so i have a friend who is pre-everything , and planning to transition in the usa. but he doesnt know where to start and since my area of interests is mtf rout i have no detailed information about it so i thought i would ask guys here
so basically i need to know names of surgeons who perform top and bottom surgery , clinics where he can have hrt ...etc , and any more info you can add (with emphasis on surgeons names ;D)
and any advice that i should tell him? thanks
There's ton of information on ftm transition in the USA and not all of it may apply to your friend as it depends on his options and on local information. If your friend lives in Wyoming it's not gonna do him much good to hear about a clinic in Virginia.
First step he'll probably want to take is to find a therapist or counselor in his area: https://www.susans.org/Health/Therapists_and_Counselors/USA/ (https://www.susans.org/Health/Therapists_and_Counselors/USA/)
LGBT clinics can help with hormones, but it depends on if he has one in his area, otherwise he'll probably need a referral from his therapist or GP to an endocrinologist.
For top and bottom surgery he can check locally but he may have to travel in order to get results that he'd be most pleased with. To check out surgery results he might want to sign up for: http://www.transbucket.com/ (http://www.transbucket.com/) There are also lists of surgeons and their locations on that website.
Legal stuff such as name and gender changes on legal documents also depends on his area.
If he ever has any questions he can always sign up here, stop in at our chat or look through our wiki: https://www.susans.org/wiki/ (https://www.susans.org/wiki/)
awesome , thanks thats more info than i even expected ^_^ , my friend doesnt live at usa but he intends to go there for transition thats why i didnt mention any particular state or area , i told him to come here tho but he said he's not that good at english (although i personally think that his english is ok but eh)
thanks :)