Quote from: emma-f on March 01, 2018, 07:31:17 AM
I read somewhere else that you're in Europe, I'm in the UK so I can only go from my experience on this one. Most surgeons would have no problem with doing the surgery. I great number of CIS women have oversized / fake implants, and so long as the skin will stretch that far (and if you have large Bs you probably will, although a large B is meaningless without the band size, as what is a B changes with 30, 32, 34, 36 etc). 100-150cc normally equates to a single cup size increase. I have B cup natural breasts and I have opted for 545cc HP anatomical Mentor implants, which as I am overweight should prove to give me natural breasts at around an E.
The bigger issue would probably be psychological clearance for the same. I spoke to several clinics, one of which refused to provide any surgery unless I'd completed GCS. Some wanted confirmation that GCS surgery was going to be undertaken shortly (ie. that I was GCS tracked). The others all required a psychologists letter. I went with the one that I liked and had no problem with getting the letter, having been on HRT for 4 years or so. However, I wanted natural breasts.
Like it or not as trans-women we are on the ICD scale of psychological conditions and as such a request for "unnaturally large breasts. Like porn stars in movies" would likely be scrutinised somewhat more both by the psychologist, and by the surgeon.
That said, there are surgeons in the US that operate fully on an informed consent basis for trans patients (including one very famous one - but I don't know if I can name names here) so it might be worth checking him out. Overall, its worth phoning up a few clinics and seeing if they can help, they'll let you know and the worst thing is that they say no
Hi, yes I'm Europe, Belgium.
Breast augmentation doesn't require a letter from a shrink here.
I have already paid a small amount of the total sum for implants to a clinic called " De Wellnesskliniek " . I can chose implants between 225 and 500CC without extra cost.
I'm going for 500 on the left and 450 on the right, to correct assymetry.
Since I have a medium ribcage and not a large one, I suspect it will boost my boob size quite drastically.
I have never heard of surgeons forcing you to go through GCS in order to qualify for a BA.
A BA is a simple procedure of an hour on a MtF. It is completely reversible if one doesn't like the results. Is the UK that behind on trans care that they require SRS before a BA?
Some people are non-op and WPATH even protects us.
SRS is not always needed.
A BA is purely cosmetic. It would be a shame to ask a letter from a shrink for that procedure.
I'm glad they don't require any psychiatric letters for elective procedures like FFS and BA here in Belgium.
It's a shame that the UK is so gatekeepery.
There are even cis men, crossdressers, who go for a breast augmentation. They can get it too. They are usually also not asked for a letter from a shrink and neither are cis women asked for it.