I've been obsessing over phalloplasty for the past couple of weeks. I'm certain it's something I want to do and a friend of mine told me about his consultation with Dr. Sherman Leis in Philadelphia. Leis does it a little differently and from what I have seen/heard, more effectively. He uses two groin flaps or an abdominal flap for the creation of the phallus. This process allows for good blood flow to the area since the veins are preserved. Hospitalization is for only one day, which makes the cost much less than the more widely used procedures. All in all it costs around $20,000 for Leis' process. The downside is, he doesn't perform urethroplasty and doesn't recommend it get performed at all because of the high percentage of complications. I'm not sure how I feel about this, honestly. I would probably wait until I completely healed from the phallo procedure and then go to Dr. Crane to see about a urethroplasty. I talk like this is going to happen soon but I'm still a good few years away from it being a reality. Maybe there will be even more innovations by the time I'm ready to get it done.