Gender Affirming Surgery

Expert surgical care. Compassionate approach. Your identity — fully supported.

🌈 This Is Your Journey — Dr. Bhavya Sree provides gender affirming surgery from a place of genuine care and clinical excellence. Every procedure is planned around your goals, your anatomy, and your timeline — with no pressure, no judgement, and no assumptions. Your identity is valid. Your decisions are yours.

Gender affirming surgery — also called gender reassignment surgery, sex reassignment surgery, or gender confirmation surgery — refers to a range of surgical procedures that align a person's physical body with their gender identity. For many transgender and gender diverse individuals, these procedures are not cosmetic choices — they are medically necessary, life-affirming interventions that significantly improve psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and long-term mental health outcomes.

Dr. Bhavya Sree provides gender affirming genital surgery with the full depth of her plastic and reconstructive surgical expertise — including microsurgical techniques, flap reconstruction, and genital reconstructive procedures — in a safe, private, and compassionate clinical environment in Visakhapatnam.

"Every patient who comes to me for gender affirming surgery has already been on a long and often difficult journey. My role is to make the surgical part of that journey as safe, clear, and as close to what you have imagined as possible. You deserve nothing less." — Dr. Bhavya Sree Direction

What It Means

Male to Female (MTF) — Feminising Surgery Surgical procedures that create female external genitalia and anatomy in a patient assigned male at birth. Also called vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, or feminising genitoplasty.

Female to Male (FTM) — Masculinising Surgery Surgical procedures that create male external genitalia in a patient assigned female at birth. Also called phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, or masculinising genitoplasty.

Prerequisites & Preparation Gender affirming genital surgery is a significant undertaking — and proper preparation ensures the safest possible outcome and the best long-term result. The following are generally required before surgical planning can begin: Diagnosis of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence — confirmed by a qualified mental health professional Two letters of support from mental health professionals (as per international WPATH standards — required by most surgeons globally) Hormone therapy — minimum 12 months of hormone therapy before genital surgery in most cases (MTF: oestrogen + anti-androgens; FTM: testosterone) Real life experience (RLE) — living as your identified gender for at least 12 months Good general health — no uncontrolled medical conditions that increase surgical risk Non-smoker, or minimum 6 weeks smoke-free before and after surgery Realistic expectations — discussed thoroughly and honestly at consultation

Dr. Bhavya Sree follows internationally recognised WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) Standards of Care guidelines for gender affirming surgery. These guidelines exist to protect patients — not to create barriers — and ensure the best possible surgical and psychological outcomes.

SECTION A: MALE TO FEMALE (MTF) — FEMINISING SURGERY

MTF feminising genital surgery creates female external genitalia — a functional vagina, clitoris, labia, and vulva — using existing genital tissue. The results are functional, sensitive, and natural in appearance. Surgery is irreversible — thorough pre-operative counselling and certainty are essential before proceeding.