Top surgery for transgender women and nonbinary people is a procedure to increase breast size and change the shape of the chest. It’s also called feminizing breast surgery, breast augmentation, chest construction or breast mammoplasty.
Top surgery for transgender women and nonbinary people might involve placing breast implants or tissue expanders under chest tissue. In some cases, fat is taken from other parts of the body and injected into the chest. Both techniques might be used, if needed.
Top surgery for transgender women and nonbinary people might be done as a step in the process of treating discomfort when gender identity differs from sex assigned at birth (gender dysphoria/incongruence). The procedure can help transgender women and nonbinary people transition physically to their self-affirmed gender.
In order to qualify for gender affirming surgery coverage through OHIP, there must be a year of therapeutic hormone use with no tissue development. (less than Tanner Stage 2).