Cost of Transitioning

[Shauna89]

Hey,

I was wondering if anyone could help me, I'm trying to put money away for my transition surgeries and I'm able to find ballpark estimates online but I'm sure there are a lot of little fee's and stuff that I'm unaware of.
So far it looks like each surgery will cost between 5 and 10K.
Breast Aug., Rhinoplasty, Hairline Lowering, Tummy Tuck, Fat Transfers (Hip/Butt), Orchiectomy, and probably a couple I'm forgetting.
So all these numbers are adding up pretty high and I don't know if there's a cheaper route like doing multiple procedures at the same time ext..
I'm already doing Hair Removal, and this maybe a little pre-mature until I see what changes naturally with Estrogen.

[Dena]

There is a cheap minimum approach you should consider. I only had adams apple, nose and GCS and that was enough to get me by for years. With the development of voice surgery I recently added that to the list. I don't intend on adding anything else to the list as I have had enough surgery to last a life time. Proper clothing, hair and makeup can make a major difference in your appearance and estrogen may push you far far enough feminine that you don't need more. By all means, save the money but consider the minimal approach as you may not really need all of those surgeries.

[Legit]

Depends on the work that need to be done.  Also depends on your acceptance and dysphoria level.  Some are doing well with hormones only ( rare).  Some are okay with being gendered female correctly but still being clockable.  And some are "passable" without it but want the best of their possible appearance so they undergo all feminization surgeries possible.   Anyway here is what i paid so far.


Rhinoplasty : 6820$ CAD
Chin contouring : 4720$ CAD
Tracheal shave : 4475$ CAD
Breast augmentation with cohesive gel : 7895$ CAD
Forehead type 1 recontouring + orbital/brow bossing : 6500$ CAD
Jaw contouring : 4700$ CAD ( unsure about this one)
Lip filling with emervel : 650$ CAD each 6 month
Vaginoplasty : covered by provincial health care but worth 20 000$ CAD
Hip/butt augmentation with fat : 11 500$ CAD
Hair transplant (hairline reconstruction) 7250$ CAD

since you asked about transitionning cost  and not only about surgeries  :


- Hormones cost.
- legal name change
- therapist cost / letter referal cost
- clothes
- makeup
- HAIR .  cost a lot if you want long and beautiful hairs  from the begining ( quality wigs -> hair extensions  etc)
- laser and facial/body hair removal


this is what i can think of

[RavenMoon]

I'm getting FFS done in India. That will be about $15,000. Half the price as in the states. After that I'll save up for BA. Not sure I care if I get SRS or not, unless someone pays for it. Lol.


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[alex82]

£20k

£7k hair clearance all in. I wanted it done quickly so that was my choice.

£7k queue jumping between private and public. My choice again to avoid waiting lists. I got my NHS stuff bang on a year since telling them. Too late, spent it already, but ultimately could've saved that sum instead.

£3k infilling of temples including flights. That would be a cost no matter what. There's no way I'd have a receding hairline even as a male, so it doesn't even really count.

£3k all other expenses.

I read of Americans with their 'deductibles' and insurance companies, and think 'WTF?. No wonder y'all die earlier than Europeans'. So I guess it depends where you are as to how much it costs.

And what you count. Some might count the cost of their clothing, but much of mine was unisex to female anyway, and I buy a lot of it. So that's less of a cost and more of an ongoing life choice.

Even 20 grand still stings. That could've been 20k I had for any other purpose. I could've travelled with it, I could've put it into my pension, I could've done anything with it. I resent that it was at all necessary, and that any of this has cost me anything that 99.9% of people never have to budget for.

[Denise]

As others have mentioned, you might be able to get by without the cost, pain, risk of surgeries.  With that in mind (to date I'm surgery free) this is a rough estimate of my costs in no particular order. (All US dollars)

1. Clothing/jewelry - $2500+ over 2 years
2. Therapy - 20 sessions @ $180 each (most insurance covers mental health)
3. Medications at about $100/month. Again insurance that's without.
4. Laser hair removal. $600 (may be enough to avoid electrolysis $$$$)
5. I save $50/month on hair cuts.  I'm letting it grow out!
6. Doctors and blood work is about $150 every 3-6 months (insurance helps here too)
7. Legal name change $350 (filling/court fee, newspaper, certified copies)
8. Makeup $250 ($150 initial, then $10/$20 here and there)

Then the divorce... Let's not get into that.



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