#dr garramone

[euphoria-kingdom]

Another Update

Hi all, long time, no type.

I'm now 3 years 2 months post top surgery! Not much has changed besides the scars continuing to fade. Still a little redness in one place, but mostly now the scars just appear a little darker than the rest of my skin.

Meta!

After 2+ years of nightmare world with Dr. Meltzer's clinic, the conclusion is that I am now getting surgery with Dr. Esmonde, who was trained by Meltzer, and is located in Portland. I was handed over to him, unbeknownst to both of us (I thought my surgery was completely cancelled and he and I both found out only about a month ago that I was given to him), and I was able to keep my previously rescheduled date of July 20th! So I'm having surgery in 1 month and 15 days! I had given up and had accepted that I would have had to start the process all over again, but it's been a really nice surprise to have the surgery back on, and coming up so soon. I'm honestly really excited about it. I can't wait to get the v-nectomy, as that's my main source of dysphoria. I can't wait to have a perineum. I can't wait to stp. I can't wait to be totally comfortable having sex and not having to worry about people taking advantage of me. I just can't wait.

If anyone has any questions or wants current top surgery pics or pre-op dick pics to see what I'm working with, feel free to ask!

#ftm #f2m #transgender #transman #transguy #meta #metoidioplasty #meltzer #esmonde #top surgery #garramone #dr garramone #bottom surgery

[gatheringbones]

[“I never felt like I was born in the wrong body,” he says, referring to the dominant medical discourse, though he hated looking in the mirror and says he “felt extreme discomfort” with the body he had. Lucas has been binding his chest for two years using a compression sports bra, always a little too tight, usually followed by a T-shirt and a man’s shirt. He does so for safety, because he sometimes goes to rural Putnam County: “very small, really Southern places,” doing HIV education. “If they knew I was queer, let alone trans, I would probably be killed, so I kind of have to keep all of that very much on the ‘down low’ when I’m doing work out in the community.” But to his co-workers he is “very, very out.” For Lucas, undergoing top surgery is an assertion of what some feminists call bodily autonomy. Pro-choice activists argue that the government has no right to tell women what to do with their body; transgender activists say that they have the right to change their body if they please.

Lucas is at the surgeon’s office with Oliver, a former boyfriend who is also a bearded trans man; and Rachel, a bisexual Latina, his “soul mate and sister.” Lucas says he has “always known” he wanted top surgery,” even before he began injecting testosterone. A few friends in Gainesville who had undergone surgery with Dr. Garramone became mentors to younger trans people in town like Lucas, directing them to friendly therapists and doctors, and helping them get letters for testosterone. Having crowdfunded the $7,000 he needed for top surgery, Lucas is giving away $500 to charity.

And then there is Nadia, a twenty-eight-year-old from St. Louis who works as an employment coach at a nonprofit agency. The odd girl out, she is having her chest masculinized, but not as part of a gender transition. As a how-to book suggests, top surgery is “not just for those transitioning from female to male” but also for others on the gender spectrum, including “gender non-conforming, gender fluid, bi-gender, butch, and so on.” Nadia feels some camaraderie with trans men undergoing top surgery and considers herself “near the trans community, but not in it.” She has short brown hair, bushy eyebrows, and olive skin, and she is wearing large horn-rimmed glasses, a men’s shirt, and hip-hugging straight-leg jeans that look baggy on her slender frame.

When Nadia was twenty-one, her breasts suddenly grew to about a 32C. “They just went boom,” she says, and she told me they felt outsized for her small frame. At certain points in her monthly cycle, when they bloomed even more, she couldn’t even bring herself to get dressed. She felt more comfortable in an androgynous style, wore men’s clothing, and hated the way her buxom bosom made her clothes fit. And she loathes having them touched. She identifies as female and has no interest in taking testosterone, but she sees her breasts as an impediment, a part of her body that does not reflect how she sees herself. Nadia’s queer circle includes trans friends with whom she shares a deep sense of alienation from standard-issue notions of femaleness. She is here with her girlfriend, Flora, an art student whom she met on OkCupid four years ago; the two were drawn together by their mutual interest in art, politics, and graphic novels.

Nadia upends conventional notions of what women should look like and how they should be. She’ll remain female, but she shares with the others here today the belief that their breasts don’t fit and that by changing their bodies they can become more comfortable in their skin and more successful in their lives.”]

arlene stein, from unbound: transgender men and the remaking of identity, 2018

#arlene stein #currently reading #gender stuff #lesbian literature

[bblunts]

I'm sorry if this is too personal and I can come off anon if that's a problem but could you give us the name of your top surgery surgeon? I don't feel like doing it because I hate most results but your scars look super clean and the nipples are perfect 🥹

dr. charles garramone! picked him because he’s one of the best, super super happy with my results

#ask

[barbiefaeg]

Babe wake up

teletubbie surgery from dr garramone

#ftm #teletubbies #words with mikey #top surgery

[xdarkabyssx]

So what are doctors who do gender confirming surgery doing in florida? Like I saw dr garramone there ages ago for top surgery-are they like. Closing his practice???

He was the first one I found when I looked into to top surgery and the best one I found in the end. I really hope he's still able to practice. ...

Fuck this whole thing and fuck DeSantis in particular.

#ftm #transgender #transphobia #anti trans laws

[be-queer-and-be-here]

💦Shower time realness 💦

Recently got a new chest piece and I'm v proud of it! May the new year bring new tattoos!

-6.5 years on T

-4 years post op

#ftm #me #ftm transgender #testosterone #top surgery #dr garramone #shower time #afab #tattoo #tattoo daddy #chest piece #line art #6 years #ftm beard #bearded #transmasc #trans man #transgender #the gays #lgbtq

[jamesreborn]

8 years on T has been a hoot and a holler, but worth it.

#transman #hrt #testosterone #ftm #trans #transgender #lgbt #queer #gendervoid #selfmademan #fairbanks #tanana #denendeh #alaska #top surgery #dr garramone #hysto #dr mihalov

[workmaninprogress]

Does anyone else feel like being trans has been extra tiring lately or is that just a me thing?

Recently, I’ve been having some complicated thoughts about my transition and all that comes with it. On the one hand, I love educating others about my experiences. On the other hand, being open and vulnerable so often is exhausting.

I’ve had many, many candid conversations about my transition over the past few months. A lot of people have been curious and asking questions about my “journey.” As always, I’ve answered them to the best of my ability. The word “journey” is doing its best to describe my transness because I’ve hit a point where I no longer feel like I’m on a journey. I’m just living my life, and try very hard to make sure that being queer and trans does not become my defining personality trait.

It’s all been very difficult to manage lately, on top of everything else going on in this chaotic world.

There are more thoughts about this rolling around in my head, but none that have enough words formed to make sense of them. Maybe another day.

#female to male #ftm #ftm transgender #ftm trans #ftm transman #ftm transguy #ftm hrt #hormone replacement therapy #hrt #testosterone #transgender #trans #transman #transguy #post top surgery #top surgery #dr garramone #ftm top surgery #shirtless #photo

[something-trans-related]

I just passed my 5 years on T and my 4 years post top surgery this week! I can't believe it's been this long already, but also so much has changed over the past five years. I'm so grateful to be where I am, because I've had to fight for every step and I'm glad I've made it this far. Here's to hopefully many more to come.

#ftm hrt #ftm surgery #ftm trans #ftm #ftm transman #ftm transition #top surgery scars #top surgery #dr garramone #testosterone #transitioning #trans #transgender #post op #double incision

[transpenced]

#topsurgeryexperience #topsurgery #top surgery #ftm #trans #transgender #transguy #trans man #female to male #femaletomale #transition #transman #transsexual #transboy #dr garramone #transgender ftm #trans ftm #ftm transsexual #ftm trans #ftm top surgery #ftm transgender

[euphoria-kingdom]

Update

Hey all who still follow my account lol. My last update was around January earlier this year, at one year ten months post-op. I'm now two years six months post-op, but at this point I don't really pay attention to the time that has passed in that way, which is a luxury. I have moved to Portland with my family, still getting settled. As for bottom surgery, I was able to get a consultation with Dr. Meltzer himself last month, so I finally got to meet him. The current plan/schedule is to have surgery in the beginning of March next year. We'll see how well that holds up, based on the clinic's track record 🙄 anyway, I was also recommended by Meltzer to pump to increase my size before the surgery to get the best results, so I have been doing that every day, with random off days when I either forget or am too tired to do so.

I just took this picture of myself tonight, and I'm actually pretty happy with it, considering where I came from. I have a beard, although not filling in on the cheeks yet, haha. Working on the mustache lol. Peep the shoulder vein, who knows where that came from cuz I haven't been working out, haha. But anyway. I feel like I've come a long way, and I'm pretty proud of it. Thanks for tagging along on my journey, no matter when you arrived :)

#ftm #f2m #transgender #transman #transguy #top surgery #dr garramone #drgarramone #bottom surgery #metoidioplasty #update #mirror selfie #selfie #shirtless

[unremittingly]

Haven’t taken a selfie I felt good about in ages, this felt nice

#trans #queer #dr garramone #me

[yepitsjustlex]

Hit one year post-op from top surgery the other day! Took these pics for some body luv inspo. The past year went by super fast but boy am I glad I never have to bind another Hot Summer Day again. Endlessly grateful for my results and teeny tiny chest hairs.

#ftm #top surgery #one year post op #hrt #scars tw #surgery mention #trans #queer #dr garramone

[silentpublicfigure]

FTM Mansculpture with Dr. Garramone

Hey guys- I’m trying to reach out and find people who got this procedure done. I got my Top surgery with Dr.Garramone, but opted out of the Mansculpture. I’m trying to go back (it’s been about 4-5 years or so) and I just wanted to see/hear from people who went through with it. Did Garramones methods keep fat from recollecting back in those problem areas? (thats my biggest question). How has life been since? i wanna know!

#dr garramone #ftm #ftm transgender #ftm transman #mansculpture #thisiswhattranslookslike #transgender

[jamesreborn]

Mentally and physically, you’ve got to keep going to keep growing. 🌲🌘

4 years apart • Up 25 pounds • Down a couple organs

#ftmfitness #weightlifting #bulking #mass #gains #lifting #ftm #transman #trans #post op #top surgery #hysto #dr garramone #drmihalov #seattle

[workmaninprogress]

two years post top surgery 🥳

#female to male #ftm #ftm transgender #ftm transman #ftm trans #ftm transguy #ftm top surgery #transgender #trans #transman #transguy #top surgery #post top surgery #two years #shirtless #scars #facial hair #photo #dr garramone