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Part 3: Double Incision Top Surgery Scar Shapes

If you're considering Double Incision Top Surgery and scar shape is important to you, you'll definitely want to do a deep dive into this article by Dr. Laurel Chandler!

Scar shape is a discussion that Dr. Chandler loves to have with patients and she is an exceptional resource on the topic. With detailed descriptions of Double Incision scar shapes and how anatomy influences them, Dr. Chandler offers up a definitive guide that will help you refine your Top Surgery goals.

Topics Covered:

• You have options!
  
• Anatomy may restrict scar shape
  
• Scar shape preferences may or may not be related to gender identity
  
• Scar shapes:
  
  • Straighter appearing scars
    
  • Curved scars
    
  • Contoured scars
    
  • Connected scars
    
  • Options for managing prior Breast Reduction scars
    
  • Extended scars to remove excess tissue (preventing Dog Ears)
    
• Scar combinations are possible
  
• Scar placement can help eliminate skin folds

Ready to dig in? Read the full article on TransHealthCare.

"Dr. Chandler gave me the opportunity to customize every aspect of my Top Surgery and make my scars look exactly how I wanted. Dr. Chandler and her staff are so sweet and care very much about their patients. If you are looking to get Top Surgery, I can highly recommend seeing Dr. Chandler."

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Dr. Laurel Chandler is a Harvard fellowship-trained and board-certified plastic surgeon who received specialty training in Top Surgery from some of the best experts in the field. Based in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Dr. Chandler provides personalized care for transmasculine and non-binary patients with a practice that is over 90% gender-affirming Top Surgery and Body Contouring.

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More about Top Surgery Scars:

• Top Surgery Scar Care: Are You Making These Common Mistakes?
• Top Surgery Scar Care: Advanced Topical Scar Treatment

 

Last updated: 11/11/22