Title says it all - I’ve been wanting to have them removed since the early 2000s but just don’t have the nerve. Has anyone here had it done and feel like sharing/answering questions?

Edit: here are my main questions, anyone else feel free to jump in with your own:

Was it difficult finding a place to do it?

How was the recovery?

Did/do you have extra skin now or did/do you plan on having it removed? Or did they remove it with the testicles?

If in the US, what did the prices for any procedures come to, roughly?

Do you have to take any medication since having it done?

Edit2: Thank you all for answering, I’ve learned a lot and want them off of me more than ever!

  • juliebean@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    i haven’t had mine yet, but my partner had her bofaectomy almost two years ago.

    • it wasn’t difficult finding a place to do it, though we do live just a few hours from san francisco, and i’ve had friends fly across the country to get bottom surgery there.
    • recovery was not too bad, all told. it’s a one day procedure that left her uncomfortable, but perfectly lucid on the ride home, so in some ways, it was less disruptive than getting her wisdom teeth out a few years before. she did have to stay off her motorcycle for like a month though, which sucked.
    • idk if taking the skin is an option, but she still has it. if you’re considering a vaginoplasty down the road, you’ll want the material around, as it opens up a lot of options. that said, without anything to weigh it down, it shrinks quite a lot on its own.
    • it was entirely covered by Medi-Cal for us. I think she had to get signed off for it by a couple different doctors. The only costs to us were in the transportation aspect. Maybe a few hundred bucks in gas, road snacks, and ice packs.
    • she took ibuprofin for pain for a few days afterwards, but no significant long term changes to her meds were needed. that said, if you aren’t already on some form of hrt, you ought to be afterwards, lest your bones wither away.