{"id":23183,"date":"2021-01-07T07:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T06:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zsimplants.ch\/blog\/?page_id=23183"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:10:50","slug":"why-zsi-for-transgender-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zsimplants.ch\/blog\/en\/why-zsi-for-transgender-people\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY ZSI FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trans-identity is a reality, and it is a complex subject.<\/h2>

Vocabulary and terms are not always understood in the same way. Also, each individual has his\/her\/their vision of trans-identity. Some may want to go under medical treatment and surgeries. Some don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Surgical techniques have improved a lot in the past decades to offer a wide range of possibilities to these people who feel the need and desire to undergo surgery to be truly themselves.<\/p>\n

Some people identify as non-binary gender. Here, we will mention those people who are on the path of transition towards their gender.<\/p>\n<\/div>Why ZSI Implants for FTM patients<\/a>Why ZSI Implants for MTF patients<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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Why ZSI Implants for FTM patients<\/h1><\/div><\/div>

FTM (Female to Male \u2013 born and recognized as female at birth but who doesn\u2019t identify as such and identifies more as male) people may have several steps to complete for their transition. Each country also has its regulations and laws according to some steps (medication, psychological follow-up, surgeries etc.)<\/p>\n

One of the first medical steps consists in taking testosterone, allowing a better balance of hormones and several changes in the body. It increases libido and changes the whole metabolism and physical attributes (secondary sex-characteristics).<\/p>\n

Surgical steps are various and can depend from one person to another one. Phalloplasty is one of the last surgeries. It is the creation of a neo-phallus made of skin graft from another part of the body (forearm, leg, back, abdominal skin etc.)
\nSurgical teams may be composed of urologists and\/or plastic surgeons, it depends.<\/p>\n

Despite their efforts to give the appearance and sensitivity of a penis, phalloplasty doesn\u2019t include a glans formed of spongy tissues nor erectile corpora cavernosa anchored securely to the base of the pubis\u202f\u2013\u202fthat are both essential for achieving erections. A penile implant should be used for this purpose.<\/p>\n

Until 2016, devices used to provide erections in phalloplasty were the same devices used for cismen with erectile dysfunction. Surgeons had stretched their creativity trying to adapt these penile implants but many problems arose.
\nProfiles of the patient (age, libido, partner etc.) and morphologies, uses and needs are completely different, and this kind of ED devices are not adapted to transmen.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Zephyr Surgical Implants was aware that these devices were not perfectly fitting for transgender morphologies and phalloplasty. The company developed implants fitting more the requirements and constraints given by phalloplasty.<\/p>\n

Here, we explain each specificity that has been adapted. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>