Words you will see in consults, authorizations, and operative plans. Plain language, not a textbook.
This list is the language Chrisalys actually uses with patients. It is not a complete dictionary of trans health. If you need a term that is missing, ask in consult and we will add it.
Procedure pages remain the place for candidacy and recovery. This page is for decoding a sentence.
No. FFS is facial feminization. FMS is facial masculinization. Different brief, different operations.
The physician named on the operative report and usually on the insurance claim. Ask us to confirm before a referral is sent.
Where flap tissue is taken from in phalloplasty (for example forearm or thigh). That site has its own scar and recovery.
Bring it to consult. We would rather define it than have you nod along.