You can become a woman without surgery by learning to embrace your femininity.
Becoming a woman is not about undergoing surgery or taking hormones, but rather it’s about how you choose to present yourself to the world and how you feel about yourself on the inside.
Many people who transition from male to female do so because they feel like they have been born into the wrong body. They may have always felt like they were women trapped in men’s bodies, or maybe they never felt as though they fit into what society expected of them as a man.
No matter why you want to change genders or how long you’ve been thinking about it, there are steps you can take to make this process easier. Here are some simple steps that will help you make this transition easier:
1) Talk To Someone About What You’re Going Through
It’s normal to feel scared when thinking about transitioning from male to female—or even just thinking about being transgender in general! This is especially true if you’ve never talked about these feelings before. Talking with someone who has gone through similar experiences might give you some insight into what’s going on inside your head and help relieve some of those fears that keep holding you back from making changes in your life.
How To Become A Woman Without Surgery
Gender Confirmation Surgery
The University of Michigan Health System offers procedures for surgical gender transition. Working together, the surgical team of the Comprehensive Gender Services Program, which includes specialists in plastic surgery, urology and gynecology, bring expertise, experience and safety to procedures for our transgender patients.
Access to gender-related surgical procedures for patients is made through the University of Michigan Health System Comprehensive Gender Services Program.
The Comprehensive Gender Services Program adheres to the WPATH Standards of Care(link is external), including the requirement for a second-opinion prior to genital sex reassignment.
Available surgeries:
Male-to-Female: Tracheal Shave
Breast Augmentation
Facial Feminization
Male-to-Female genital sex reassignment
Female-to-Male: Hysterectomy, oophorectomy, vaginectomy
Chest Reconstruction
Female-to-male genital sex reassignment
Sex Reassignment Surgeries (SRS)
At the University of Michigan Health System, we are dedicated to offering the safest proven surgical options for sex reassignment (SRS.) Because sex reassignment surgery is just one step for transitioning people, the Comprehensive Gender Services Program has access to providers for mental health services, hormone therapy, pelvic floor physiotherapy, and speech therapy. Surgical procedures are done by a team that includes, as appropriate, gynecologists, urologists, pelvic pain specialists and a reconstructive plastic surgeon. A multi-disciplinary team helps to best protect the health of the patient.
For patients receiving mental health and medical services within the University of Michigan Health System, the UMHS-CGSP will coordinate all care including surgical referrals. For patients who have prepared for surgery elsewhere, the UMHS-CGSP will help organize the needed records, meet WPATH standards, and coordinate surgical referrals. Surgical referrals are made through Sara Wiener the Comprehensive Gender Services Program Director.
Male-to-female sex reassignment surgery
At the University of Michigan, participants of the Comprehensive Gender Services Program who are ready for a male-to-female sex reassignment surgery will be offered a penile inversion vaginoplasty with a neurovascular neoclitoris.
During this procedure, a surgeon makes “like become like,” using parts of the original penis to create a sensate neo-vagina. The testicles are removed, a procedure called orchiectomy. The skin from the scrotum is used to make the labia. The erectile tissue of the penis is used to make the neoclitoris. The urethra is preserved and functional.
This procedure provides for aesthetic and functional female genitalia in one 4-5 hour operation. The details of the procedure, the course of recovery, the expected outcomes, and the possible complications will be covered in detail during your surgical consultation. What to Expect: Vaginoplasty at Michigan Medicine(link is external).
Female-to-male sex reassignment
At the University of Michigan, participants of the Comprehensive Gender Services Program who are ready for a female-to-male sex reassignment surgery will be offered a phalloplasty, generally using the radial forearm flap method.
This procedure, which can be done at the same time as a hysterectomy/vaginectomy, creates an aesthetically appropriate phallus and creates a urethera for standing urination. Construction of a scrotum with testicular implants is done as a second stage. The details of the procedure, the course of recovery, the expected outcomes, and the possible complications will be covered in detail during your surgical consultation.
