Anxiety and Depression Levels Higher Than Expected in Transmen and Non-binary Individuals Pursuing Top Surgery Posted on Nov 30, 2020 It is known that transgender individuals and more specifically, transmen and gender non-binary, face significant psychosocial issues for a multitude of reasons. Feeling like you were born in the wrong body and are now trapped there along with challenging societal… Read More FTM Top Surgery: Life Changing Results in Less Than a Week Posted on Aug 18, 2020 It would not be an exaggeration to state that people who are not transgender have absolutely no clue how difficult, stressful, anxiety producing and depressing that it can be to be one. Something feels really strange to you but you… Read More What Letters Do You Need For Scheduling Your FTM/FTN Top Surgery? Posted on Jun 26, 2020 So, you have decided now that it is time to have top surgery which you fully expect to be the perfect anti-dote for your gender dysphoria. You are very excited – having done extensive research online as well as talking… Read More Can You Get Breast Cancer Despite Having Had FTM Top Surgery? Posted on May 4, 2020 The FTM Top Surgery involves a mastectomy, the removal of breast tissue, as part of the process of masculinizing the appearance of the chest in transmen. However, because this is not a treatment for breast cancer, the removal of breast… Read More Virtual Consultations and Telemedicine for Top Surgery Posted on Mar 27, 2020 This coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has truly turned our world upside-down and in a few other directions, as well. Our lives have been disrupted in so many ways but, hopefully, we will return to a more normal situation sooner than later…. Read More Stopping Testosterone Prior to FTM Top Surgery: Reasons and Recommendations Posted on Jan 30, 2020 The present accepted standard of care for individuals undergoing FTM (Female to Male) Top Surgery is to have them stop their testosterone treatments a few weeks before surgery and then restart sometime in the postoperative period. There is no consensus… Read More Can Transgender Men Reduce Breast Size with Testosterone? Posted on Mar 7, 2019 A frequent question among transgender men (transmen or trans males) wanting to transform their appearance in order to match their gender identity is whether or not testosterone therapy will shrink their breasts enough to achieve a masculine-looking chest or if… Read More Insurance Coverage for FTM and MTF Transgender Top Surgery Posted on Dec 4, 2017 For many reasons, far more individuals are seeking gender affirmation (gender reassignment) surgery for gender dysphoria than ever before. In fact, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that the increase between 2015 and 2016 was 20%. That is a… Read More The Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Offers Transgender Breast (Top) Surgery Posted on Aug 15, 2017 Life comes with stresses. Lots of them. In fact, it seems that the stress supply is endless. There’s enough to go around for everyone many times over. And yet there is still more! We all deal with stresses – many… Read More « Previous Page
Anxiety and Depression Levels Higher Than Expected in Transmen and Non-binary Individuals Pursuing Top Surgery Posted on Nov 30, 2020 It is known that transgender individuals and more specifically, transmen and gender non-binary, face significant psychosocial issues for a multitude of reasons. Feeling like you were born in the wrong body and are now trapped there along with challenging societal… Read More
FTM Top Surgery: Life Changing Results in Less Than a Week Posted on Aug 18, 2020 It would not be an exaggeration to state that people who are not transgender have absolutely no clue how difficult, stressful, anxiety producing and depressing that it can be to be one. Something feels really strange to you but you… Read More
What Letters Do You Need For Scheduling Your FTM/FTN Top Surgery? Posted on Jun 26, 2020 So, you have decided now that it is time to have top surgery which you fully expect to be the perfect anti-dote for your gender dysphoria. You are very excited – having done extensive research online as well as talking… Read More
Can You Get Breast Cancer Despite Having Had FTM Top Surgery? Posted on May 4, 2020 The FTM Top Surgery involves a mastectomy, the removal of breast tissue, as part of the process of masculinizing the appearance of the chest in transmen. However, because this is not a treatment for breast cancer, the removal of breast… Read More
Virtual Consultations and Telemedicine for Top Surgery Posted on Mar 27, 2020 This coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has truly turned our world upside-down and in a few other directions, as well. Our lives have been disrupted in so many ways but, hopefully, we will return to a more normal situation sooner than later…. Read More
Stopping Testosterone Prior to FTM Top Surgery: Reasons and Recommendations Posted on Jan 30, 2020 The present accepted standard of care for individuals undergoing FTM (Female to Male) Top Surgery is to have them stop their testosterone treatments a few weeks before surgery and then restart sometime in the postoperative period. There is no consensus… Read More
Can Transgender Men Reduce Breast Size with Testosterone? Posted on Mar 7, 2019 A frequent question among transgender men (transmen or trans males) wanting to transform their appearance in order to match their gender identity is whether or not testosterone therapy will shrink their breasts enough to achieve a masculine-looking chest or if… Read More
Insurance Coverage for FTM and MTF Transgender Top Surgery Posted on Dec 4, 2017 For many reasons, far more individuals are seeking gender affirmation (gender reassignment) surgery for gender dysphoria than ever before. In fact, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that the increase between 2015 and 2016 was 20%. That is a… Read More
The Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Offers Transgender Breast (Top) Surgery Posted on Aug 15, 2017 Life comes with stresses. Lots of them. In fact, it seems that the stress supply is endless. There’s enough to go around for everyone many times over. And yet there is still more! We all deal with stresses – many… Read More
