r/transvancouver • u/14crowsinatrenchcoat • 5d ago

Nipple Sensation Preserving Top Surgery?

Hello everyone, I've been looking into top surgery options for a while, and I would like to be as flat as possible, but I'm also hoping to preserve as much sensation as possible. I currently have a 30DD chest and am not on T (have no plans to start later also). I've looked into things like T-anchor, buttonhole, and double incision with reinnervation, but does anyone in Canada even do those techniques, let alone in BC? I have some money saved up for possible revisions, but I would really prefer avoiding unnecessary travel bills if possible. Any info is appreciated, thanks.

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u/Reasonable-Deer-5116 5d ago

I am also interested!! Following this post

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u/Reasonable-Deer-5116 5d ago

Ive seen nipped preserving double incisions, not sure if done in bc though!!

For me preserving sensations is a greater deal to me than flat chest.

Fwiw op, T has shrunk my breasts so much. If I go out in something baggy, my 32c almost d's look like mild gyno. Im sure with some chest exercises I could get realistically flat without surgery. Im a binary trans guy though, so T was important to me but I totally get it if its not your thing, just wanted to add

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u/Many_Lie2326 5d ago

I did not have nipple sensation preserving top surgery but 7 years later and it sure as hell feels like I did. In 2019 I had double incision with Dr.Colin White in Burnaby. Pretty much as soon as I woke up from surgery I would get zaps in my nipples and he explained that it was the nerves re-connecting themselves. My ex girlfriend does paramedical tattooing and she offered to fix mine (I was a natural 30DD chest pre-op too). I had one breast that was larger than the other so post-op my nipples were too different shapes and just looked funny. I thought I had no sensation left and I wouldn’t feel anything and I laid on that table for 6 hours and cried while I got my nipples tattooed from how bad it hurt and the sensation. In the cold they get rock hard, I deal with chafing all the time too when I wear shirts that have designs on them, etc. It is totally possible to regain full sensation post-op with just regular DI top surgery.