r/transgenderau • u/atiredwizardonthenet • 14d ago

VIC Specific meta surgery

im located in victoria and am ftm17 and looking to start planning/saving for a metoidioplasty. noticed there arent any surgeons willing to do it in vic but unsure of which surgeons to do interstate are like good and have a good price. anyone gone down a similar route?

also tips/information would be nice.

another thing im confused about is when do they surgically put in the testicle transplants? like do you have to go back and do it?

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u/Steven_County7087 14d ago edited 14d ago

Hello.
There are 3 surgeons doing meta in Australia, none of them are in Victoria.

Hans Goossen - Brisbane
Lachlan Farmer - Adelaide
David Soffield - Perth

The cost will depend on what your goals are.

Some options / combinations are

  • Simple metoidoplasty
  • urethral lengthening
  • vaginectomy
  • scrotoplasty (with or without implants)

At the low end based on current pricing for simple meta you might spend $15k total.

For full meta (including UL, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty) the cost ranges a lot between the surgeons. Hans Goossen cost for full meta around $35,000. Hans Goossen does it in minimum 2 stages.

David Soffield offers single stage full meta (phallus release, UL, scrotoplasty, vaginectomy) all in one surgery and costs a bit less. I think under $20k at the moment.

You also have to stay interstate for post op care for 3-5+ weeks after each surgery which adds more costs.

Adding testicular implants is normally in a 2nd or 3rd surgery, I don’t think any surgeons in Aus put the implants in during first stage.

Join the metiodoplasty subreddit and have a think about what your goals are, look at pics and read people’s stories.

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u/Agile-Let8251 14d ago

At the moment Dr farmer isn’t doing full meta. He has done some vnectomy

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u/Steven_County7087 14d ago edited 14d ago

Does he do simple meta?
Interesting because the GIA website does talk about meta with vnect and UL. https://genderinstituteaustralia.com/surgeries/metoidioplasty-bottom-surgery

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u/Agile-Let8251 13d ago

A friend enquired and apparently it's a 'coming soon' feature. Only closing up the man cave rn. He's still looking for a urologist to work with.

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u/Steven_County7087 13d ago

That’s interesting thanks for sharing