Everything you ever wanted to know about top surgery…
…but were afraid to ask (or tried to ask about but didn’t get an answer).
For all the personal accounts and youtube channels out there, I still found it hard, frequently impossible, to find answers to all of my questions regarding top surgery before I had it three and a half years ago. There’s more information out there now than there was then but, still, not always as much as you’d like. So…
I’m getting together a small panel of trans people I know who’ve been down different top surgery routes to answer questions about the process/procedures/results, and to provide any tips and hints they’ve picked up along the way.
Borrowing this from CN Lester.
After nearly two years of blogging, top surgery is still the #1 topic I get questions on, it gets the most hits on my blog, and personally, it was a major catalyst in my transition and my life. Of special concern for me and my readers is top surgery for genderqueer, non-binary, neutrois, agender, non-male, female identified, or otherwise trans* persons.
What I’d like to do is gather questions that you, dear readers, had or are still aching to ask. I’ll answer each and every one. Then I’ll compile a list of other people doing the same on their blogs. It’s going to be awesome.
Post your question here as a comment, or email it to me.
In the meantime, check out my top surgery posts, or the transition resources page.
Reblogged this on Zander's Blog.
Just because I think this would have such varied responses, I’d be curious to know, beyond aesthetics, what would be the reasons for top surgery? (I totally understand the desire for the outside to match how you see yourself inside, so I’m trying to get a deeper understanding than that I guess.)
I get emails from readers all the time who have a wide variety of reasons for considering top surgery, especially when they are unsure as to whether it’s right for them. It’s not always about identity or aesthetics. So this is a totally valid question!
have you ever heard of anyone getting a bilateral mastectomy without nipples? i dont want nipples for all sorts of reasons, but im not sure if a surgeon would do it the same way as he would with nipples. would the incisions be in the same place or not?
Yes, I’ve known people who do this. If you get a DI the scars and procedure is the same, there’s just no nipple graft stapled on at the end.
After the healing process, what does the chest feel like? Does it feel more like your chest before puberty or does it feel more like when you would bind or is it much number? Are there certain positions that cause it to feel odd or unnaturally tight?