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Introduction

These pages are a collection of links to to information about surgeons around the world. Originally it was only links containing photos of MTF SRS results based on my (HiddenStill) personal research into SRS, but has been expanded. There's a wide range of information here and some of it may be disturbing.

I've tried to avoid expressing my personal opinions on these pages but there is bias in what I've collected due to my interests at the time. I'm trying to round it out to include links of more general interest to everyone, but its a long term project. As a result what you see here is not necessarily representative of what's available on Internet. Further, links posted here are not an endorsement that the surgeons are good, or even competent. Please bear that in mind and do your own research.

Note that there's a fair number of negative posts about surgeons here as its one of the things I'm most interested in. All experienced surgeons have negative reviews and its not something that should rule automatically one out. I like to consider the number of negative vs positive reviews. There's also more links for some surgeons than others, partly due to my personal focus. I'll continue to edit and add to these pages over time and if anyone knows of any results, links, corrections, or improvements please let me know.

I generally only list posts or video's where I can identify the surgeon. Unfortunately a lot of YouTuber's don't mention their surgeons, or bury the information in their video's where I'm not inclined to find it.

I normally add links in the wiki without asking permission, but if the original poster wants links removed from these pages please let me know. There was a complaint/discussion on this here on reddit, My issue with the Transgender_Surgeries Wiki - and how I propose to solve this issue in 2021

Many of the links should be explored further. For example, I list only one YouTube video rather than all of them by the same person.

Web pages in foreign languages can easily be translated using the Google Chrome browser.

This sub was created as the wiki for /r/Transgender_Surgeries. Having a separate sub allows the wiki to be made 18+ without making the parent sub 18+.

Help Improve The Wiki

Please help add to this collection of information. It benefits all of us.

I usually see most trans related posts, but please also

  • reply to one of my posts/comments
  • just type /u/HiddenStill in a post/comment
  • pm me (however I prefer to have information public so I can link to it).

About Me

There's nothing much I want to say. My username /u/HiddenStill was chosen because I'd spent years trying not to transition. Its made me overly cautious, to the point where I say very little about myself and I especially don't like talking about anything recent. It probably doesn't really matter, but its not entirely rational anymore.

When I started out on reddit I used to post my opinions on surgeons just like anyone else, but I've pulled back from that and mostly stopped. This wiki and moderating has given me more attention and influence than I'm comfortable with, and I don't think its fair for me to influence anyone's choice in surgeon beyond providing links to resources. For all these reasons if/when I have surgery I'm not going to post about it under this account.

I go by female pronouns online and male in real life.

I'm not and never have been in any medical field. My work is far removed from that.

 

Male to Female (MTF) Surgery

 

Female to Male (FTM) Surgery

I don't know much about this, but there's a lot of photo's on transbucket and /r/ftm on reddit.

If anyone wants to create and maintain some FTM wiki pages, or creates a similar FTM wiki please let me know.

reddit

  • r/phallo - "A discussion-based subreddit for those curious about, interested in, pursuing, or who have gone through phalloplasty and anyone else who wants to discuss it in a supportive and respectful atmosphere. This sub is not exclusive to trans people, but you are expected to respect all gender identities if you wish to participate here." - also see their wiki
  • r/EverythingPhallo
  • r/Metoidioplasty - "A community for anyone who wants to learn more about or share their experience with metoidioplasty. Metoidioplasty is a type of lower surgery for transmasculine individuals and non-binary people."
  • r/metoidio - "A discussion-based subreddit for those curious about, interested in, pursuing, or who have gone through metoidioplasty and anyone else who wants to discuss it in a supportive and respectful atmosphere."
  • r/TopSurgery
  • r/Top_Surgery_Peri
  • r/FTMSurgeryTalk
  • r/ftmbottomsurgery "This subreddit was banned due to being unmoderated."
  • r/ftmsurgeryexperience - "A space for trans men and transmasculine people to share their experience with surgeries or procedures related to transition. Ideally, this sub will function as a resource for those searching for surgeons."
  • r/ftmperi - "For trans guys who want/have had periareolar or keyhole top surgery to share and connect with each other."
  • r/FreedTheNips - "A supportive, body positive community for nippleless trans and/or non-binary individuals."
  • r/gynecomastia - "A place where you can feel free to share your experiences with Gynecomastia. Use this subreddit to learn about, post questions, and discuss any topics relating to gynecomastia. Also, share your success stories of gynecomastia treatments."
  • r/salmacian - "A subreddit for people who desire a mixed genital set (for example, a penis and a vagina)."
  • r/FTMHysto

Other somewhat related subs

  • r/ftm and wiki
  • r/GrowYourTDick - "The equivalent of r/GrowYourClit, but for FTMs and NBs. For sharing strategies in maximizing bottom growth, DHT creams, and pumping. Ideally for people who don’t mind full body testosterone changes, but we’ll try and help NBs if TERFs ban you from other growth subs. Lurkers and positive comments welcome! Please check out other subreddits for NSFW FTM content."
  • r/GrowYourClit - "This subreddit was created to help women learn about the simple, safe, easy and highly beneficial process of growing a larger clit."
  • r/Minoxbeards
  • r/FtMResourceCenter/comments/cj4xyg/list_of_ftm_specific_subreddits - large list of FTM subs
  • r/Seahorse_Dads - "A safe space for trans men with biological children, whether you're trying, expecting, had an accidental pregnancy, or have already had your children."
  • r/FtMPorn - "Gay, straight, solo, group, any kind of porn as long as it is FtM involved!"
  • r/FTMMenPorn - "Share masculine porn featuring masculine trans men in masculine roles."
  • r/Transmascdicks - "Please only post prosthetic penises! This will be a helpful resource when someone wants to buy a prosthetic but also a fun community to share dick pics... This should be more of an informational page of dick pics rather than a porn/sexual page."

There's some non-binary and FTM groups in Facebook wiki page.

The book Management of gender dysphoria : a multidisciplinary approach contains chapters on FTM surgery.

Blogs

Other links

Articles

Facial Masculinization Surgery

Papers

 

Intersex

reddit

 

Bypass login on YouTube and imgur

You can often watch age restricted YouTube video's without signing in by changing the url to start with www.nsfwyoutube.com

You can bypass imgur's login for single images by editing the url, adding /embed?pub=true on the end.

For example

https://imgur.com/a/rUGi7KN

becomes

https://imgur.com/a/rUGi7KN/embed?pub=true

Choosing a surgeon

Women have many varied reasons for choosing their surgeon andprioritise different things. These include

  • Cost/Insurance
  • Aesthetic and functional results
  • Risk and severity of complications
  • Post-op support by surgeon
  • Similarity of end result to natal female
  • Close to home
  • Feel safer in their own country, fear of travel, lack of trust in foreign surgeons
  • Ability to sue doctors for bad results
  • Friends reccomendations
  • Availablity of support, friends, family
  • Surgical technique
  • Depth or width
  • Wait list
  • Surgeons experience
  • Eligibility for surgery (BMI, age, etc)
  • Combining SRS with other procedures (eg FFS or BA)
  • Hair removal not required (look at the hair removal wiki page to see what this actually means)
  • Surgeon is trans (in the USA, Marci Bowers, Christine McGinn, Ellie Zara Ley, Gregory Dowbak (BBL in Florida))

If you have freedom to choose a surgeon it can be difficult to get started evaluatining them due to the amount of choice. Personally I'd start by looking at the most popular surgeons as judged by the number of reviews in the wiki - they are presumaby popular for a reason and the number of reviews make it easier to judge the risk of having problems. ie no botched surgeries for a surgeon with no reviews doesn't mean anything, except that a surgeon with no reviews probably doesn't have much practice/skill either. Look at photos of results very carefully and educate yourself on what you are looking at - you may find you have different opinions on what is good/bad to others.

Some are looking for the best surgeon in the world, money no object. Its not an easy question to answer - I've noticed a number of exceptionally wealthy trans women all choosing different surgeons. I'd start looking at surgeon in the USA and Thailand, starting with the most popular.

Some prefer surgeons in their own country so that its easier to get problems taken care of. This post mentions local surgery in both Sweden and Germany and still having problems getting doctors to help.

I'm not aware of anyone who's sucessfully sued a surgeon for botched trans surgery anywhere in the world.

Surgeons have different eligibility requirements for surgery. Some (many) will not perform surgery under 18. In Thailand it is not legal to perform surgery under 18, and parental permission is required under 20. There's a wide variation in health/weight (BMI).

reddit

Transgender Health

Choosing a new surgeon

And by new I mean inexperienced at this particular surgery.

The 2020 paper Adverse events associated with gender affirming vaginoplasty surgery by Cecile A Ferrando studied complications by a new surgeon and concluded

The incidence of serious adverse events related to vaginoplasty surgery is low, whereas minor events are common. After a threshold of 50 vaginoplasty surgeries, these events were reduced, including the need for revision surgery.

This is my opinion for what it's worth.

There's many new trans surgeons appearing in recent years. You might reasonably think that all surgeons are highly qualified professionals who are all much the same, and none of them could possibly be incompetant. After all, even the best surgeons in the world were once inexperienced and unknown. And even the best still have reports of botched surgeries So what if you choose one of these?

You may have little choice due to insurance, or perhaps they are close to your home and you value that. Still, I think its worth understanding the risks.

There's two main issues.

  • Going by the (many) reviews I've read surgeons get better as they get more experience. i.e. less complications. That makes sense. If that's true then obviously a new surgeon will be worse, and you're more likley to have complications. When then do they get as good as they are ever going to be? I've no idea, but I'd guess it's before you'll find a reasonable number of reviews.
  • You won't be able to find many reviews of the surgeon, and perhaps none at all. This is fundamentally important as not all surgeons are equal and some are frankly terrible. Which one is yours? If the surgeon has a botched surgery rate of 10%, and you mange to find 5 reviews there's every chance you'll never know. Even 20 reviews is not a great number. For a new surgeon you're not going to find 5 reviews. And even if its not totally botched, is it the result you're looking for?

Some complications are minor and easily rectified. Others will will be a traumatic journey over many years and multiple surgeons, and some appear to be hopeless. I would suggest you want to reduce the chance of this ever happening. You may not get it to zero as even the most well regarded surgons have cases, but you can reduce it.

Here's some cases worth reading

Papers

  • 2020 - Adverse events associated with gender affirming vaginoplasty surgery by Cecile A Ferrando - "The incidence of serious adverse events related to vaginoplasty surgery is low, whereas minor events are common. After a threshold of 50 vaginoplasty surgeries, these events were reduced, including the need for revision surgery.". Note that this is a single surgeon, a small sample, and still only 76 surgeries. There's are surgeons who have 1000 cases, and a few with over 2000.

 

Becoming a Surgeon

YouTube

  • Surgery Secrets with Dr. Blair Peters by Surgery 101 in 2021
  • Day in the Life - Gender Surgeon [Ep. 20] by Kevin Jubbal, M.D. - "Our highly anticipated Day in the Life series is back with a very special episode with Dr. John Brosious, a gender surgeon practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada. As you’ll discover in this episode, you don’t have to fit the stereotypical doctor mold to be successful in medicine or to transform patients' lives. This is a day in his life."
  • So You Want to Be a GENDER SURGEON [Ep. 35] by Med School Insiders in 2022 - "After medical school, there are a few different pathways to becoming a gender surgeon, and which pathway you choose will be dependent on which area of gender surgery you wish to go into. The most common pathway to becoming a gender surgeon is to complete a plastic surgery residency followed by either a one-year gender surgery fellowship or a one-year microvascular fellowship. That being said, there are other pathways to becoming a gender surgeon as well." and also "Huge shout out to Gender Surgeon Dr. John Brosious for helping me with this video. See a Day in his Life on my other channel, Kevin Jubbal, M.D."

 

Researching on Internet

I'll add some information here about how to search for surgery information. TBA.

reddit

If you search for the surgeons name together with the keywords malpractice, lawsuit, etc, and find lots of hits of the surgeons own site it may indicate the surgeon is trying to hide something, so keep looking. See this post

  • From LinkedIn - Dealing with Negative Search Results: How to Get Rid of the Bad Stuff - Suppress (or Bury) the Negative Content with Reverse SEO. Your other option for minimizing the reputation damage of negative content is with search engine suppression, also referred to as Reverse SEO. This is akin to fighting fire with fire. Instead of trying to remove content, you simply create more in an effort to bury the negative content in the search results. In most cases, suppression via Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - i.e. Reverse SEO - is not only effective at removing negative content from the first few pages of search results, but it also works to strengthen your online branding and/or promote your business in a positive light. Most consumers will only visit the first few links returned in search results. As you create SEO-focused content, your page rises to the top of the search ranks, while other pages move down. If you can get the negative content pushed to the third or fourth page, it's likely that consumers won't even see it."

Allure Aesthetics 2022 in USA

AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Seattle-based plastic surgery clinic for bribing, threatening patients to falsely inflate its online ratings by Washington State Office of the Attorney General on 29 DEcember 2022 - "Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a federal lawsuit against Allure Esthetic, a major plastic surgery provider in Seattle, and its owner, Dr. Javad Sajan, for falsely and illegally inflating its ratings on online rating platforms such as Yelp and Google. The company intimidated patients into removing negative reviews, and ordered its employees to post fake positive reviews. " * reddit Discussion on r/medicine

YouTube

 

Facebook

See r/TransWiki/wiki/facebook

 

Doctor Awards

reddit

Consumers Research Council of America

 

Bias on Review Sites

There are several major sources of information on transgender surgery

  • reddit - reddit doesn't appear to have any significant bias, except for the bias inherent selection bias of being on reddit in the fist place
  • Facebook - significant bias due to promotion by surgeons & medical tourism companies. See above.
  • Susans - often removes or edits posts critical of surgeons, unfortunately introducing significant bias. Note that susans appears have significantly less traffic in recent years than it did in the past and is rapidly becoming irrelevant as a source of information. There's some discussion in this post PSA: susans.org is not a trustworthy site for information on surgeons in 2020, see also reply to What proportion of MTF SRS is “successful”? in 2020. Note that people have been severely harmed by censorship on susans, eg reply to What proportion of MTF SRS is “successful”? by BotchedSRS in 2020

I've seen a number of complaints about the medical review site realself that among other things it removes negative reviews for doctors that pay, and there's lots of fake reviews.

ABC News Investigates Top Doctor Awards: Are They Always Well Deserved? in 2012

Miami Herald in 2016 State moves to revoke license of Miami 'butt lift' surgeon accused of medical malpractice - "Florida health officials this week took steps to revoke the medical license of a Miami cosmetic surgeon accused of severely injuring at least four patients in May 2015 while performing liposuction and another procedure known as a “Brazilian butt lift." and "The Miami Herald contacted the women after they posted comments about the doctor on a cosmetic surgery referral website called RealSelf.com, where Omulepu has received high ratings."

Given that, I'd be concerned if there were a large discrepancy between the number or quality of reviews on a site like realself and susans/reddit. Some surgeons have a lot of self created material but very few independent reviews, which also concerns me.

I'd also be cautious where surgeons feature in articles in lots of magazines, newspapers and social media. There's a risk that they are really good at marketing and their reputation is influenced by that rather than their skills.

 

Affording Surgery

reddit

 

Malpractice Insurance in the USA

A number of states do not require doctors to carry malpractice insurance, and some of the surgeons listed in this wiki do not have it (I've not checked all of them).

Why doesn't a doctor carry malpractice insurance?

The huffpost article Patients, Beware When Doctors 'Go Bare' from 2013 makes some very clear points

  • Often, this means that a patient killed or injured by a careless, uninsured physician could potentially be left with little or no compensation for their damages, medical bills and lost wages.

  • Virtually every lawyer who sues doctors in Florida takes the case on a contingency fee basis, in my experience. That means they will only get paid if and when the case resolves. It also means that the lawyer is responsible for fronting the costs of the investigation and trial. Because uninsured doctors are undesirable defendants for most personal injury lawyers, when any Florida medical malpractice lawyer investigates a potential claim, one of the first questions asked is, "Does the doctor have malpractice insurance?"

  • *In addition to the sign, uninsured doctors have to obtain an irrevocable line of credit to pay a malpractice claim. The line must be made payable to the doctor upon presentation of a final judgment or settlement. The funds cannot be used for litigation costs or defense attorney's fee."

  • Doctors who do not operate or have staff privileges are only required to maintain a line of credit equal to $100,000 per claim or $300,000 per incident. Doctors who operate or have hospital privileges must have a line of $250,000 or $750,000 per incident.

Florida

Many doctors in Florida do not carry malpractice insurance. Doctors that do not have malpractice insurance must legally display this notice

I have elected not to carry medical malpractice insurance however, I agree to satisfy any adverse judgments up to the minimum amounts pursuant to s. 458.320(5) (g)1, F. S. I understand that I must either post notice in a sign prominently displayed in my reception area or provide a written statement to any person to whom medical services are being provided that I have decided not to carry medical malpractice insurance. I understand that such a sign or notice must contain the wording specified in s. 458.320(5) (g), F.S.

A quick way to find if a surgeon does not have malpractice insurance is to search for their name and in quotes "DECIDED NOT TO CARRY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE", or search this site and look under the "Financial Responsibility" tab of the doctors "Practitioner Profile".

There's probably a lot more than this, but I stopped looking. I'd guess there are far larger numbers of serious complications that are not reported in the news.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-florida-mother-of-girl-brain-damaged-by-plastic-surgery-warns-about-clinics-20160601-story.html

https://www.kktplaw.com/blog/2018/07/plastic-surgery-patient-undergoing-popular-procedure-dies.shtml

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/article78343107.html in 2016 - "The Florida Department of Health has charged doctors who work at Encore Plastic Surgery and two other clinics, Vanity Cosmetic Surgery and Spectrum Aesthetics in Miami, with medical malpractice and employing unlicensed professionals. Yet they continue to operate."

YouTube

 

Smoking and Recreational Drugs

Applies to all plastic surgeries.

reddit

YouTube

https://420intel.com/articles/2018/07/25/can-you-smoke-cannabis-after-plastic-surgery - "Most well-regarded plastic surgeons recommend refraining from smoking cannabis for six weeks before and after any surgery. Medical experts believe that patients should protect their investment and give their bodies enough time to recover naturally and completely" and "If you get the okay, it is best to avoid smoking any substance and instead take cannabis in other forms."

potguide.com

New York Times

  • Want a Face-Lift? First, Better Stop Smoking uin 2008 - "For the last 5 to 10 years, many plastic and cosmetic surgeons have refused to operate on smokers, especially those seeking a face-lift, tummy tuck, or breast-lift — procedures that require skin to be shifted." and "“Nowadays if a doctor knew a patient was smoking and they did flap surgery,” he said, referring to an operation where shifting skin is required, “many of us would say that’s malpractice.”"

Science News

Can quitting smoking before surgery prevent complications?, last update 2018, "Quitting smoking one or two months before planned surgery can significantly lower the risk of complications like poor wound healing. "

Harvard Medical School

Papers

Nicotine

Other

 

Piercings

See also the Piercings section on the SRS page in the wiki.

reddit

There's a sub for piercing, r/piercing, and you can search it for surgery with this

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Other

  • https://piercinghq.com.au/transgender - "Rejection risk of piercings in post-op labia is in our experience higher than in the labia of cis-women, and the scrotums of cis-men. Strange but based on our experience. That’s not to say that ALL MTF labia piercings will reject – just that the odds are higher."

Papers

 

Order of Surgeries

This discussion ignores money/insurance requirements.

Most surgeons follow the WPATH Standards of Care and it is very difficult to get genital surgery without being on HRT and socially transitioned for at least 12 months (some of this has changed with the new SOC 8). Two psychiatrist letters are also required by WPATH rules. It is possible to get SRS without social transition, but probably not worth the effort if you intend to transition anytime soon. Getting SRS without HRT is more difficult, but can be done in some circumstances (and its in the WPATH 8 Standards of Care) - if you do that you will need to go on either estrogen or testosterone afterwards to prevent serious medical problems occurring.

After SRS you have to dilate regularly, so it may be best to leave a (long) gap before other surgeries that could interfere with that schedule. Genital hair removal for SRS should be started at least a year prior to surgery, and probably more. It needs to remain clear for the entire hair growth cycle to be sure its all gone. Any remaining hair may be impossible to remove post-op. There's little research on this, but I would think electrolsys is safer option than laser for genital hair - for face it doesn't matter much of some grows back. Surgeons should be able to provide you with a drawing of the area that needs hair removal. If you remove all the hair then you won't be able to hide surgical scars post-op, should you have them. If the the surgeon says you don't need hair removal for penile inversion becaue they do it during surgery, its not true - it's not guarenteed and you are at risk if internal hair. Its more correct to say that they don't need it, but you do (ie its your problem not theirs).

FFS is not gatekept by WPATH and can be done anytime, including before HRT, but it is usually reccomended to wait for a year or two of HRT so its more clear what is required. You might find you don't want certain FFS procedures after having been on HRT for a while. Having said that, most FFS procedures are bonework which does not change on HRT, so you can choose to do it anytime. If you have FFS before facial hair removal you're likely find you won't pass until you get rid of the hair.

Breast augmentation requires one psychiatrist letter according to WPATH, but I don't think all surgeons follow that rule. You should not have BA until you have been on HRT for a while and had whatever breast growth you're going to get, otherwise augmentation can cause deformity and/or excess size. Its best not to have BA until you've been on HRT for some years as it can otherwise lead to deformity.

Ideally VFS is the last procedure under general anesthetic as intubation can damage the results of VFS, even with an experienced anesthetist. You should try voice training before voice surgery as it gives good results for many and you'll need to train your voice afterwards anyway. Also less risk (although I think it is possible to damage your voice by incorrect training).

Hair transplants should be done after (or during) FFS, not before, and not soon afterwards. FFS can shift your hairline so if do it before you may need to do it again anyway. Facial Team do a coronal incision and use hair that from the section of the scalp that would be discarded reducing wastage of hair folicles (maybe others do as well, I don't know).

Not sure, but I believe FFS can shift the eyebrows so any permanent eyebrow shaping before FFS could cause problems.

Facial and body hair removal with laser/electrolysis can be done at any time, including before/after HRT has started. Facial hair removal should generally be started as soon as possible as it takes a very long time to complete (mininum of a year due to hair growth cycle). Facial hair removal after social transition is difficult to deal with as you need to grow the hair out for a few days for electrolysis. Body hair will reduce on HRT, and even further if and when testicles are removed. Body hair removal may not be neessary. Body hair is usually removed with laser, not electrolysis. Facial hair is usually removed with laser first then electrolysis for anything thats's left. Electrolysis is more effective, but its also very expensive, slow, and painful.

Don't get face/body piercings soon before surgery as they must be removed due to the electrocautery equipment used. Surgeons will generally insist they be removed. If you do have piecings and cannot remove them for long find an non-metallic keeper for the surgery.

reddit

BA and BBL should not be done at the same time as during recovery you're supposed to lie on your back/front respectivly.

A women died having multiple surgeries

  • Sherman Leis in 2019 - see A Butterfly for Her Mads (Parent) - "She scheduled three surgeries in two days with Dr Sherman Leis in Philadelphia, knowing that it would put her at risk of infection or other complications."

A women in Thailand had multiple surgeries at the same time at the age of 67 very successfully, however she did have two teams of surgeons working simultaneously to reduce the time in surgery and access to unlimited aftercare.

YouTube

  • Lee France channel - did SRS, BA, lipo at the same visit to Thailand

Facial Team

 

Medical Tattoos

https://www.drchristinemcginn.com/services/tattoo.php

reddit

Safety of Tattos

 

Silicone Injections

Very dangerous. Have been used in face, breast, body.

fda

reddit

YouTube

Facebook

Papers

CBS News

People

realself

University of California, San Francisco

 

Biopolymer Injections

YouTube

Papers

 

Travel

reddit

YouTube

Other

themissinternet

  • Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People on 24 October 2022 - "Qatar Preventive Security Department forces have arbitrarily arrested lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment in detention, Human Rights Watch said today... A transgender Qatari woman said that after security forces arrested her on the street in Doha, Preventive Security officers accused her of “imitating women” because of her gender expression. In the police car, they beat her until her lips and nose were bleeding and kicked her in the stomach, she said. “You gays are immoral, so we will be the same to you,” she said one officer told her. “I saw many other LGBT people detained there: two Moroccan lesbians, four Filipino gay men, and one Nepalese gay man,” she said. “I was detained for three weeks without charge, and officers repeatedly sexually harassed me. Part of the release requirement was attending sessions with a psychologist who ‘would make me a man again.’”"

Lawyers Weekly

huffpost

BBC

  • Dutch woman arrested in Qatar after making rape claim in 2016 - "A Dutch woman is being detained in Qatar on suspicion of adultery after she told police she had been raped. The 22-year-old, who was on holiday, was drugged in a Doha hotel and woke up in an unfamiliar flat, where she realised she had been raped, her lawyer says. She was arrested in March on suspicion of having sex outside of marriage."

Marca

 

Travel Insurance

Normal travel insurance will not cover you when travelling for medical tourism.

Companies that provide this insurance.

 

Making Useful Surgery Posts

If you're making a post on reddit or elsewhere it would help if you did these things

  • Give the name of the name of the surgeon, and if its someone who's not well known provide enough information that its easy to find them. I generally won't list them in this wiki without knowing who they are. If its on YouTube make it in the text so its easy to find without watching the entire video.
  • Photo posts on imgur should ideally have captions with the name of the surgeon, year of surgery, time post-op (days, weeks, etc), and any interesting points about the photo that the view should take note of. Not everyone will see the photo from a link on reddit. This post Hana's Recovery (up to 6 months) shows an example of captions, but who is the surgeon and what year was it? The year is important because an older photo may not be representative of the surgeons current skill or technique. Imgur has recently started requiring login to view NSFW photos so its not ideal for this purpose, but I don't know whats better at this point.
  • If you make multiple related posts add a link back to the older posts so that people can easily go back to them. Edit the posts in the older ones to refer forwards to the next. An index would be even better. Some people don't know how to use reddit and find related posts, and even if you do it can be very difficult after a few years and thousands of posts.
  • Let me know if you make or see a post that you think should be in the wiki - I don't find all of them by myself. I normally link posts that I think will be of interest to people researching a surgeon. Either send me a pm or add my reddit user name to the post somewhere - i.e. just type /u/HiddenStill/

There's a new way of making image galleries on reddit that should probably superceed imgur etc. Its not yet enabled on the surgery sub (16 July 2020), but should be shortly. Its described here

Questions that tend to be of interest to others include

  • Pictures?
  • Who was the surgeon?
  • Why did you choose them?
  • Would you recommend them to others?
  • What did it cost? If insurance was used what company?
  • How long was the wait list?
  • How was the pain?
  • Any complications?
  • How does it look?
  • For SRS, what was your depth?
  • For SRS with surgeons that are not well known, how many surgeries have they done? Its interesting as there's a higher complication rate associated with less experience.
  • What would you like to have known before having surgery?
  • How is sensation?

It can be helpful to know how to format posts on reddit to make it easier to read.

Here's a really good example of post of the above suggestions

If you make a very negative post about a surgeon on susans.org there's a good chance it will get removed.

Linking a series of posts

If you make a series of posts it helpful to link each post to the next and previous post in the series so that people can mroe easily explore them. This is especially important if you have made a large number of posts as it can be very tedious navigating the post history.

You can add these links after posting. In old reddit below the text box of the post there's an 'edit' link, and in the new reddit redesign there's "..." and "Edit Post".

Place a link in the text using something like

[previous post](https://reddit.com)

Requests for help with choosing FFS procedures

Many people are posting here asking for help choosing FFS procedures. If you don't post a proper set of photos you're not going to get very helpful feedback. Please remember that they are not glamour shots, they are supposed to show your 'defects'.

Rather than try to explain what photos are needed I'll link to a couple of resources as they are far better than anything I could write (also copyright, so that's awkward). I've been a bit reluctant to recommend these as they are both advertising commercial services and work together on occasion, but they are the best/only resources on this topic I'm aware of.

The virtualffs site also has a good overview of facial gender differences so its worth reading that before posting.

Posting Images

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Fear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_medical_procedures - "Most people have a fear of medical procedures at some point in their lifetime, which can include the fear of surgery, dental work, doctors, or needles. These fears are seldom diagnosed or treated, as they are often extinguished into adulthood and do not often develop into phobias preventing individuals from seeking medical attention." reddit

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Other

Papers

Pre-existing Conditions

See the same entry on the SRS Introduction page as some of it is relevant to other types of surgery and I don't have the time to reorganize it.

Complications

reddit subs

There's also lists of complications for each type of surgery in this wiki.

 

Death

There's been a few surgery related deaths, however its low as surgery goes and its worth bearing in mind the suicide rate of untreated gender dysphoria.

SRS

  • 2023 - Please be cautious and mindful of the risks of SRS in Thailand by SavannahMavy, see also here
  • Sherman Leis in 2019 - see A Butterfly for Her Mads (Parent)
  • Reply to SRS death by Joandelynn in 2012 - "Dr. Eugene Schrang lost a patient due to Pulmonary Embolism, but it should be noted that the patient already had a long history of Thrombophlebitis and Pulmonary Emboli, stopped taking her medicines for that, and then took a long-distance flight before getting surgery. There was also a patient in Sweden who died due to complications after SRS. I don't know the details. (source)"
  • 2011 - Gender reassignment surgery: an overview by Gennaro Selvaggi and James Bellringer - "Combined with routine use of low- molecular-weight heparins and compression stockings, we have seen only two pulmonary emboli in the last 1,000 MtF surgical procedures (one of which was fatal).", see also
    • YouTube World Leading Gender Surgeon Reveals The Truth: Orgasm, Anatomy & Risks! by Dr Karan in 2023 at 19:38 - "... I've unfortunately had one death in my career so far it was a patient who died from a pull me embolus which for the non-medical Listener is where a clot forms in the legs during the perioperative period and a bit of that clot breaks off and it blocks the main artery to the lungs uh and that pretty much stops the heart with the effect of instant death um it's fortunately rare complication perhaps one in 2000 in major surgery but we do our best to eliminate it but you can't eliminate it completely"
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ronald_Brown

FFS

There's many deaths around the world associated with for BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift). In 2015 research was published showing the death rate was 1 in 3000, including top facilities in the USA, after which techniques were changed to improve safety.

 

Hair Loss

Telogen effluvium can be caused by major surgery.

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Dr Powers on hair restoration

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321590 - " Telogen effluvium is a form of temporary hair loss that usually happens after stress, a shock, or a traumatic event. It usually occurs on the top of the scalp. Telogen effluvium is different from the hair loss disorder called alopecia areata. Large amounts of a person’s hair might fall out, but it is often temporary, and the hair usually grows back."

 

Opiate Withdrawl

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Post-op Depression

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Scars

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Papers

Articles

  • Pediatric Pearls, Clinical Practice, Vitamin E for treating children’s scars, Does it help reduce scarring? - "ANSWER. Vitamin E is the main lipid-soluble antioxidant in the skin. Several anecdotal reports have suggested that topical use of vitamin E cream can reduce scar formation. Current evidence from the literature, however, does not support that proposition. In fact, studies report some adverse effects with use of vitamin E. Further research is needed before application of vitamin E cream becomes the standard of care."
  • An informative article on how to use Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog) - Intralesional injection by Barbara M Mathes, Patrick C Alguire - "Corticosteroids cause a burning sensation for up to three to five minutes after injection; the higher the concentration of corticosteroid, the greater the discomfort of injection. Thus, most corticosteroids are diluted prior to injection to minimize patient discomfort. Saline is an excellent diluent for all corticosteroids, but some physicians prefer to dilute with the local anesthetic lidocaine. A study comparing saline and unbuffered lidocaine as diluents, however, found no significant difference in discomfort between the two. It is possible that the anesthetic effect of lidocaine was offset by its acidity, which in itself causes burning upon injection; lidocaine buffered with bicarbonate does diminish the pain of injection"
  • Family Practice Notebook

Products

  • Kelo-Cote is a silicone gel with optional sun screen (UV is very bad for scars in the first year oe so)
  • Dermatix is a silicone gel with optional sun screen
  • bioCorneum
  • Siltape make silicone take in long very strips.

Bio Oil

https://www.bio-oilprofessional.co.uk/resources/section-6-bio-oil-clinical-research - "Whilst, as a cosmetic product, Bio-Oil is not required to carry out clinical research, a number of studies and trials have been commissioned to test the efficacy of Bio-Oil on stretch mark treatment and scar treatment across different skin types, and to determine its suitability for sensitive skin. Below is summary of the research findings."

Papers

Botox

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Verteporfin

Verteporfin might prevent any scar formation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verteporfin - "Verteporfin is an inhibitor of fibrosis in patients with persistent cholestasis. Verteporfin displays a wide spectrum of anti-fibrotic properties. Verteporfin prevents fibrosis in several human organs. Research has highlighted that verteporfin decreased expression of fibrotic genes in fibroblasts collected from nodules of patients suffering from Dupuytren's contracture. In 2018 information revealed verteporfin stopped fibrosis in the lung. Verteporfin is a marketed drug with a good safety profile. Verteporfin has also been used off-label. In 2021, scientists tested verteporfin to reveal if the drug would prevent scar tissue in skin. Testing of verteporfin on humans cleft lips will occur in 2021."

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The Standford Daily

 

Stroke

 

Gender Differences

Anthropometric Measurements — an Intuitive Visualization

Livestrong

 

Legal Action & Complaints Against Surgeons

If you have a complaint about your surgeon or want to take legal action.

See also the section in this wiki on Malpractice insurance in the USA.

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Other

Dr. Barry Eppley Vs Lucille Iacovelli

This 2010 case is interesting. Dr Eppley appears to have won this lawsuit.

... Dr. Barry Eppley is a citizen of Indiana who has a medical practice in central Indiana. Lucille Iacovelli is a former patient of Dr. Eppley’s and a citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Invoking both the court’s diversity and federal question jurisdiction, and seeking both injunctive relief and damages, Dr. Eppley has sued Ms. Iacovelli for defamation, tr ade disparagement, harassment, false-light publicity, and violation of § 43 of t he Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125, through her allegedly false designation and description of fact.

In 2001, Dr. Eppley performed a revisional facelift procedure on Ms. Iacovelli, a Massachusetts resident.

... For approximately a year following the surgery, Dr. Eppley attempted to address Ms. Iacovelli’s concerns. They communicated by telephone, mail, and e-mail during that time. Ms. Iacovelli sent Dr. E ppley numerous e-mails complaining about her surgery and characterizing him as a butcher or murderer. Sometimes using aliases, she would send him e-mails on a daily basis. Ms. Iacovelli has never filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Eppley based on any of these complaints.

... Since the surgery, Ms. Iacovelli has published a large volume of postings on various internet sites alleging that Dr . Eppley mishandled her surgery and caused her to suffer severe health problems, parti cularly breathing difficulties. She placed postings on complaint sites, maintained various blogs and websites, and posted videos on internet platforms, all blaming Dr. Eppley for her asserted post-surgical condition. In her internet publications, Ms. Iacovelli has noted that subsequent to the surgery performed by Dr. Eppley she consulted ot her physicians, who have concluded there was nothing physically wrong with her

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-insd-1_09-cv-00386/pdf/USCOURTS-insd-1_09-cv-00386-15.pdf - Dr. Barry Eppley Vs Lucille Iacovelli

Dr Eppley is in this wiki, on the "Other" surgery page.

 

Removing Negative Reviews

Not happening.

Are you a lawyer? If so, read this

Note that in Thailand the truth doesn't appear to be a defense against defamation

If you wish to make negative reviews about surgeons read this page that discusses how surgeons can get negative reviews removed from realself

Allure Aesthetics 2022 in USA

AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Seattle-based plastic surgery clinic for bribing, threatening patients to falsely inflate its online ratings by Washington State Office of the Attorney General on 29 DEcember 2022 - "Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a federal lawsuit against Allure Esthetic, a major plastic surgery provider in Seattle, and its owner, Dr. Javad Sajan, for falsely and illegally inflating its ratings on online rating platforms such as Yelp and Google. The company intimidated patients into removing negative reviews, and ordered its employees to post fake positive reviews. " * reddit Discussion on r/medicine

YouTube

 

Supporting a Partner Through Surgery

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YouTube

  • Surgical Recovery | MtF | Transgender | GCS | Post Op | The Rage by The Rage in 2021, "Calista relays her experience having now completed her gender confirmation surgery (GCS). While she continues her recovery in the hospital, Jennifer shares her own feelings at seeing her former partner now fully medically transitioned."

 

Medical Guidelines

Its important to read and understand these guidelines as most medical practiioners follow them, or pretend to.

DSM5 diagnoses you with gender dysphoria (ie if you're transgender or not), and WPATH Standands of Care outline how you will be treated by the medical profession if you are transgender.

Useful links

Informed consent is a standard medical practice not limited to transgender care. Everyone who recieves any kind of medical treatment should understand the consequences of the treament (be informed) and give consent to that treatment. Transgender people however are "special" and we have a bunch of extra rules (see WPATH SOC) because we're assume to be not able to make our own decisions. Notice how cosmetic surgeries for example don't require psych letters.

If you appear unable to consent, or the doctor is not sure, then you're likley to be sent to get approval from a psychaitrist. This might be a problem if you're unable to communicate normally with the doctor - if you have austism for example. In this case the purpose is still consent, but from someone who is capable of evaluating you. It's not informed consent if you are asked to undergo therapy, and probably not if it requires lots of sessions with a psych or therapist. If you have no idea what you're doing or the consequences of HRT/transition you might also fail the informed part of informed consent, but chances are you're not reading this in that case. Usually a doctor would explain this all to you anyway, but I think its best not to appear uninformed (plus transition is lifechanging so you should be informed).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent - "Informed consent is a process for getting permission before conducting a health care intervention on a person... A health care provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy before providing ... Informed consent is collected according to guidelines from the fields of medical ethics and research ethics. ... Informed consent can be said to have been given based upon a clear appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications, and consequences of an action. To give informed consent, the individual concerned must have adequate reasoning faculties and be in possession of all relevant facts. Impairments to reasoning and judgment that may prevent informed consent include basic intellectual or emotional immaturity, high levels of stress such as post-traumatic stress disorder or a severe intellectual disability, severe mental disorder, intoxication, severe sleep deprivation, Alzheimer's disease, or being in a coma."

The individual criteria in the WPATH Standards Of Care that cover informed consent state "Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to give consent for treatment"

Access to informed consent for HRT depends very much on where you live. In some places its common, others not. Informed consent for MTF bottom surgery is very rare and I'm only aware of two surgeons who do it (see the SRS introduction page).

In the USA medical insurance may require psych letters, but this is a different issue.

https://thegalap.org/ - "The GALAP Movement. We are a group of transgender, nonbinary, and allied mental health clinicians in the U.S. who believe in improving access to letters for clients who are seeking gender-affirming medical care. We resist the harmful practices of gatekeeping and believe in an informed consent model where clients can affirm their gender identity without the steep cost of sessions with mental health professionals and reductionist clinical practices. As such, we want to create a movement towards to providing free and low-cost letters for gender affirming access to medical care."

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Minors

Minors face extra problems with medical care, and worse if they are transgender minors as depending on age they are generally assumed to be incapable of informed consent.

The Australian transhub site has a good explanation for the State of NSW.

There are three legally defined developmental stages for a young person’s ability to consent to medical care.

  • Young children, who are unable to consent

  • Young people who are under 16, but Gillick Competent

*Young people who are between 16 and 18, who are able to consent as an adult

Gillick Competence is a legal state where a person under 16 years old is considered to have “the degree of maturity and intelligence needed” to consent to a treatment2. It changes depending on the nature of the medical decision, e.g. A different level of competence would be needed for having a small cut dressed compared to being prescribed a contraceptive medication. Being assessed as Gillick Competent can take some time, and it’s a process doctors need to take very seriously. Parents generally hold responsibility for their children until the age of 18, however children gain the ability to independently consent gradually depending on Gillick Competence. This is individualised and determined on a case-by-case basis i.e there is no hard and fast rule on what reaching competence looks like. It’s not quite as simple as one day someone being not Gillick Competent, and the next day they are."*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillick_competence - "Gillick competence is a term originating in England and Wales and is used in medical law to decide whether a child (under 16 years of age) is able to consent to their own medical treatment, without the need for parental permission or knowledge."

Gatekeeping

While Australia and NSW specific, this page (and site) is worth reading in its entirety.

https://www.transhub.org.au/gatekeeping - "For trans and gender diverse people, medical gender affirmation almost always requires interaction with some kind of health professional or medical body. When a health professional uses a model of informed consent, and takes a patient-led approach to facilitating medical affirmation, there is a balance of medical care and oversight, with patient needs, wishes, and hopes. Gatekeeping happens when health professionals place unnecessary and unfair hurdles in the path of affirmative care, and require trans and gender diverse patients to prove who we are and that we really want or need access to medically affirming care."

Other

  • https://www.gendergp.com/why-we-need-to-end-gatekeeping in 2021
  • Gatekeeping hormone replacement therapy for transgender patients is dehumanising - "Although informed consent models for prescribing hormone replacement therapy are becoming increasingly prevalent, many physicians continue to require an assessment and referral letter from a mental health professional prior to prescription. Drawing on personal and communal experience, the author argues that assessment and referral requirements are dehumanising and unethical, foregrounding the ways in which these requirements evidence a mistrust of trans people, suppress the diversity of their experiences and sustain an unjustified double standard in contrast to other forms of clinical care. Physicians should abandon this unethical requirement in favour of an informed consent approach to transgender care."

There's a good discussion of therapists red flags on susans.org that relate to gatekeeping

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In contrast for cosmetic surgery in the cis gender population the standards are different and gate-keeping practically non-existent.

 

Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy is a horrific practice with serious long term consequences, including suicide

  • https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy - "So-called “conversion therapy,” sometimes known as “reparative therapy,” is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Such practices have been rejected by every mainstream medical and mental health organization for decades, but due to continuing discrimination and societal bias against LGBTQ people, some practitioners continue to conduct conversion therapy. Minors are especially vulnerable, and conversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide."
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy

https://healthliberationnow.com - "Health Liberation Now! is a free, trans-run resource analyzing the social and political forces acting in opposition to health liberation for transgender, detransitioned, retransitioned, and gender diverse people, as well as those questioning their gender. We pair these analyses with collections of proactive resistance strategies that community organizers can use in pursuit of trans health liberation."

 

DSM5

The DSM-5 is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition contains a section on the diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria. If you don't meet these criteria you could have great difficult getting HRT/surgery.

There's an update to the DSM4 due in March 2022

  • Updated DSM-5 Text Revisions to Be Released in March in psychiatryonline.org - "There have also been significant updates to the terminology to describe gender dysphoria. The term “desired gender” is now “experienced gender,” the term “cross-sex medical procedure” is now “gender-affirming medical procedure,” and the term “natal male”/“natal female” is now “individual assigned male/female at birth.”"

See here, and I've copied out the relevant parts (also see the DSM 5 page 452).

The DSM-5 defines gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults as a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and their assigned gender, lasting at least 6 months, as manifested by at least two of the following:

  • A marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and primary and/or secondary sex characteristics (or in young adolescents, the anticipated secondary sex characteristics)

  • A strong desire to be rid of one’s primary and/or secondary sex characteristics because of a marked incongruence with one’s experienced/expressed gender (or in young adolescents, a desire to prevent the development of the anticipated secondary sex characteristics)

  • A strong desire for the primary and/or secondary sex characteristics of the other gender

  • A strong desire to be of the other gender (or some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender)

  • A strong desire to be treated as the other gender (or some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender)

  • A strong conviction that one has the typical feelings and reactions of the other gender (or some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender)

In order to meet criteria for the diagnosis, the condition must also be associated with clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

The DSM-5 defines gender dysphoria in children as a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, lasting at least 6 months, as manifested by at least six of the following (one of which must be the first criterion):

  • A strong desire to be of the other gender or an insistence that one is the other gender (or some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender)

  • In boys (assigned gender), a strong preference for cross-dressing or simulating female attire; or in girls (assigned gender), a strong preference for wearing only typical masculine clothing and a strong resistance to the wearing of typical feminine clothing

  • A strong preference for cross-gender roles in make-believe play or fantasy play

  • A strong preference for the toys, games or activities stereotypically used or engaged in by the other gender

  • A strong preference for playmates of the other gender

  • In boys (assigned gender), a strong rejection of typically masculine toys, games, and activities and a strong avoidance of rough-and-tumble play; or in girls (assigned gender), a strong rejection of typically feminine toys, games, and activities

  • A strong dislike of one’s sexual anatomy

  • A strong desire for the physical sex characteristics that match one’s experienced gender

As with the diagnostic criteria for adolescents and adults, the condition must also be associated with clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Differential Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis is a medical term, whicish is defined by wikipedia as "In healthcare, a differential diagnosis (abbreviated DDx) is a method of analysis of a patient's history and physical examination to arrive at the correct diagnosis. It involves distinguishing a particular disease or condition from others that present with similar clinical features."

If you have any of these conditions you may have great difficulty getting HRT/surgery.

See the DSM-5, page 458, source.

Nonconfonnity to gender roles. Gender dysphoria should be distinguished from simple nonconformity to stereotypical gender role behavior by the strong desire to be of another gender than the assigned one and by the extent and pervasiveness of gender-variant activities and interests. The diagnosis is not meant to merely describe nonconformity to stereotypical gender role behavior (e.g., "tomboyism" in girls, "girly-boy" behavior in boys, occasional cross-dressing in adult men). Given the increased openness of atypical gender expressions by individuals across the entire range of the transgender spectrum, it is important that the clinical diagnosis be limited to those individuals whose distress and impairment meet the specified criteria.

Transvestic disorder. Transvestic disorder occurs in heterosexual (or bisexual) adolescent and adult males (rarely in females) for whom cross-dressing behavior generates sexual excitement and causes distress and/or impairment without drawing their primary gender into question. It is occasionally accompanied by gender dysphoria. An individual with transvestic disorder who also has clinically significant gender dysphoria can be given both diagnoses. In many cases of late-onset gender dysphoria in gynephilic natal males, transvestic behavior with sexual excitement is a precursor.

Body dysmorphic disorder. An individual with body dysmorphic disorder focuses on the alteration or removal of a specific body part because it is perceived as abnormally formed, not because it represents a repudiated assigned gender. When an individual's presentation meets criteria for both gender dysphoria and body dysmorphic disorder, both diagnoses can be given. Individuals wishing to have a healthy limb amputated (termed by some body integrity identity disorder) because it makes them feel more "complete" usually do not wish to change gender, but rather desire to live as an amputee or a disabled person.

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. In schizophrenia, there may rarely be delusions of belonging to some other gender. In the absence of psychotic symptoms, insistence by an individual with gender dysphoria that he or she is of some other gender is not considered a delusion. Schizophrenia (or other psychotic disorders) and gender dysphoria may co-occur.

Other clinical presentations. Some individuals with an emasculinization desire who develop an alternative, nonmale/nonfemale gender identity do have a presentation that meets criteria for gender dysphoria. However, some males seek castration and/or penectomy for aesthetic reasons or to remove psychological effects of androgens without changing male identity; in these cases, the criteria for gender dysphoria are not met.

 

ICD 11

The International Calssification of Diseases, maintained by the World Health Organisation, is an alternative to the DSM 5. It doesn't seem to be used much in trans health.

The source, but it seems incomplete (as of Jan 2022)

https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en

This seems more complete

ICD 10

ICD 10 is the prior version of ICD11

F64.0 has the relevant diagnosis for "Transsexualism"

A desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by a sense of discomfort with, or inappropriateness of, one's anatomic sex, and a wish to have surgery and hormonal treatment to make one's body as congruent as possible with one's preferred sex.

 

WPATH Standards of Care

The WPATH Standards Of Care (v8) affects many aspects of trans medical care and like it or not, its important to read it.

Released in 2022.

There's related transgender run organisation, TPATH (WPATH's membership is mostly cis people).

Links

Version 7 Psych letters for Chest/Breast Augmentation

From page 105

Criteria for Breast/Chest Surgery (One Referral)

Mastectomy and Creation of a Male Chest in FtM Patients:

  1. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria;

  2. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to give consent for treatment;

  3. Age of majority in a given country (if younger, follow the SOC for children and adolescents);

  4. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled.

Hormone therapy is not a prerequisite.

Breast Augmentation (Implants/Lipofilling) in MtF Patients:

  1. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria;

  2. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to give consent for treatment;

  3. Age of majority in a given country (if younger, follow the SOC for children and adolescents);

  4. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled. Although not an explicit criterion, it is recommended that MtF patients undergo feminizing hormone therapy (minimum 12 months) prior to breast augmentation surgery. The purpose is to maximize breast growth in order to obtain better surgical (aesthetic) results.

Version 7 Psych letters for Genital Surgery

From page 105-106

Criteria for Genital Surgery (Two Referrals)

Hysterectomy and Salpingo-Oophorectomy in FtM Patients and Orchiectomy in MtF Patients:

  1. Persistent, well documented gender dysphoria;

  2. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to give consent for treatment

  3. Age of majority in a given country;

  4. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be well controlled;

  5. 12 continuous months of hormone therapy as appropriate to the patient’s gender goals (unless hormones are not clinically indicated for the individual).

  6. The aim of hormone therapy prior to gonadectomy is primarily to introduce a period of reversible estrogen or testosterone suppression, before a patient undergoes irreversible surgical intervention. These criteria do not apply to patients who are having these surgical procedures for medical indications other than gender dysphoria.

Metoidioplasty or Phalloplasty in FtM Patients and Vaginoplasty in MtF Patients:

  1. Persistent, well documented gender dysphoria;

  2. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to give consent for treatment;

  3. Age of majority in a given country;

  4. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be well controlled;

  5. 12 continuous months of hormone therapy as appropriate to the patient’s gender goals (unless hormones are not clinically indicated for the individual);

  6. 12 continuous months of living in a gender role that is congruent with their gender identity. Although not an explicit criterion, it is recommended that these patients also have regular visits with a mental health or other medical professional.

The criterion noted above for some types of genital surgeries—that is, that patients engage in 12 continuous months of living in a gender role that is congruent with their gender identity—is based on expert clinical consensus that this experience provides ample opportunity for patients to experience and socially adjust in their desired gender role, before undergoing irreversible surgery.

 

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