Can a Woman Have Her Breast Completely Removed Without Appearing Transgendered?

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can a lesbian woman have a double incision breast reduction surgery done, without them being presumed to be transgendered or having gender identity disorder?

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Thank you for the question.

	I have taken care of several patients like yourself who have wished to be as &ldquo;flat&rdquo; as possible after breast reduction surgery. Sometimes the procedure needs to be done in 2 stages to avoid complications (related to blood flow and wound healing).

	Unfortunate, how other people choose to &ldquo;classify&rdquo; you is unpredictable and should be a secondary concern to your preferences and goals.

	I hope this helps.

Guido P. Gutter, MD · Answer

You can only control how you feel about yourself and not how other persons perceive you. Therefore you choose how you want to feel and appear.

	Having said that I would caution you to think hard about the (maybe unexpected) psychological impact of the procedure.  Discuss this throughly with your Plastic Surgeon and maybe even a Psychologist/Psychiatrist.

	Good luck !

Daniel Greenwald, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

A women has the right to choose the size of her breasts and the shape of her chest.  A women who wishes to be flat does not need to be identified as anything other than a women who wants her chest contoured.  There is no impediment to contouring the chest down to perfectly flat, and the patient's sex or gender identity or preference is immaterial.

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