Overview

Top surgery for transgender women is a procedure transgender women might use to increase their breast size and improve the shape of their chests. It is also called feminizing breast surgery, breast augmentation, chest construction or breast mammoplasty. Top surgery for transgender women might involve placing breast implants or tissue expanders under breast tissue. In some cases fat is taken from other parts of your body (liposuction) and injected into your breasts. Both techniques might be used, if needed.

Top surgery for transgender women 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 procedure can help transgender women transition physically to their self-affirmed gender.