process. Since it's much slower, each stage "only" took a little more than a week to recover from, and then I could go back to work. It was tiring, though.
The v-ectomy was the sole exception; I needed to take the full 10 weeks, but work was understanding. If you're in school and thinking about getting one, plan to recover over the full summer.
Keep in mind, a lot of processes are shorter than mine - but they often require longer recovery periods, too. It's all about figuring out what'll work best for you, your goals, and your life. For me, this was a good way to protect my employment and get a good shot at what I wanted - a dick I could use for mutually pleasurable sex (results on that TBD over time), without needing a big skin graft (as needed above, they freak me out).
