Update: Due to the unreachable cost of top surgery in the UK I have abandoned the idea of this being possible and instead will try to get surgery in Spain with Dr Jesus Lago which is around £6,000

Since making the fundraiser i have also had to quit my job due to physical pain issues, stalling my progress significantly. Please consider helping if you can afford to do so

Hi, my name is Ash and im currently a 20 year old transmasc pursuing topsurgery privately in the UK, after a very long time looking at Surgeons i would like to get it done with Miles Berry which is estimated to cost around £12,000.

I've known I was transgender from the age of 15 and my chest has always caused me great amounts of dysphoria as a transgender man. If there was one thing I could have for myself, I would pick top surgery every time with no hesitation. there is nothing more i want in the world and nothing I could do that would make me happier than this. In day to day life the amount of chest dysphoria I have causes me great amounts of depression and insecurity with my body and identity, i want to be able to live life not just trudge through it weighed down (literally and metaphorically) by breasts. To me this surgery would be completely lifechanging and would give me the ability and confidence to actually live.

Any savings I have I've always known would go towards this and i currently work a part time job to try and help cover that cost a bit more; but 12k is a monumental amount which unfortunately isnt covered by my insurance and any amount in contribution would help bring me closer to being free of this crushing part of dysphoria and being able to live my life being who I've always wanted to be.

Any money raised will be used to pay for the surgery itself and appointments needed to get an official gender dysphoria diagnosis and if theres somehow enough the equipment needed to help recovery :)

I am very lucky to have an incredibly supportive group of friends and a partner who have both supported me unfaulteringly throughout my transition and already have made me so much happier being myself than I was a few years ago.

I want to be free as myself and it is vital to my mental health that i get this surgery sooner rather than later.

For these reasons a donation of literally any size or sharing this around would mean the world to me and beyond

Thank you for reading everything I have had to say and I hope you have a good day no matter what you can do.

With all my appreciation,

Ash.