Gender Affirming Body Contouring and Physical Transformation in Transgender Individuals
There is a subset of transgender individuals, who after having undergone gender affirming surgeries want body contouring so that the overall body shape is congruent to the body image. Hormonal therapy can bring about a considerable change in the physical transformation. However, there is an increase...
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| description | There is a subset of transgender individuals, who after having undergone gender affirming surgeries want body contouring so that the overall body shape is congruent to the body image. Hormonal therapy can bring about a considerable change in the physical transformation. However, there is an increase in requests for specific body contouring procedures because of increased awareness in the society. There are significant differences between the skeletal as well as soft tissue characteristics of male and female body. Body contouring in transgender individuals can be achieved by altering the skeletal structure or the overlying soft tissues or combining both. In this article, we discuss body contouring as an adjunct to gender affirming surgeries, in both male to female and female to male transgender individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0585b87ec2b64c26a640497189a7192f2022-12-22T02:15:30ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2022-04-01550217918710.1055/s-0042-1749099Gender Affirming Body Contouring and Physical Transformation in Transgender IndividualsArjun Asokan0Madhu K. Sudheendran1Department of Plastic Surgery, Renai Medicity, Cochin, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Renai Medicity, Cochin, Kerala, IndiaThere is a subset of transgender individuals, who after having undergone gender affirming surgeries want body contouring so that the overall body shape is congruent to the body image. Hormonal therapy can bring about a considerable change in the physical transformation. However, there is an increase in requests for specific body contouring procedures because of increased awareness in the society. There are significant differences between the skeletal as well as soft tissue characteristics of male and female body. Body contouring in transgender individuals can be achieved by altering the skeletal structure or the overlying soft tissues or combining both. In this article, we discuss body contouring as an adjunct to gender affirming surgeries, in both male to female and female to male transgender individuals.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1749099body contouringtransgendershoulder feminization |
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