top surgery

noun

plural top surgeries

: a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a person's breasts are removed or augmented to align with their gender identity

… a transgender man who had recently undergone top surgery to feel more comfortable in his own body.—

Christy Kuesel

Steps in his transition from female to male include top surgery for breast removal, as well as receiving testosterone.—

Schuyler Bailar

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Examples of top surgery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So, she’s done a lot of work for the transgender community — scar-covering tattoos related to top surgery and things like that. —

David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024 The 33-year-old Dayton resident, who identifies as a genderqueer transgender man, had top surgery a few years ago and began taking low-dose testosterone for his transition and other physical conditions. —

Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2024 After identifying as male from the age of twelve, receiving testosterone, and getting top surgery, Cole de-transitioned to female at sixteen and is now one of the country’s foremost youth advocates of bans on gender-transition treatment for minors. —

Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023 Doctors can also underestimate the necessity of top surgery. —

H Conley, STAT, 2 June 2023 After a successful top surgery, Dr. Keith recommended scar healing tape for aftercare, but Jadis soon realized that would not work for him. —

Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023 Surgery really is not done under the age of 18, except in severe cases, usually top surgery for trans masculine persons. —

CBS News, 23 July 2023 Then in a powerful statement on Instagram, the Juno star came out as transgender in December 2020, one month after having top surgery. —

Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023 In the three years between 2019 and 2021, about 780 trans people age 13 to 17 years old received top surgery nationwide, while fewer than 60 got genital surgery, according to an analysis of insurance claims by Reuters. —

Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 June 2023

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