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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It restricts my personal autonomy too, since it would make it harder for me to get a vaginoplasty. I still kind of want to have kids though and womb transplants probably aren't going to ready in time for me, and I'm not sure if I want to go the extra mile. You're in luck though, they can grow another penis on your arm to give you more tissue to work with. Although, you might be the first person to get a new penis just to add to an existing penis to then make it a vagina.

https://www.aninews.in/news/lifestyle/quirky/man-lost-his-penis-had-new-one-attached-to-his-arm-for-six-years-now-is-a-real-man-again20220507152347/

Edit: Also this article claims it can be done with distal shaft skin for circumcised patients, but doesn't really go into the details. Circumcision still made for additional hoops for the surgeons to jump through.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30511988/

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It all seems so pointless, when we could just stop mutilating baby penises. ๐Ÿคจ

Though tbh if they're just going to grow new tissue, why the hell can't they just grow a fkn vagina lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The benefits seem to be too minimal to justify mass circumcision. Individuals should just make the call for themselves if they get infections.

Yeah, I think growing vaginas and wombs will happen at some point. It probably is less common to have a vagina fall off than a penis, so there hasn't been a demand for it. edit: typo