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Gender-affirming surgery questions & support

Most of what you find about surgery is about someone else's procedure. Bring what your clinic has told you, the option you're considering, or just the terminology you keep running into, and a specialist will help you work out what applies to you.

Which gender-affirming surgery questions can a specialist help with?

Understanding procedures and options

What different procedures involve, the terminology you may come across, how approaches can differ, and what is useful to understand before deciding what to explore further.

Preparing for surgery

The steps between deciding and operating: assessments, tests, paperwork — and the questions to put to your surgical team while there is still time.

Recovery and aftercare

How recovery tends to go week by week, how follow-up is arranged, and how to read the aftercare instructions you were sent home with.

Hormone therapy around surgery

How hormone therapy may fit around a surgical plan, why instructions differ between procedures and providers, and what to clarify with your surgeon and prescribing provider before changing anything.

How it works

1

Share your context

Your question, plus any results or documents you have. An AI assistant asks a few quick questions to bring it all together — everything you share stays confidential.

2

Get a specialist's perspective

A specialist joins within one working day, with replies on weekdays. They read your whole history, pick out what matters and help you decide what to do with it.

3

Follow up as much as you need

Ask for clarification, add context, or raise something new for as long as your chat is open. It starts with the first reply, not when you pay — how long it lasts depends on your plan.

Choose the amount of support you need

A single topic you want to talk through

€7 one-time

  • One topic — as many follow-up questions as you need
  • Chat open for 24 hours from the first specialist reply

A topic that needs a few days to sort out

€20 one-time

  • One topic — follow up as it develops
  • Chat open for 7 days from the first specialist reply

Ongoing support for a situation you're managing over time

€40 /month

  • Multiple topics, whenever they come up
  • The same specialist, month to month

Guided year-long programmes for hormone therapy

Preparing and Starting

€100 one-time

A specialist helps you prepare and get started, then reads each set of test results with you to discuss whether anything may need adjusting.

Ongoing Monitoring

€70 one-time

For people already on therapy — a specialist reviews each set of test results with you to discuss whether anything may need adjusting.

Not what you needed? Ask within 2 days of paying and we refund in full. Details here.

Questions about gender-affirming surgery

No. You don't need to know the procedure yet. What you're considering, or even just the terminology you've come across, is enough to go on.

A specialist talks you through the options and narrows down what's worth reading up on.

Yes. A specialist sets out what each procedure involves, how approaches differ between surgeons, and the trade-offs people weigh up. The decision stays with you and your surgical team — we give you what you need to make it.

Yes. Bring information about the procedure you're considering, the clinic or surgeon you're speaking to, and any questions you already have.

A specialist unpicks what you've been told and writes the questions with you — about the procedure, recovery and follow-up — before you commit to anything.

Yes. A specialist sets out how hormone therapy and surgery interact, reads the instructions you've been given, and picks out what to raise with your surgeon or prescribing provider.

We don't tell you when to stop, restart or change medication. That's decided with the professionals responsible for your treatment.

Yes. Tell us where you're having it done. We go through what to prepare before you travel, what to ask about follow-up while you're still in the room, and how aftercare works once you're home.

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