Body Contouring Top Surgery Performed by Fairfield County Plastic Surgeon Dr. Laurel Chandler

Body Feminization

Body feminization generally refers to smoothing out the lateral torso to create a more feminine appearance to the trunk. This is most commonly employed to remove excess fat from the lateral waistline, to create a more “hour glass ” figure to the torso. If you have excess fatty tissue but no skin excess (the areas are full but the skin is not sagging or hanging), you are likely a good candidate for liposuction of these areas alone. You can read more about liposuction here

Techniques & Incisions

If you have skin excess which is identified by sagging or hanging skin, you may require a skin excision procedure such as an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or lower body lift. These procedures involve larger incisions, resulting in longer scars, but are beneficial in that they allow removal of excess skin.

Nonbinary Body Contouring

Body contouring for nonbinary individuals depends on the individual’s preferences and surgical goals. Achieving the ideal shape to your torso depends on which parts of your figure give you dysphoria. If you were assigned female at birth, you may feel dysphoria in that your silhouette feels too much like an “hour glass” shape. If this is the cases, you may feel relief from dysphoria by liposuction to the lateral hips (“love handles”) to achieve a more neutral appearance to your to rso. If you were assigned male at birth, you may feel your torso appears too masculine and your dysphoria may be related to lessening the rectangular appearance to your torso by liposuction to the waistline. If you have excess fatty tissue but no skin excess (the areas are full but the skin is not sagging or hanging), you are likely a good candidate for liposuction of these areas alone. You can read more about liposuction here.

Body Masculinization

Body masculinization generally refers to smoothing out the lateral torso to create a more masculine appearance to the trunk. This is most commonly employed to flatten the “love handles” laterally, which tend to be associated with a feminine figure. If you have excess fatty tissue but no skin excess (the areas are full but the skin is not sagging or hanging), you are likely a good candidate for liposuction of these areas alone. You can read more about liposuction here.

Techniques & Incisions

If you have skin excess which is identified by sagging or hanging skin, you may require a skin excision procedure such as an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or lower body lift. These procedures involve larger incisions, resulting in longer scars, but are beneficial in that they allow removal of excess skin.