Get Hair Removal from your Donor Site (for urethral lengthening only)

For patients having phalloplasty or metoidioplasty with urethral lengthening, medically-necessary hair removal may be required. Hair is removed from the part of the donor tissue that will become the new urethra.

GSP BC:

At the time of your surgical consult, the GSP BC surgeons will assess your donor site to determine if you need medically-necessary hair removal for this area (this may not be required for everyone).

If the GSP BC surgeons provide a written recommendation for medically-necessary hair removal, you will also receive detailed instructions on how to move forward with accessing publicly-funded hair removal.

• Many people choose to wait to start hair removal until they have received a recommendation from the GSP BC surgeons during their consult appointment.  This ensures that the all expenses will be publicly-funded and the hair removal will be done in the correct place.
• If you start hair removal prior to your consult, any out-of-pocket expenses cannot be reimbursed.
• All publicly funded hair removal needs to be done by PHSA pre-approved Electrologists.

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