Surgery
What we’ve all been waiting for: Third amended complaint and motion for preliminary injunction filed against Florida SB 254 adult trans care restrictions, including the ban on nurse practitioner prescribers and the mandated in-person consent forms
Key takeaways: SB 254 created arbitrary and capricious roadblocks to nearly every trans adult in Florida seeking to continue their…
CMA against Florida: Catholic Medical Association members Hruz, Van Meter, and Lappert have worked with Alliance Defending Freedom since 2017 to develop a group of anti-trans expert witnesses
Previously: Catholic Medical Association members wrote a majority of Florida Medicaid’s anti-trans expert reports. Last year, CMA declared a faith-based…
Abigail Shrier and surgeon Marci Bowers falsely claimed trans girls on puberty blockers lack sexual response after vaginoplasty
Previously: Use of puberty blockers in transgender girls, effects on genital tissue development, and vaginoplasty options (December 2018) Anatomy of…
The Trans Mammogram Gap: Large numbers of trans people aren’t receiving their recommended screenings for breast cancer. Are you?
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Routine screenings for breast cancer using regular…
Three decades and hundreds of transfeminine breast augmentations show rare regret and trends toward larger implants
Trans women and transfeminine people seeking breast augmentation as part of medical transition face certain concerns distinct from cis women…
Trans men and transmasculine people can get effective vocal pitch surgery too
I’ve previously posted about studies of vocal deepening among trans men and transmasculine people on testosterone and the range of…
Special considerations for breast augmentation in trans women
Note: This post contains illustrations of breast anatomy. Among trans women and transfeminine people, breast augmentation surgery is both frequently…
Update on cases of lymphoma linked to textured breast implants in transgender women (BIA-ALCL)
I’ve previously covered emerging findings on breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma caused by the…
Why do trans women and transfeminine people choose orchiectomy as a standalone surgery?
For trans women and transfeminine people, vaginoplasty – the surgical construction of a vulva and vagina from the penis and…
How likely are trans women to seek breast augmentation?
Feminizing hormone therapy induces the growth of breast tissue in trans women and transfeminine people, and this tissue is essentially…