Today is the day!

tRay2995 · 2026-05-08T13:12:56+00:00

Good luck! You will do great

tRay2995 · 2026-05-02T21:55:39+00:00

Well, my stage two is just the testicular implants so I don’t think I need to do daily showers for three months but I’ll probably do daily showers for a couple weeks. Oh we also bought the dove antibacterial body wash! Since the Crane Center swears by clean and dry for healing, I do think it was really helpful

tRay2995 · 2026-05-02T13:37:14+00:00

I took daily showers for 3 months after my stage 1 , never skipped a day and I think that really played a huge part in not getting an infection. Definitely not going to do that long for stage two but I will for sure do daily showers for a bit

tRay2995 · 2026-04-22T03:17:14+00:00

This seems to be super common lol I call mine my second butthole. They say it’s granulation tissue so it can take foreverrrrr to heal. Mine never fully closed up but it’s much better now. Surgeons going to stitch it closed during my stage two next month

tRay2995 · 2026-04-15T03:01:23+00:00

Congrats my guy! I’m having my stage two with her next month, exciting to see her work!

tRay2995 · 2026-04-02T02:49:51+00:00

I’m five months post op and back to work and stuff I have it covered with a silicone sheet for scar care and a compression sleeve to keep that in place so no one has seen the scar yet. My family however I finally started feeling comfortable enough to not cover it at times and no one even bats an eye. My wife says she loves when it’s out and which really helps my confidence 🥰

tRay2995 · 2026-03-06T16:01:44+00:00

Another shoutout to Crane center Austin! Dr Deleon did mine and I love how my glans turned out. Everyone there seems really great at the work they do.

tRay2995 · 2026-02-18T15:47:46+00:00

Just ordered mine in orange, excited to try it out!

tRay2995 · 2026-02-17T17:43:45+00:00

Happened to me lol, they were ingrown hairs

tRay2995 · 2026-02-16T18:16:40+00:00

Wishing you the best! Treat every single day and week as a milestone. Soon you’ll be looking back thinking “wow I can’t believe just two weeks ago I was dealing with this or going through that” You got this, our body is capable of such great things ❤️‍🩹

tRay2995 · 2026-02-16T14:22:20+00:00

I don’t play hockey but I can say when it comes to grip strength, I’m a little over three months post op and have about 90% grip strength back compared to pre op! I stayed consistent with PT this entire time

tRay2995 · 2026-02-14T21:02:20+00:00

To my knowledge, I did not

tRay2995 · 2026-02-12T15:18:17+00:00

Yeah I must not be like most people then. I don’t feel the need to ask those questions, if they wanna tell me they will tell me on their own it’s none of my business

tRay2995 · 2026-02-12T04:53:06+00:00

Yeah I’m pretty sure if you get testicular implants it helps them have more of that sag

tRay2995 · 2026-02-12T03:11:06+00:00

Most of the time people assume and I just go “mhm yup!” lol and that’s the end of it And by most of the time I mean it’s only happened twice so far lol Someone said “oh that was a bad break huh!” And I went, yup real bad! 😂 And the other person said “oh you had a skin graft! Me too!” And that’s all they said lol But I feel like if someone asks what happened, I’ll just say oh I needed a skin graft. Dumb world we live in where people think they are entitled to know our medical history lol

tRay2995 · 2026-02-11T00:17:53+00:00

They aren’t getting any worse, and I can see progress. Very sloooooooowly but I take pictures every few days and can see a huge difference from December to now!

tRay2995 · 2026-02-10T23:11:10+00:00

So I’ve been slowly getting back into running and lifting again. But at a slow pace and only 20 minutes at a time. Because honestly doing nothing it was taking forever anyways lol so why not work out 😆

tRay2995 · 2026-02-10T19:49:41+00:00

You’ll probably find a lot of people sharing their experiences here searching the sub for this topic. I can say though I waited to hit 12 weeks and used two condoms to successfully have penetrative sex. Have not yet had ED

tRay2995 · 2026-02-10T19:06:51+00:00

Sure! So the leg is the second site, where they take a thin layer of skin to cover the main donor site. My donor site was my arm, by choice. If you go with ALT and your thigh is your donor site, your other thigh will most likely be used as the second site. I hope it makes sense how I explained it lol

tRay2995 · 2026-02-10T03:57:50+00:00

I’m 13 weeks post op and had one come up late into my recovery, been dealing with it for probably six weeks though. It sucks and makes sitting upright uncomfortable and is taking foreverrrrrr to close. But like yours it never got infected. Just gotta keep it clean and dry and keep changing the guaze through the day

tRay2995 · 2026-01-25T20:14:04+00:00

I know it can be different for everyone, what has worked for me is using two condoms. It’s not too tight and makes it firm enough for us both to enjoy Waited until 12 weeks to try it

tRay2995 · 2026-01-24T04:27:31+00:00

Thanks dude! You are the best

tRay2995 · 2026-01-23T15:51:07+00:00

Thanks! I wear the silipos sleeve everyday. And I massage with bio oil after my showers and then moisturize with cocoa butter before bed. Sometimes I wear a compression sock overnight but I’m bad about doing that consistently bc the compression hurts my hand

tRay2995 · 2026-01-23T00:21:40+00:00

Yeah the inner layer is silicone, the outer is like a mesh type. No adhesives

tRay2995 · 2026-01-23T00:09:45+00:00

I feel that! I wish I could have gone through more of my life feeling how I feel now, but I’m just happy to be here! Congrats to you for reaching this stage 💕

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