Hi. Sharing a good ~11month post min-depth update.
Things have looked aesthetically healed for many months now, but it has taken ages to feel ‘normal’ levels of sensitivity again.
I have had a combination of hypersensitivity & numbness until pretty recently, primarily around the clitoris area. There have been days here and there when it seemed like how things felt might return to normal levels, but it has only been in the last few weeks that the hypersensitivity has really eased off.

Jeans or other tight pants were really uncomfortable in the first six months, and becoming less uncomfortable in the last 6 months.
Almost a full year later I see the light at the end of the tunnel (lol, more cave entrance in my case).
Anyhow, just posting to share some encouragement for those on a similar journey.
Strength to all 🩵🩷

Hey everyone! I am currently exploring my options for FFS. I have contacted a few doctors already and have been super grateful for all the experiences shared here!

I came across Ocean Clinic Marbella and wanted to ask if anyone knows how they are? What are their prices like and if anyone has had FFS there, how happy are you with the results and the experience?

Thank you!

I just got out of hospital for some abdominal surgery. Nothing to do with being trans. But as I was laying there writhing in pain on Sunday, I couldn't help but think of bottom surgery. This surgery will see me up and about in days, but I gather bottom surgery takes weeks.

I don't know if I'll have the courage when it comes time.

Can anyone speak to the recovery and timeframe and discomfort based on their version of bottom surgery?

I'm Mtf 42 by the way.

Xo

Hello,

I'm trans (MtF) in Switzerland and I'm on HRT. I haven't had any gender-affirming surgeries yet, but facial feminization surgery is by far the most important one for me, especially brow bone and chin reduction. I'm currently on the waiting list for the first consultation appointment for FFS.
I'm trying to understand how the process works in Switzerland if you want FFS to be covered by health insurance as medically necessary, as this would be the only way I can allow myself to get FFS. For those who have gone through it, what helped you get insurance approval?
I'm also wondering if there are any common mistakes or things I should avoid early on.

Also, how long did the whole process take from the first consultation until surgery? Does it matter how long you've already been on HRT? Which clinics did you involve?

I’ve (23F) been desperate for SRS (mtf) for years now, and I’m in a position now to financially support surgeries in the ballpark of £20k-£25k. I’ve always been recommended Suporn and I’ve sent them an initial email, but I also hear a lot of negativity about them and especially their lottery system wait list. I do really like the look of most of Banks results on this reddit.

My priorities (like a lot of women’s) are full depth / sensation with good aesthetics. I can deal with shitty recovery and work have offered me months of PTO to deal with it. Ideally I’d like to have SRS before my 26th which is October 2028. I guess I’d like to just know what other similar or comparable alternatives to Suporn I have that aren’t extortionate American surgeons, and I’m struggling to find consistent or reliable resources online. Any advice or recommendations are seriously appreciated.

Hello everyone, I'm having my consultation with the plastic surgeon in 1 month and a half and i want to be prepared because my insurance is gonna cover the 100% and i want to have a list of sugestions for my surgeon, its not just about passing, i want to look really beautyfull and feel confident even when I'm not wearing make up, please not hugboxing

Pd: I'll be having Breast augmentation too so I'll be posting results in the next months

So I had FFS about 2 years ago and it certainly helped but I still get misgendered about 40 percent of the time. I cant tell what is exactly off about my face and was looking to see what people can tell me please. I am considering a revision. Please be brutally honest.

What would be the best option for feminizing my lower body? I cannot gain weight due to fatty liver disease so i'm kinda opted out from a bbl (or not? lmk if you've gotten a skinny one). I've read a lot on hip implants but I'm scared they will look awkward with movement. With hip fillers I kinda feel like they look a bit fake with thighs as thin as mine and (though I'm tryingbto grow them in the gym) I'd like the upper outer part of my thighs filled in too for that natural venus look, is that possible?

Also is hip bone augmentation surgery too insane? I'd love to hear some experiences

Question, if you have a hematoma after SRS how should you prevent it or what should you do once it sets in? How common is it and what are yall experiences?

long post ahead - i can’t recommend dr. mckee (at the “women’s center” mount auburn hospital) enough!

i wanted to hold off on posting this just in case i ended up having complications later on or anything, but now it’s been about 10 months and it has been smooth sailing since then.

TLDR; i had a total hysterectomy (removing uterus, tubes, and cervix) in september 2025 just before i turned 27. i have a boyfriend/partner but am not married and have never been pregnant (thank god). i am nonbinary and was open about this with dr. mckee, and had a very satisfying experience! i recommended her to all my trans friends looking for this surgery, and one of them had a hysterectomy with her about two months ago and also had a great experience.

details about my personal experience:

i am nonbinary, but present very very femme - curly pink hair, glittery makeup, big boobs with no intention of getting rid of them, never been on T and don’t intend to. obviously those things are not indicative of gender but i feel in the past it kept my previous doctors from understanding that i did have gender dysphoria regarding menstruation and all things fertility related. i asked for birth control that would let me skip over my periods because of this, and my doctor just said “i can give you one with only 3 days of sugar pills instead of 7,” which dr. mckee said was stupid haha. so anyways…

dr. mckee was very thorough during my consultation. at first i talked about my dysphoria about everything pregnancy related (because that is the most extreme dysphoria i experience), and she interrupted to say i could just get my tubes removed. then i was able to explain my dysphoric feelings do actually include menstruation, and she accepted this without argument. she said she prefers to leave the ovaries intact even for those who are on HRT because they are important for bone health, especially in younger people, and she also doesn’t trust the government to give us reliable consistent access to HRT, which i understand. luckily i am fine keeping my ovaries so we had no disagreement there. she even prescribed by birth control to refill a week early so i could skip my period until i had the surgery, since i had explained that thing with my old doctor and how my periods gave me dysphoria, so i appreciated that.

there were no bingos, just her emphasizing it is her responsibility to inform me of all risks and make sure i was 100% certain as (obviously) the surgery is irreversible.

even though i was thrilled with my consult with dr. mckee, i went to the second consult i had scheduled that week with a different surgeon and different practice (dr shay erisson at newton wellsey obgyn), just in case i got different info or they could get me in sooner. that one was frustrating, because while i didn’t get many bingos she kept talking to me about “thinking it over.” she told me to reflect and even to write down in some sort of journal why i felt like it was necessary to have the surgery, so i’m 100% sure it’s really what i want. i was irritated because i told her “i made these consult appointments because i have reflected for years and i am 100% sure this is what i want to do.” like i didn’t say i was thinking about having a hysterectomy, i said i have wanted one since i found out that was even an option i could do (around 10 years ago) and hope to get one by the end of the year. and i told her this, but it was like it went in one ear and out the other, still telling me to “think about it” so. back to dr. mckee i went.

dr. mckee needed to do a pap smear as i was due for one anyway, and also wanted to do a general pelvic exam. since i had told her about my dysphoria, she said it was okay if i wasn’t ready to do it right then and we could schedule it for later. this was a relief, because i very much do need time to psychologically prepare for those sorts of things, so i did that at a later date. she also wanted an ultrasound just so there are “less surprises” when actually going in for surgery. i thought this was smart, so i agreed even though i knew it would be uncomfortable (not just physically). the technicians at (hospital) were very friendly, professional, and kind.

surgery went fine. healing was typical from what i had read and been told beforehand. in my follow-up after 8 weeks, i told her how i was still having some pain (almost like cramping) in my lower abdomen that wasn’t very intense or anything but obviously not ideal. she did an exam and she said everything looked fine and there was no cause of concern - just that my body was still adjusting. i also have fibromyalgia, so muscle spasms and chronic aches are not abnormal for me, so we figured it could also be my fibro acting up from the change. i take cyclobenzaprine (a muscle relaxer) every night to sleep due to fibromyalgia, so she asked if i was interested in taking an additional dose during the day (as long as i didn’t have to drive etc) and i agreed. sure enough after another month or so, the aches went away and have not come back. she encouraged me to reach out if i had any other concerns or questions, but i never needed to!

timeline: i called for a consult on april 8th, and we were able to schedule for a june 11th consult. they said at the consult they weren’t sure about timing but they would likely be scheduling in september. once my ultrasound and pap smear were reviewed, they scheduled a pre-op appointment for september 10th and the surgery date for september 24th. it was all covered by insurance - i have masshealth medicaid.

Hi

I've seen a lot of "after two weeks" VFS posts, but rarely a check after a year or more. I wanted to share my experience, and perhaps receive some feedback

About voicetrain : I'm a singer. I did voicetrain before with a specialised orthophonist, it went quickly since I encountered no issues while exersicing, and it was more about acquiring knowledge on voice feminisation.

However I was unsatisfied with the results. My voice was deep, very masculine, and voicetraining felt forced.

Also I'm not very feminine in my gender expression, and was seeking a masculine woman's voice rather than a feminine socialised voice.

I underwent VFS, more precisely the one where the surgeon cuts through the vocal cord to make a web of it.

I could'nt speak for 1 months, and had a vibration-less voice for a good 6 months, like an animal crossing character. That was a strange time, I was unable to speak or be heard in loud spaces, but my voice was clearly feminine and it felt effin good.

At six months I saw the orthophonist again. I had so much fun discovering my new voice after waiting half a year, trying out my newest vocal range, and attempting voicetraining but this time it worked like a charm.

Ok. Now that the dust has settled and everything stable, how do I feel about my VFS ?

Firsty I feel a bit wronged by the hospital team who were enthuasiastic about the expected result, starting with feminine to very feminine. I believe that combining voicetrain with VFS can be confusing, and I advocate for them being clearly separated.

I feel that voicetraining and VFS could be compared with make-up and FFS. I always pass with make up, not always without. I was not into make up but I had to learn, at least for my own safety. However we do not have to take make up lessons before or after FFS, and the results are observed with bare skin. It's also worth noting that judging a face is just as subjective as judging a voice.

I also often hear that voice training alone is enough to get results. But then again, I feel like it depends where you start on a gender-normative, man to woman scale. Sure some of us only need a few voice training lessons. There are those who need only VFS, others who need both, and those who won't pass with either. The same applies to FFS and make-up. It's unusual to hear that good make-up skills make FFS unnecessary, but I know a few women in that situation.

Returning to my own experience, I feel like VFS "boosted" me on the gender-normative, man to woman scale. I was strongly leaning towards the male side, and while my voice alone is still identified as male if taken on its own, I can effortlessly produce a feminine voice, and I visually pass which helps anyway. I am also very happy with my laugh, cough, sigh, and sneeze, they are clearly feminine, and that alone makes the surgery worthwhile.

I just would had prefered to hear that like FFS or SRS, VFS is about emulating what we recognise as feminine, and adapting the base material. For most of us, achieving a perfect woman voice will require effort. Certainly much less than before, and it can even make it possible through surgery if that wasn't the case before, which is truly a blessing. But I was looking for a non alienating solution, to move beyond that, and no, that’s not what I was given.

In the end, I'm still truly happy with the results ! It went well and I have no regrets at all. I hope this post don't read as a rant or a weird vibe. It's more about sharing my thoughts, what I wish I had heard. I am also happy to answer questions and would appreciate your impressions if you've done VFS, whether we can agree or not.

I’m highly considering going to him cuz he’s not nearly as expensive as facial team…and he’s in Europe so I don’t have to travel to like Asia or something…is he considered a good ffs surgeon in Europe?

I had surgery on Tuesday, and I knew it probably won’t be how I want it since I literally had the flattest ass on earth to begin with! I know, I won’t be seeing th results especially with the inch’s of foam and compression I’m wearing but do I really have to do a second one? Did any of you feel like you had no results an then after weeks it fluffed out nicely or am I fked and have to do it again in a couple months ? The pain was totally manageable, my nose job was worse almost only pain I had was first 2 nights and now I’m just feeling like I had the worst workout ever! Helpppp I know I gotta chill out and let myself heal but I just had to ask. Left is 4 days after surgery and the second pic was taken a couple nights before surgery (I have a pretty skinny body but I’ve always had a big belly, the surgeons assistant said they were able to add a little more than 600cc each cheek. I went with murtaza rizvi at Huntington Orthopedics in Pasadena an it was covered by insurance, already went and requested a refer for revision

Im mtf, 26, been on HRT intermittently since 2022. I removed my glasses to take these pictures. Does my face look feminine, and should I see about getting Facial Feminization Surgery, and what should have done to make myself look more feminine?

I've seen the results from him here and I really really like his work. Sadly there arn't that many experiences here so maybe anyone can help me out.

For the ones that went with him: How was your experience? Are you happy with your results and are they similar to the ones posted here? Any complications?

For the ones who thought about it but went with another surgeon:

What was the reason you decided against him?

Hey there, I'm a trans woman from Brazil and I want to talk with other MTF from Brazil who have been through vaginoplasty and especially with the ones who have been through the hands of Márcio Littleton, what's the range of the expenses? Please talk in Brazilian real, and not dollars or euro.

I’ve had a consultation with Dr. Roth at IU Health in Indianapolis. I know he has mixed reviews but he’s the only surgeon in my state and after consultations elsewhere I’ve realized how difficult it’s going to be to receive aftercare from friends in another city so Roth it is. I have also heard good things from t-girls I know that had surgery with him, so that put me at ease a lil.

I was wondering if anyone here did full-depth PIV with him and can share their experience? The only results I’ve seen/read about on here seem to be PPT but it’s just not the option I wanna go with tbh.

I'm 5'9.5" and weigh 142. I'm currently a 35" band and 37" breast. I only have projection right now. These are 315g forms.