A chemical messenger is any compound that serves to transmit a message. A chemical messenger may refer to: 1  Hormone, Long range chemical messenger. 2  Neurotransmitter, communicates to adjacent cells.3  Neuropeptide, a protein sequence which acts as a hormone or neurotransmitter. chemical messenger may refer to: 1  Hormone, Long range chemical messenger. 2  Neurotransmitter, communicates to adjacent cells. 3  Neuropeptide, a protein sequence which acts as a hormone or neurotransmitter.
A full vaginoplasty procedure takes about one to two hours. The surgery usually involves either pulling the pelvic floor muscles closer together, removing any loose excess skin and scar tissue, or a combination of the two.
The patient then waited through an extended period for healing. Then, in a surgery similar to those done to create vaginas for intersexed patients, surgeons constructed the patient's vagina by using skin grafts taken from her thighs or buttocks (Christine's vaginoplasty surgery was in 1954).