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  2. Masculinizing surgery - Wikipedia

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    Chest reconstruction ("top surgery") is an important component of transition in the transmasculine population that can substantially improve gender incongruence. [1] This might be done as a step in the process of treating distress due to a difference between experienced or expressed gender and sex assigned at birth (gender dysphoria). The ...

  3. Chest reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    Chest reconstruction may be performed in cases of gynecomastia and gender dysphoria. People may pursue chest reconstruction, also known as top surgery, as part of transitioning. The removal of breast tissue in chest reconstruction is a type of mastectomy called a subcutaneous (under the skin) mastectomy.

  4. Gender-affirming surgery - Wikipedia

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    Trans men and others assigned female at birth may undergo one or more masculinizing procedures; such as chest reconstruction, breast reduction, hysterectomy (removal of the uterus), oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries). A penis can be constructed through metoidioplasty or phalloplasty, and a scrotum through scrotoplasty. [9]

  5. Top surgery - Wikipedia

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    Gender-affirming surgery (female-to-male), may include bilateral mastectomy and chest reconstruction; Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female), ...

  6. Real-life experience (transgender) - Wikipedia

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    With respect to mastectomy/chest reconstruction and breast augmentation, the seventh version of the SOC do not require an RLE for these procedures; nor is an RLE required for hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, or orchiectomy, or for other procedures such as facial feminization surgery and voice feminization surgery.

  7. Gender transition - Wikipedia

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    Gender transition is the process of affirming and expressing one's internal sense of gender, rather than the gender assigned to them at birth.It is the recommended course of treatment for individuals struggling with gender dysphoria, providing improved mental health outcomes in the majority of people.

  8. Johanna Olson-Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    Johanna Olson-Kennedy is an American physician who specializes in the care of children and teenagers with gender dysphoria and youth with HIV and chronic pain.She is board-certified in pediatrics and adolescent medicine and is the medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

  9. DIEP flap - Wikipedia

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    A DIEP flap is type of breast reconstruction where blood vessels, fat, and skin from the lower belly are relocated to the chest to rebuild breasts after mastectomy. [1] DIEP stands for the deep inferior epigastric perforator artery, which runs through the abdomen. This is a type of autologous reconstruction, meaning one's own tissue is used.