Gender-affirming surgery (female-to-male)
Surgical procedure that alters sexual characteristics of a person / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gender-affirming surgery for female-to-male transgender people includes a variety of surgical procedures that alter anatomical traits to provide physical traits more comfortable to the trans man's male identity and functioning.
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Often used to refer to phalloplasty, metoidoplasty, or vaginectomy, sex reassignment surgery can also more broadly refer to many procedures an individual may have, such as male chest reconstruction, hysterectomy, or oophorectomy.
Gender-affirming surgery is usually preceded by beginning hormone treatment with testosterone.