Willow's Top Surgery

Aim

Raising money to support my top surgery medical bills and recovery!

Since I was but a young and confused little one, I faced huge disconnect from my own perception of who I was, and who stood in the mirror. With my frontal lobe barely formed, I didn't understand, well... anything. Adolescence saw my silhouette change, bulges growing on my chest, and I could do nothing in stopping this becoming. It didn't help that I had wrangled myself DDDs which, given the right momentum, could take an eye out if swung with the right intention. Then, everyday, the mirror was my number one enemy. Oh I hated it so much. How dare it reflect how helpless I felt and how lost I was within myself. Many years later, surrounded by a beautiful queer community, I would come to accept how trapped I was as a teenager and young adult. That the lumps of fat on my chest, which I always wished could be detachable, can be removed, and also see how free I could become if I took a scary jump. This surgery is my scary jump. I have been thinking about this surgery for a long time. Standing in front of that once terrible mirror, I now smile at the thought of a boobless body. Having endured so many years of self-hate and body dysmorphia, I steal myself this piece of joy as I look into that mirror at 24 years old, and I am finally filled with gratitude and happiness. It was dark for a long time, that space between my mind and my body, but now, I am so so excited for the person and the life, that waits on the other side of this surgery, and I need your help to get there. 

"How you love, how you give, and how you suffer is just about the sum of who you are." (M. Popova)

This project successfully funded on 19th April 2026