I didn't feel that double incision was right for me because I didn't want a completely flat chest like some people I see.
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Surgery itself was pretty easy. The hospital staff were friendly. I did, to an extent, run the pronoun gamut; I was called "he" "she" and "they" in the span of half an hour on the day I got surgery. I thought it was funny. Leading up to surgery, the doctors never gave me grief about my gender identity or transition path. I was asked whether I intended to start T, and I said maybe but not for a while if at all.
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The one annoying complication I had after surgery was vaginal problems from the post-op antibiotics. I noticed within the first week that things were not right "down there" but I figured it'd go away on its own. Two months later, I went to the doctor, and I went a couple times over the span of a few weeks for a couple treatments (yeast and BV) but they weren't effective. What was effective was "womens health" probiotics. Dr Thakar had suggested probiotics for post-op but had said that yogurt would be just as good. I ate extra-probiotic yogurt 2-3 times per day every day for three weeks post-op. So, if I were to do it again, I would get actual probiotics and not just yogurt.
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Sensation was great from Day 1. I could feel about the middle "column" of my chest just like before surgery. I couldn't feel my nipples, which I had been worried about, but it wasn't that weird. I hadn't previously felt nipple sensation way up near my armpits, so continuing to not feel nipple sensation there seemed normal. Now, a bit over a year post-op, I feel most of it. I don't feel the area on the outside of the t-anchor, below my nipples, and above the main incisions, but I feel the rest like normal. Nipple sensation is weak.
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I'm very satisfied with the surgery I got. Dr. Thakar gave me exactly what I asked for. Now, a year later, there are things I might change if I could snap my fingers, but doesn't everybody have things about their body that they might change if given a magic wand? I don't like the way my skin is redder above the scar; I feel like it looks like shadow and makes my chest look more like boobs. Same with the shape of the scars. All in all though I'm very happy with my results and I feel like my chest "feels like me". I think inverted-T must be a strength of Dr. Thakar, because the vertical incision looks incredible. In some lighting I can barely even see it.
