• BipedalPossum@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    49·
    5 days ago

    I hope people dont see this and get discouraged, its not always that expensive. I also feel like something’s listed here are reasonable that she would get done anyway. Like hair cuts and whatnot which isn’t specifically nessecary only because she is trans. Yes being trans can be expensive just like anything else, but that is far from the only option. Please dont see this and be discouraged 😺

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      5 days ago

      we should still talk about how expensive and gatekeepy trans healthcare is. yes you can be trans without HRT or surgeries, but how many people don’t have them because they don’t want them, VS how many people don’t have them because they can’t have them?

      • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        16·
        5 days ago

        the numbers last I checked were something like around half of all trans women want a vaginoplasty but haven’t had it, but only around 10% have actually had it - so obviously the costs, the preparation, and medical gatekeeping are all barriers to many people getting the surgery they need …

      • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        10·
        5 days ago

        +1 to this, each transition is different and dependent on what is necessary - I know a trans girl who has no intention of ever getting an orchi, but would like to get breast augmentation.

        Vulvoplasty is also a cheaper and easier surgery than vaginoplasty that more and more patients are getting - I know a girl IRL who decided to get a vulvoplasty and not a vaginoplasty, she recovered fairly quickly!

        I wish I could get FFS, but have no intention of getting BA.

    • AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      I agree. While The transparency is good to see, there are quite a few things listed that she would need as a cis woman to look like that. Underarm laser, tattoos and piercings, botox, lip filler, hair cuts and dyeing, nails, even the BA would be a requirement for most cis women to have boobs like that.

      I think this makes as much of a point about unrealistic beauty standards derived from wealthy celebrities/influencers as it does trans healthcare.