Laser hair removal for genital gender affirming surgery | Semantic Scholar (2024)

While the ideal method of PGHR remains unclear, preventing hair growth is important to preserve sexual function and maximize postoperative satisfaction, and patients should be properly counseled regarding alternative hairless methods of vaginoplasty, including the intestinal approach, to optimize outcomes.

A technique to penile inversion vaginoplasty is described and some of the critical steps of the procedure are focused on to try to optimize patient outcomes.

The current concepts of genital GAS as it pertains to the practicing urologist are reviewed along with their notable complications and management options.

This report details the procedure used at an academic medical center for preneovaginoplasty genital LHR, and it is hoped that this report will encourage other centers to offer safe and effective presurgical genital L HR to TG patients.

As dermatologic surgeons have the privilege to improve the health care of transgender patients, they must understand the common and unique concerns of transgender individuals and the role of dermatologic surgeon in their care.

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The first use of transcutaneous laser hair ablation using a common laser for cosmetic hair removal is reported, and it is reported that this tissue may not be accessible at the time of repair for local grafting.

The author's results suggest that feminizing vaginoplasty when performed vigilantly on a select group of patients is feasible.

A thorough review of the literature was performed to determine evidence for the ideal interval between treatment sessions and the ideal number of sessions and to establish the recommendations for shaving, plucking, waxing or other hair removal methods prior to laser hair removal and the guidelines for sun exposure before and after laser treatments.

A 32-year-old perineal hypospadiac man presented with recurrent urethral hair growth, stone, and stricture with a history of multiple urethroplasties and a dilute solution of thioglycolate was prophylactically instilled into the neourethra at intervals of 3 months to ensure complete tricholysis and to prevent recurrent hair growth in the future.

A 56-year-old male was admitted for induration of ventral side of the penile shaft with recurrent urethral calculi managed by urethrolithotomy and is free of hair regrowth except for a hair at five months of follow-up.

An overview of the genital and nongenital procedures available for both male-to-female and female- to-male gender reassignment is presented.

Three cases presenting with clinical problems directly related to hair‐bearing urethral grafts successfully treated by Nd:YAG epilation are reported.

Eflornithine 13.9% cream is a topical treatment that does not remove the hairs, but acts to reduce the rate of growth and appears to be effective for unwanted facial hair on the mustache and chin area.

It becomes apparent that in the ideal subject with fair skin and dark hair, a single treatment can reduce hair by 10–40%; three treatments by 30–70%; and repeated treatments by as much as 90%.

LHR appears effective in the treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions such as PSD, PFB and HS, particularly at an early disease stage, and is suggested to be safe, well-tolerated and effective for these indications.

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