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== Top surgery and gender identity == | == Top surgery and gender identity == | ||
For [[Binary genders|binary]] [[Transgender|trans]] people who want to have surgery, top surgery usually means a fairly specific variety of procedures, depending on the individual's needs to treat their [[gender dysphoria]] or make their body like that of a [[cisgender]] [[dyadic]] person of their own gender. For [[transgender women]], | For [[Binary genders|binary]] [[Transgender|trans]] people who want to have surgery, top surgery usually means a fairly specific variety of procedures, depending on the individual's needs to treat their [[gender dysphoria]] or make their body like that of a [[cisgender]] [[dyadic]] person of their own gender. For [[transgender women]], top surgery usually means augmenting the size of their breasts, which could have already been developed thanks to [[hormone therapy]]. For [[transgender men]], it usually means removing the breast tissue from their chest so that it looks flat. As for nonbinary people, it generally depends on which direction they want to modify their appearance. | ||
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 == | == Mastectomy == | ||
This section lists different types of surgery that result in the removal of | This section lists different types of surgery that result in the removal of breast tissue. It's worth noting that, generally, ''top surgery'' refers only to mastectomy.<ref>http://topsurgerymidwest.com/ftm-top-surgery/</ref> | ||
* '''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. | * '''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. | * '''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. | ||