Community Conversation => Transitioning => Gender Correction Surgery => Topic started by: MSTR.LitaMacWolf on March 07, 2018, 05:36:05 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: MSTR.LitaMacWolf on March 07, 2018, 05:36:05 PM
Post by: MSTR.LitaMacWolf on March 07, 2018, 05:36:05 PM
I'm now shopping for a SRS doctor now. There are so many out there. How do you know who is the best?
I've narrowed it down to a few hundred. I want to stay in the United States when I have my surgery.
I'm also looking for a surgeon who is the best. I've alreaddy started saving up. I want to be beautiful.
I've narrowed it down to a few hundred. I want to stay in the United States when I have my surgery.
I'm also looking for a surgeon who is the best. I've alreaddy started saving up. I want to be beautiful.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: AnonyMs on March 07, 2018, 07:28:28 PM
Post by: AnonyMs on March 07, 2018, 07:28:28 PM
There's a lot of differing opinions on this subject. Personally I like looking at photos of their work and looking for complaints.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: Dani on March 08, 2018, 04:37:40 AM
Post by: Dani on March 08, 2018, 04:37:40 AM
Assuming you mean MTF surgery, there are several who qualify as best SRS surgeon.
Just about everyone agrees that Dr. Marci Bowers is the best.
Others include Doctors McGinn, Meltzer, Brassard.
Also, there are many other good surgeons who are now starting their practice.
Dr. Ting is noted for using a new technique where a vaginal graft is taken from internal abdominal tissue.
Just about everyone agrees that Dr. Marci Bowers is the best.
Others include Doctors McGinn, Meltzer, Brassard.
Also, there are many other good surgeons who are now starting their practice.
Dr. Ting is noted for using a new technique where a vaginal graft is taken from internal abdominal tissue.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: tgirlamg on March 08, 2018, 10:57:27 AM
Post by: tgirlamg on March 08, 2018, 10:57:27 AM
Hi Lita and welcome to the forum sister!!!
I had SRS with Dr Bowers in 2015 and am very happy with my results...The last I heard she was booked up for 3 years!!!... It was about 15 month wait for me but I put my deposit down the same month I started HRT so things flowed fairly well... I was just healed up from my first FFS when I had SRS
There are lots of qualified surgeons doing this now so, do your research... talk to patients who have used surgeons you are considering... geographic proximity to your surgeon can be a very good thing if you have complications, which happen!... I had some and was glad my doctor was just a couple hours drive as opposed to a plane ride across the country...
All good things to you as you explore the road ahead dear sister!!!
Onward we go!!!
Ashley 😀❤️🌻
I had SRS with Dr Bowers in 2015 and am very happy with my results...The last I heard she was booked up for 3 years!!!... It was about 15 month wait for me but I put my deposit down the same month I started HRT so things flowed fairly well... I was just healed up from my first FFS when I had SRS
There are lots of qualified surgeons doing this now so, do your research... talk to patients who have used surgeons you are considering... geographic proximity to your surgeon can be a very good thing if you have complications, which happen!... I had some and was glad my doctor was just a couple hours drive as opposed to a plane ride across the country...
All good things to you as you explore the road ahead dear sister!!!
Onward we go!!!
Ashley 😀❤️🌻
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: Susan on March 08, 2018, 11:11:30 AM
Post by: Susan on March 08, 2018, 11:11:30 AM
Almost every postop trans-person will be loyal to the doctor who did their surgeries.
Mine was the Preecha Aesthetic Institute (http://pai.co.th/) in Thailand and I cannot recommend them enough. They did my bottom surgery and FFS. The picture to the left is worth a thousand words.
Mine was the Preecha Aesthetic Institute (http://pai.co.th/) in Thailand and I cannot recommend them enough. They did my bottom surgery and FFS. The picture to the left is worth a thousand words.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: MSTR.LitaMacWolf on March 08, 2018, 01:41:30 PM
Post by: MSTR.LitaMacWolf on March 08, 2018, 01:41:30 PM
See I want to stay in the U.S.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: echo7 on March 08, 2018, 06:14:37 PM
Post by: echo7 on March 08, 2018, 06:14:37 PM
IMO it's best to go with a surgeon who has a lot of experience. Go with someone who has done thousands of SRS procedures and has been doing it for at least 10 years. As smart and as capable a newer surgeon may be, there is simply no substitute for experience.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: Sydney_NYC on March 08, 2018, 07:30:39 PM
Post by: Sydney_NYC on March 08, 2018, 07:30:39 PM
Quote from: echo7 on March 08, 2018, 06:14:37 PM
IMO it's best to go with a surgeon who has a lot of experience. Go with someone who has done thousands of SRS procedures and has been doing it for at least 10 years. As smart and as capable a newer surgeon may be, there is simply no substitute for experience.
Just because someone has been doing longer doesn't make them a better surgeon. Dr Leis has been doing it longer than Bowers and I would let him touch me at all. I would not rule out anyone that has done more than 100 or more with excellent results. Dr Rachel Bluebond-Langner has done over 300 of them and she is new compared to Bowers, but very innovative using robotics and microsurgery to minimize scarring. She is also using peritoneum ( Internal abdominal tissue ) to make up some of the vaginal wall, a variation of Dr Ting's method. I'm one of her first patients with this adapted method being used. It wasn't planned that way, but most of my scrotum tissue wasn't usable and she decided to use peritoneum tissue for the rest. She had to decide this while I was under on the operating table. I'm very happy with my results from her and I believe I her fresh innovative decision making was the better option for me and I knew there was a possibility for me not being the typical case since I'm intersex.
The best way to make this decision is by talking to former patients and also look at there like Healthgrades (https://www.healthgrades.com/) and RateMDs (https://www.ratemds.com) to see what patients have said. There are other factors like insurance, wait times, and even location that be major factors.
For me, I wanted a surgeon that not only was well experienced in GCS, but also in plastic surgery in general.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: Ellement_of_Freedom on March 08, 2018, 11:20:14 PM
Post by: Ellement_of_Freedom on March 08, 2018, 11:20:14 PM
I chose Dr Suporn because he has a pretty solid track record and is only a 6-7 hour flight from where I live.
Title: Re: Best SRS doctor.
Post by: Gail20 on March 11, 2018, 11:37:17 AM
Post by: Gail20 on March 11, 2018, 11:37:17 AM
Quote from: Sydney_NYC on March 08, 2018, 07:30:39 PM
Dr Rachel Bluebond-Langner has done over 300 of them and she is new compared to Bowers, but very innovative using robotics and microsurgery to minimize scarring. She is also using peritoneum ( Internal abdominal tissue ) to make up some of the vaginal wall, a variation of Dr Ting's method. I'm one of her first patients with this adapted method being used. It wasn't planned that way, but most of my scrotum tissue wasn't usable and she decided to use peritoneum tissue for the rest. She had to decide this while I was under on the operating table. I'm very happy with my results from her and I believe I her fresh innovative decision making was the better option for me and I knew there was a possibility for me not being the typical case since I'm intersex. For me, I wanted a surgeon that not only was well experienced in GCS, but also in plastic surgery in general.
And this is another reason to go to a Teaching Hospital like NYU where they are introducing innovations all the time and the surgeons are the best and brightest talents. . .