Top Surgery For Transmen Surgery Designed To Masculinize The Chest

Top surgery utilizes medical procedures designed to decrease the size and change the shape of breasts.

Those transitioning F-to-M frequently want to reduce their breasts in order to give their chests a more masculine appearance. Hormone therapy can help add hair to ones chest, if desired, to add to the masculine appearance to ones face, chest, and body.

The breast reduction operation is called subcutaneous mastectomy because all the because breast tissue is removed from under the skin, leaving the nipple/areola. With a small breast little or no skin has to be removed, the operation is fairly simple and results in minimal permanent scars.

If the areolae are large they can be reduced in diameter and if nipples project excessively, the amount of projection can be reduced. With a small breast, frequently only one incision around the areola is required, resulting in an almost invisible periareolar scar.

Larger and more drooping breasts require more skin removal and elevation of the nipple/areola, resulting in more and longer incisions and resulting scars. Larger breast removal usually results in an incision around the areola and another long curved incision under the areola extending across the chest horizontally as long as the width of the original breast. Larger breasts require more surgery and more time to do the surgery and so the fees for surgery, hospital, and anesthesia are higher than with smaller breasts.

Top surgery surgery is performed on an out-patient basis in an ambulatory surgery center under local or general anesthesia. The surgery takes about one hour for small breasts and up to three hours for larger ones. Sutures are removed in about 5 days.

Most types of employment can be resumed in one week, strenuous physical activities such as exercise can be resumed after two weeks.

We look forward to discussing with you all of the options in order to help you decide which will be most comfortable for you.