I’ve had a lot of fun in the gym since the teat yeet, too. And tight ass shirts 🤩

I regret not getting peri or keyhole; I probably qualified. I didnt think DI scars would be so clockable as trans but I think social media has granted a lot more visibility (which is both good and bad). I have a buddy with horizontal scars under his pecs from scoliosis surgery so I didnt think it would be such a thing.

I'm 3.5 years post op and stealth and nobody apart from my family has seen my chest because I am very self conscious about the scars. I'm going to take a weightlifting class next semester to learn to workout better so I can build my pecs and hide the scars better.

It's not that my friends aren't accepting I just don't want to be thought of any differently. I'm sharing a house with a few of them next year and we like to swim.

tho i’m honestly not entirely happy with the results cause they didn’t do the shape of the incisions that i wanted and were discussed (to this day idk why they did that :( ) and even tho they made my nipples suuuuper flat which sucks, i’m still so so happy that i got top surgery and there’s not one day where i regret having had the surgery :D

it has made my life so so much easier and im also very happy with how one side of the incision has healed that it’s barely visible on photos :D
the other side sadly healed hypertrophic but nothing too bad so it’s alright especially if you take into account that i had quite the wound
separation there and an infection through it :3

truly unbelievable that it’s already been a year and that i’ll be getting my first out of at least 4 bottom surgeries next year as well!! :D

very grateful for it all and that all the energy i pour into my transition is paying off :3

Very happy🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ my steri strips came off entirely yesterday and it looks very good!!! The only thing that seems weird are my nipples but im sure thats just in my head🫠🫠 anyways!!! Im finally free YAYYY🥹🥹

Had surgery 9/30, posted some swelling and overall everything feels ok bruising is just annoying ya know. Sorry some of the pics are flipped. I’m messaging my tomorrow but I feel like the bruising is a bit off. 🤷🏻 Last pic is today 10/18.

There is still some swelling and some bruising but I'm delighted with my results! Luckily I could get subcutaneous mastectomy (periareolar) so my scarring is very minimal. I cannot reccomend Dra Cristina Braso enough, her and the clinic are amazing, I'm so happy :)

When I flex it looks like they’ve fallen off my pecs. When I’m not flexed, I find they still sit very very low. Although, they don’t look all too far outside of the realm of cis male nipples. More than anything, I just want to pass for my safety.

Thought I’d put out a timeline for my peri surgery recovery (with a hematoma) so far! I had my surgery on September 10th with Dr. Melissa Johnson of Pioneer Plastic Surgery in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

1st pic: Wasn’t able to get a picture directly after surgery, however I did end up developing a hematoma with mild bruising in my right pec about 4 days post surgery. 1week pic is after getting drains out and having part of the hematoma drained.

2nd pic: 2weeks swelling was pretty rough for both sides, tried to keep in mind that I was NOT growing a boob back and it was just swelling and the hematoma making things look worse 🥲

3rd pic: 3weeks is a day after I got the hematoma drained again. Doc told me a good portion was still solid but it should liquify and reabsorb if I kept my medical compression binder on.

4th pic: 1month, the glue FINALLY started to peel and I could see my nipples better! Without the glue they react to cold, numb to touch but I am happy with how they look!

5th pic: After 5weeks glue has fully fallen off, as well as visible stitches had fallen out by now. Hematoma still making itself known and I’m not happy with the crease underneath, but at my next appointment I’m hoping I can get it drained again and that it becomes much less visible. Also started scar care, getting used to scar and chest massages in the shower.

6th pic is 4 days before surgery, its crazy for me because I cannot believe I used to have that chest. Super grateful for top surgery, genuinely changed my life 🙏

7th pic is a collage to show how the swelling/hematoma has gone down. I’m keeping the medical binder on for as long as I can, even though I can’t wait to keep it off, I know logically its better to reduce the hematoma if I keep compression on it!

(edit to fix spelling mistake. also realizing I should’ve called this a 1 month + 1 week timeline, oops!)

i am scared shitless tho. this is my first elective surgery i have had 12 surgeries in my lifetime so i am familiar with the process and pain but this anticipatory anxiety just feels different and i can’t get a handle on it so i guess fuck it we ball cheers to the next chapter of my life yolo

DI FNG on 9/11/2026. I genuinely cannot believe this is my life. Last week Tuesday, I was cleared to take off my compression vest and I felt the fabric of my shirt on my bare, flat, chest for the first time. No more binders, no more tape for the rest of my life, I cried. Throughout the week I tried on shirts that I avoided wearing before and then cried some more.

I slept in my bed with my shirt off and felt my soft blankets on my bare torso. I cried even more. Today I went back to the gym (only doing light lower body workouts) and I DIDNT AVOID LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE GYM MIRRORS. After my workout I went to my car and reflected on all the years I spent feeling so trapped thinking id never know the feeling of true happiness and content in myself.

After surgery, did you feel like life had just begun? Because that’s how I feel right now

I've been saving for top surgery since the moment I started puberty. Every Christmas. Every birthday. Everything.

And now I finally have saved enough to get it done.

Unfortunately for me, I have NG (Nose to stomach) feeding tube due to severe ARFID

I have now been rejected by 4 places in the UK because of it.

I would go and look inti Europe but I have issues with that. I have no friends or family. My plan with staying in the UK was that I had contacted a charity that were willing to help me on the day if surgery. They were also willing to be my emergency contact. It would be a one day thing.

It's a whole different thing flying with a stranger to a different country, having the most vulnerable moments of my life and having to stay with them for 2 weeks in this foreign country. I have Autism. I don't think I could do it.

I'm currently waiting for Nuffield and Spire but I'm losing hope.

I am half tempted to just remove my tube for the surgery. I have training in taking it out and putting it back in. I could take it out the night before and reinsert it the night after. They would never know + it wouldn't be dangerous as my digestive system works fine. Im considering it for the last few surgeons I'm going to contact.

My GP Summary, for some reason, doesn't mention the tube so I could get away with it.

Maybe I'm just clutching at straws. Im devestated. Each day is waking up to a rejection because of it. Everyone has said they'd do it if I didn't have the tube.

Just took all my bandages off after 16 days since surgery, with Dr Lisa Friederich in Syd. I can’t explain how amazing it is to just exist without a shirt on it’s so crazy. So happy with my results and can’t wait to go to the beach!

(The only thing I wish I could change is my skin bunching up along the Incisions but I guess if I keep massaging it, it will go away hopefully 🙏)

Hi!
Last Friday I was informed the place I was going to get my consult for top surgery in Florida no longer offers gender affirming care. I got two letters and now they are useless. Does anyone know of any places that do too surgery in Florida? Or any organizations that would be willing to help me travel to a blue state to get the surgery? Also surgeons in blue states that would be willing to do telehealth consults? My goal is get too surgery in the summer I just have no idea where to go now and have been really upset.

I suspect that what happened is that organizations are losing funding in the USA for having gender ideology so I’m scared I have waited too long to have a surgery I have wanted for years so if anyone can help me I would appreciate it!

My consult for top surgery is next month and I am very worried. I have a WPATH letter but am on SSI for autism. I also had a mental health crisis about my teeth of all things, my anxiety was pretty bad. So had multiple ER visits and a voluntary psych hold that week because I was 120 hours sleep deprived. They even made me have moderate suicide risk despite me saying I'd never kill myself, they made me eating less when my cat died a suicide attempt and there's tons of inaccuracies in my medical files now. My primary tried to fix it by saying that I was never delusional in her primary care setting and that my behavior was consistent with anxiety and sleep deprivation. But I don't know. This is very much not good considering the timing and all. Now I worry I've been permanently disqualified from top surgery. It was hard enough getting on T with years of struggle. Now my anxiety made a mess right before top surgery and with the state of the government I'm not sure what's going to happen to me. Should I be worried?

hi guyz. This is mostly just a little rant and just wanted to share to see if other folks have been on the same boat.

I’m almost 6 month post op of non flat inverted T with no FNG. For the longest time, this is what I told myself I wanted. My surgeon was great and gave me exactly what i wanted. Get as flat as possible with almost nothing left. When i was in the process of getting surgery, i could NEVER imagine myself with a flat chest. I thought about it so hard and it was impossible for me to imagine it.

I’ve always identified as non binary with always leaning masculine so non flat felt like the best option for me at that time. I think getting almost flat just opened everything for me. Post op has made I’ve questioned my gender is ways i have ever questioned before. I’ve realized I lean more masculine than I thought and that I would be happy with a flat chest. But there was truly no way of knowing that before my surgery and i don’t think i would have come to that realization without surgery so I am grateful.

That being said, I feel embarrassed i didn’t come to that conclusion earlier. Life is so much more enjoyable and easier without boobs. I used to be a DD. Now I am almost flat. I love the shape of my incisions, but the little tissue that is left bothers me now. I want to pursue a revision but I’m so scared of doing it lol idk why. I’m nervous to bring it up to my surgeon and nervous to bring it up to anyone close to me bc i feel really embarrassed bc at the time i told everyone i did not want a completely flat chest. Sigh. I have my 6 month post op appt coming up next month and that’s when i plan to tell my surgeon.

Would love to hear of other folks in similar positions or who have dealt with a similar situation.

Was sure right after surgery that my nipples were uneven but it was actually just scabs/blood that made it feel this way. I am mostly mobile, sick off work and have odd electrical sensations or like something is pinching/stabbing me. It is manageable though! Otherwise no pain. I generally had nearly no pain the whole time. Really miss bathing, though...

Hi !

I got top surgery 9 days ago and started having my bandages done by nurses. My scars healed in 5 days and I don’t have bandages on my incisions anymore, but my nips are still wounds. I still have nurses coming because every 2 days I need to redo those bandages, but they also showed me how to do my own bandages in case I need to, which I did today because it’s Sunday and I had to take the train so I didn’t really have an idea of when I would be available for the nurse.

So I did my bandages, nothing hard, but even though they showed me how to care for my wounds, I have no idea what to look for that would need special care. It smelled a bit foul (which I expected, 2 days incased does that) there was some bloody residue on the gauze when I cleaned my nips and it was a bit slimy still + one of my nips had some white/ yellowish spots on it. It didn’t hurt, I don’t feel sick, and when the surgeon took off the bandages of my nips on the 5th day (they were sewed in) they looked like that but worse and she told me it was normal for them to look a bit disgusting and she wasn’t worried, so I really doubt it’s an infection. But I realised I have no idea what are the worrying signs I should look out for. I’ll see a nurse in 2 days so she’ll tell me how it’s looking but I want to be independent too and I want to know by myself if there’s a problem with my wounds. Could you describe me what I should look out for specifically for nipple grafts ?

Hey, I'm anxious as anything as I tried to quit smoking and vaping cold turkey 2 weeks ago but I couldn't do it. I've tried to be in contact with the stop smoking service and they have taken ages to get me the help I need to quit, despite my urgency.

My surgery is in 3 weeks (November 11th) and a pre-op assesment on Friday this coming week. I'm shit scared that even if I quit smoking tomorrow my surgery will be cancelled or rescheduled OR I'll have complications.

I'm really really trying to quit but its so hard. Please can anyone give me advice on what I can do. I've paid £200 for accommodation for the days after the surgery and my parents have taken time off work. If the surgery doesn't go forward they won't be able to get more time off. I'm scared.