I apologize if these pictures are too-genital focused for this sub. I've had the first of a three-stage phalloplasty, and I wanted to show you all what that can look like.

The process of getting phalloplasty (masculinizing genital surgery) can stretch over several years. And while many end up having very good- and natural looking genitals in the end, a lot of us spend a significant amount of time in-between surgery stages.

This in-between time can be very strange. On one hand, it's euphoric to see my body being closer to what feels 'normal' to me. Simultaneously, things look and feel a bit weird. I have been very self-concious about my scars, and the fact that things don't look 'natural'. At least, not yet.

For those interested in details:

In this specific surgery, skin was taken from my forearm to construct the penis shaft. A thinner skin flap was taken from my thigh to cover the forearm. As you can probably see, I have neither glans nor scrotum yet. The penis is currently unable to become erect. My vulva and vagina are mostly still intact, except for the clitoris, which was embedded into the penis base (I included a close-up photo to show how the clitoral hood is now 'empty'). On the inside of the penis is a urethra, but it is not yet connected to the bladder, so I can't pee standing yet. Instead, the penis-urethra ends at the 'empty' clitoral hood, and I'm still peeing from the old urethral exit near the vagina.

[30y, 170cm, 63kg] I'm a transgender man in-between surgery stages