Safe Rebirth – Gender Affirming Surgeries

Spent a lot of time with Adia discussing appropriate surgery. Just attended my pre-op over the last few days with Oscar Alcazar at an interpreter. Good knowledge and understanding of the process. I cannot speak highly enough of Oscar, A very large thank you.

I have not had my surgery yet but the service so far has been excellent. The initial video consultation and the prompt reply to any questions. Ease of communication have been very good.

I contacted Safe Rebirth to help me choose a clinic where I could have top surgery. I felt very apprehensive about having surgery abroad but Safe Rebirth made everything easy. They arranged online consultations with different surgeons in Spain and they helped me every step of the way. I felt safe and confident because Aida answered every question I had, even providing information for travel and accommodation. My experience in the clinic was very positive and I am very happy with the result. I would really recommend Safe Rebirth to anyone who is considering having surgery abroad.

My first contact with Aida, one of the founders of Safe Rebirth, was back in August 2022. I was in the middle of my very own life-changing process, and I had realised I could not wait for the public health care system in Norway to provide the help I needed. The waiting lists were and still are too long. I had to take control over my own life and process.

After doing my own research on where I could get help, I had a short list of clinics I rated very similar based on the quality of the results, price and recommendations from other patients. Aida worked at one of these clinics. My very first reply from Aida back then was this: «Dear Tone, I hope all is well with you! I’m your International Patient Coordinator and I’ll be guiding you through the whole process». And that was exactly what happened. Long story short, I selected the clinic that Aida worked for, and it was one of the best decisions I have made so far in my life. Aida is a wonderful person with great knowledge and a genuine big heart for the patients who need gender-affirming surgery. To have someone like Aida supporting the process takes away a lot of the stress you experience, and it's also a huge quality assurance that takes care of everything you know, you don't know or should know. I cannot recommend Aida and Safe Rebirth enough as a partner to your gender-affirming journey. My perhaps most memorable and needed moment from Aida was a reply to a message I sent to her just before I boarded my flight to the clinic: «Don't worry about a thing ... chill, you've got enough on your plate».

I highly recommend you to contact Safe Rebirth if you are at a stage in your own life that requires gender affirming care and treatment. You will be in the best hands possible and take good care of all the way!

Aida Masdeu has been the clinical co-ordinator for 3/5 of my gender-affirming operations, and I followed her founding Safe Rebirth for my most recent voice masculinization surgery (Type 3 Thyroplasty). This isn't through having a bad experience with any other co-ordinators, it's just that Aida is so damn good at what she does that after meeting her that I instantly trusted her with the future of my medical transition.

If you're reading this and are interested in step-by-step of my Safe Rebirth experience I'll include this below, but please know that Safe Rebirth completely understands that gender-affirming surgeries aren't something clinical to 'just get done', and they don't treat these life-changing procedures as anything mundane (as you'll see a lot in England). Aida and Oscar are legendary-level allies, celebrating trans joy with the community. You can absolutely feel the love in their labour. Thank you so so much to the team for helping me to finally see myself after six years of struggling <3



When you've decided on a surgeon, Aida will liaise with the clinic. My initial consultation was done over Whatsapp with Aida translating if there are any communication barriers. I had my own questions prepped, but she had queries about my welfare and comfortability that I hadn't even thought of. You have the freedom to request a certain month, and they'll get back to you with available dates and payment information.

I cannot stress enough that if even if Aida herself isn't nursing you, she WILL take care of you! She would always check in to make sure the clinic were communicating with me fully and transparently, that I was being offered the post-op therapies that I needed and paid for, and how I was feeling counting down towards the operation. She even checked in with me when I landed at the airport and again at the hotel, helping me navigate public transport in cases where I was unsure. I was travelling alone, but even at opposite ends of Spain Aida was making sure I was safe.

I booked a hotel that Oscar recommended, and even though I paid for my room I still felt like I was being spoilt. Perfect location to walk to the hospital, the beach, the old town - it was honestly like a holiday. The staff there were also incredibly accommodating when I couldn't speak for the second half of my stay. Oscar gave me some recommendations of things to see tailored to my interests like art galleries and museums, and they were places I wouldn't have found on my own!

The pre-op appointment, operation, and post-op recovery? Easy. If it's weird to say the experience has been enjoyable, then maybe I'm a total weirdo. All medical staff I've met in Spain are so friendly, assured, and relaxed - you're really put into good hands with the clinics you're offered. Aida would keep in communication until discharge, again to see you home safely, and now two weeks post-op we're still sharing in the excitement of how my voice is developing.

Getting estimates, deciding on where to stay, knowing how to travel, struggling with language barriers, knowing what clinics are trustworthy, feeling anxious or unsure or even scared of what to expect, circumstances of being unable to trust anyone to rely on when going through such vulnerable yet monumental changes - all become non-issues with Safe Rebirth, and it's a service providing such needed compassion along the way too. I've done it on my own, I've done it through other services, but Safe Rebirth ensured that this huge moment in my life was stress-free and a happy experience :)

I had a great experience with Aida, who provided me with many options for pursuing voice therapy and vocal surgery. Aida was always patient and understanding, and was incredibly attentive to my needs as a patient.

I have had an online video consultation with the doctor and Aida. They both seemed very welcoming, helpful and assuring. I am hoping to proceed with them in the future.

I decided to have surgery 2 years ago, Aida was my patient liaison. Any questions I had were quickly answered. When I was over in Barcelona, she was there at every step. A year later, I had my second surgery, and again, Aida was there at every step. Aida ticks every box from helping with translation to making your nerves ease away.

The consultation process is so smooth and the communication is very accommodating. Questions are answered swiftly and precise and appointments with surgeons are chaperoned and translates when needed , lovely people and a great service