Types of feminizing bottom surgery
Surgeons who practice feminizing bottom surgery
ATTENTION: As of July 23, 2025, Yale New Haven Health has decided to terminate the provision of gender affirming endocrinological and surgical care to patients age 18 and under.
Types of bottom surgery
Vaginoplasty
The creation of a vagina, generally through reshaping penile and scrotal tissue.
Orchiectomy
The removal of testes
Penectomy
The removal of a penis
Clitoroplasty
The creation of a clitoris
Labiaplasty
The creation of a labia
Many of these procedures can be done either on their own or in concert with others, depending on the patient's desired outcome.
Surgeons
Dr. Rachel Bluebond-Langner is a surgeon at NYU Langone in New York, NY specializing in gender confirmation surgery and known particularly for performing transfem bottom surgery.
As noted in the transmasculine surgeries section: Dr. Bluebond-Langer has very long wait times. In early 2023, consultations were booked out to May 2025.
Dr. Bella Avanessian is a surgeon at Mt. Sinai specializing in transfem gender confirmation surgery.
Dr. Christine McGinn is a surgeon at the Papillion Center in New Hope, PA who specializes in trans care.
Dr. McGinn requires patients to pay up-front and then be reimbursed afterwards since she negotiates with insurance providers.
Dr. Elan Horesh is a surgeon at Mt. Sinai who also conducts transfem bottom surgical options.
One person stated having a consultation with him in early May and then having a surgical date set for the end of August of the same year.