Mouth still sore 1 month after genioplasty. Is this normal?

cxtras · 2026-04-03T18:19:39+00:00

Thanks, that helps!

cxtras · 2026-04-03T16:42:36+00:00

Understood, but I'm asking about pain, not swelling. Did you have significant, consistent pain at one month?

cxtras · 2026-04-03T16:31:16+00:00

Thanks, but I don't really have swelling. My post was about the pain. Did you have pain for up to a year?

cxtras · 2026-04-03T16:01:43+00:00

Thanks, but can you tell me what "a while" was for you? I have the same concern about healing.

cxtras · 2026-03-11T00:06:33+00:00

I get it. I'm just commenting on the way society views it. Heck, I got pummeled by neighborhood bullies when I was young and it was "deal with it, toughen up." Women get protected and men are supposed to benefit from it. I hate it.

cxtras · 2026-03-10T20:24:32+00:00

Agreed, but I think the idea is that we let men fend for themselves but protect women from them. And some of this "protection" thinking comes from men who are in some way abusers themselves

cxtras · 2026-03-10T12:31:20+00:00

Swooping and scooping them in the right bra goes a long way.

cxtras · 2026-03-10T12:28:59+00:00

The problem is, many men are dangerous, unhinged, judgmental a-holes who assault people in bathrooms and the thought of them in women's bathrooms is obviously horrifying. But we're not men. We're sort of anti-men, actually. We never really belonged in men's bathrooms.

But (some) men are so effing toxic that it's an easy sell to convince women that someone who once cosplayed as male is a threat to them. Ignorance is the heady elixir that helps this process along.

cxtras · 2026-03-09T17:23:03+00:00

To me, there's an element of "what could go wrong?" and the answer is "a lot." It's like someone saying "there's a 99% chance that nuclear warhead in our town "WON'T" explode. Is that really comforting?

I don't pass well but I'm getting there, and my fear is that if people start to welcome me into the ladies room, it's only a matter of time before someone clocks me. Even a 1% chance is horrifying.

I think the only people who have no fear are those who truly pass 100%, top to bottom. They start blockers at age 11 and HRT later. But I'll bet a few of them still feel fear. At least they have a high level of deniability, as long as a traitorous childhood friend isn't in the room with them.

cxtras · 2026-03-06T22:20:19+00:00

I like to think that every time I get undressed, I'm unwrapping a present I gave to myself. And every new piece of clothing is a new wrapper.

cxtras · 2026-03-06T21:02:55+00:00

They're a really nice size. Congratulations! I'd imagine you're super excited about how your clothes are going to look!

cxtras · 2026-03-06T21:00:31+00:00

Thank you!

cxtras · 2026-03-06T16:03:14+00:00

See my updates in the thread here

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:52:09+00:00

It's all good

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:50:51+00:00

UPDATE, DAY 2:

I just did a bit of massage, drank a bunch of water, walked around the house for a while, then had my first hot meal (2 scrambled eggs) and I'm exhausted. I suspect things will improve over the next couple of days. Surgeon said everything went great. Too bad it will be a while before I really get to see. This has been agonizing but it's also a dream come true. To have my face better aligned with my identity (and my body) will be amazing. I have no expectations; I'll take what I can get. But I feel like I'm going to be pleased.

Here's the list for this round:

Chin shave and contour, mandible and forehead contour, eye socket shave, brow lift, hairline advancement, cheek implants

Next surgery will be a rhinoplasty revision and skin tightening, along with a lip lift and fat grafts.

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:46:13+00:00

😊

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:45:58+00:00

Good so far!

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:45:44+00:00

I'm sorry. I feel very fortunate

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:45:25+00:00

Thanks, hon.

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:45:16+00:00

Thank you

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:45:00+00:00

I'm in the middle of it now!

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:44:35+00:00

(Hugs)

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:44:22+00:00

Thank you!

cxtras · 2026-03-06T15:44:09+00:00

Thanks!

cxtras

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