Do embryo-created vaginas and neovaginas of trans people smell and taste similarly? Study – “Molecular detection of Lactobacillus species in the neovagina of male-to-female transsexual women”

While this subreddit is mostly focused on orgasms, I want to share this information on trans people with neovaginas. Many people do not know about transgender women’s vaginal composition.

In a YouTube video titled “I Taste My Own Vagina,” Melody Maia Monet tastes her vagina for all those who are afraid that a transgender woman’s vagina tastes different from embryo-created counterpart.

Melody discusses the following study, which provides evidence that the bacterial composition of a neovagina and an embryo-created vagina is very similar. This means that the taste and smell will be very similar.

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What are your thoughts about this discover?

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You can read the full study here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894556/

There is a general opinion that penile skin lined neovagina of transsexual women is not able to support the growth of lactobacilli. This study was undertaken to prove if lactobacilli strains could survive in neovagina and to characterise the most dominant Lactobacillus species. Sixty three male-to-female transsexual women without abnormal vaginal discharge, clinical signs of infection were recruited on an ongoing basis from among transsexual outpatients in an academic research institution and tertiary care centre. Neovaginal smears were taken for molecular Lactobacillus spp. profiling by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR–DGGE). Lactobacillus species were detected from 47/63 transsexual women (75%). The 279 Lactobacillus signals detected by PCR-DGGE technique belonged to 13 different species. Lactobacilli of the L. delbrueckii group (L. gasseri, L. crispatus, L. johnsonii, L. iners, L. jensenii) were predominant. More than 90% of women harboured a combination of two or more neovaginal Lactobacillus species. In this study we report the frequent occurrence of lactobacilli from neovagina of transsexual women. Both, frequency and composition were similar to the normal lactic acid bacterial microflora in both women of reproductive age and postmenopausal women.