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Resources about top surgery usually put different kinds of surgeries into groups based on whether they are in the female-to-male or male-to-female transition spectrums. In order to make this page's resources useful and helpful to nonbinary people, people born with [[intersex]] conditions, this page instead puts different kinds of surgeries into groups based on how the body is affected. This page is written to use anatomically correct and yet gender-neutral language everywhere possible. This includes calling the surgery patient the "patient" or "person," rather than "woman" or "man," and calling the patient by [[pronouns#they|gender-neutral "they" pronouns]]. | Resources about top surgery usually put different kinds of surgeries into groups based on whether they are in the female-to-male or male-to-female transition spectrums. In order to make this page's resources useful and helpful to nonbinary people, people born with [[intersex]] conditions, this page instead puts different kinds of surgeries into groups based on how the body is affected. This page is written to use anatomically correct and yet gender-neutral language everywhere possible. This includes calling the surgery patient the "patient" or "person," rather than "woman" or "man," and calling the patient by [[pronouns#they|gender-neutral "they" pronouns]]. | ||
== Mastectomy == | |||
This section lists different types of surgery that result in the removal of the breast tissues. It's worth noting that, generally, ''top surgery'' refers only to mastectomy. | |||
* '''Double incision with free nipple grafts:''' in this surgery, both the breast tissue and the nipples are removed through two incisions: one at the top and the other at the bottom of the breast. Then, nipples are reconstructed in a typically male position. This causes total loss of sensation in the nipples and the areolas. | |||
* '''Inverted-T''' or '''T-Anchor:''' this surgery is similar to the previous one, but the nipple is not removed, which means that sensation can be partially maintained. However, this procedure requires two additional vertical incisions, so the scars are more visible. | |||
* '''Peri-areolar:''' in this surgery, two incisions around the areolas are made in order to pull the breast tissue. Scarring is minimal, but it often requires further revisions and only people with medium to small chests are elegible. | |||
* '''Keyhole:''' this one is very similar to the peri-areolar surgery. A semi-circular incision is made under the areola and the breast tissue is removed through it. Scarring is minimal, but it often requires further revisions and only people with small chests are elegible. | |||
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