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    • CommentAuthorKosmopolit
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2008 edited
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    Apparently some transgender women experience the penile equivalent of phantom limb syndrome after undergoing vaginoplasty.

    After the operations, several patients reported phantom penises, but these disappeared within weeks. This is what we would expect if the brain is reorganising itself to respond correctly to the new genitals.

    However, one patient was less lucky. Her phantom penis persisted for 6 months, and was always in a state of erection. That's perhaps not surprising, as many people with phantom limbs report fairly strong sensations, like itching or pain.


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    Apparently, phantom penis syndrome is much less common amongst transgender women than amongst men who've had their penis severed - which tends to support the view that their brains are different to other physiological males.
    • CommentAuthorKosmopolit
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2008
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    So, if you were a multiple amputee and you had both phantom limb syndrome and phantom penis syndrome, could you jerk off?
    • CommentAuthorWinther
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2008
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    So, if you were a multiple amputee and you had both phantom limb syndrome and phantom penis syndrome, could you jerk off?


    Hey! All of the fun, none of the clean-up. And you could do it in public, too, without getting arrested. Sounds good too me. Where's the meat cleaver?
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    If your phantom erection lasts more than 6 months, please contact a doctor.
    • CommentAuthorKradlum
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2008
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    How long before we start getting phantom Viagra spam?
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    Ask any girl, Krad, and they'll tell you they've been getting that for years.
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      CommentAuthormister hex
    • CommentTimeOct 14th 2008
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    @ Kosmopolit - Apparently, phantom penis syndrome is much less common amongst transgender women than amongst men who've had their penis severed.

    That's because all the men with the severed penises do is sit and cry.

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