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In this section, you’ll learn about how to prepare for and what to expect from your first meeting with the surgeon.

This section provides ideas on how to prepare your mind and body for surgery. It also lists a number of logistical considerations.

Recovering from surgery is tough, but knowing what to expect helps. This section covers healing, complications and returning to activity.

This section touches on what you need to know about getting support, ongoing health care, surgical revisions and safer sex.

Recovering from surgery is tough, but knowing what to expect helps. This section covers healing, complications and returning to activity.

This section touches on what you need to know about getting support, ongoing health care, surgical revisions and medical tattooing.

In this section, you’ll learn about how to prepare for and what to expect from your first meeting with the surgeon.

Learn about ECHO Trans Care BC: Gender-Affirming Primary Care — an advanced medical education course on gender-affirming health care.

Read the Trans Care BC news archive.

Breast construction is a gender-affirming surgery that creates, enlarges or shapes one’s breasts.

Testes removal removes the gonads and spermatic cord. It can be done with or without scrotectomy.

There are two surgical options for people considering the creation of a vulva or a vulva and vagina: vulvoplasty and vaginoplasty.