How to Use top surgery in a Sentence
top surgery
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In some scenes, Alex takes off his shirt which shows his top surgery scars.
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Stylecaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
29 Sep. 2025
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Mae Martin got top surgery for gender affirming healthcare.
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Stylecaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
29 Sep. 2025
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Unlike my top surgery, the white-hot pain of being estranged from my only living parent sliced through me without any anesthetic.
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Chala June,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2023
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One of the five complainants is an HHS employee who needs a top surgery revision and to continue hormone therapy.
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Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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Though only the character’s back is visible, fans have pointed out there appear to be a scar on the side of Hunter’s chest, in a position that is fairly typical of top surgery scars.
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James Factora,
Them.,
7 Nov. 2025
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The professional group generally recommended that procedures like top surgery be delayed until age 19.
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Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to Ortiz, the Fionna and Cake series creators consulted with them on how to best represent Hunter's identity — which is how the character ended up with visible top surgery scars.
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James Factora,
Them.,
7 Nov. 2025
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Surgery on transgender minors is rare — one study found that between 2016 and 2020, about 3,200 people aged 18 and under received top surgery, in which someone’s breasts are augmented, reduced in size or removed.
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Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
10 Feb. 2026
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In August 2020, Tempest came out as non-binary and in 2023 a BBC documentary showed Tempest’s experiences having top surgery and beginning to take testosterone, as well as his mental health struggles while being a musician.
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Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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