by GDT Gender Surgery | Aug 30, 2026 | Gender Affirming Surgery
Shaping the nipple and areola is one of the most important aspects of top surgery in determining the final appearance of the chest. On a masculine chest, the areola is smaller, the nipple is shorter, and both sit lower and more to the side than on a female chest1,2,...
by GDT Gender Surgery | Aug 4, 2026 | Gender Affirming Surgery
For many transmasculine, non-binary and gender-diverse people, a chest binder is part of daily life long before surgery is on the table, and sometimes instead of surgery altogether. After top surgery, a different garment does a different job: a post-surgical...
by GDT Gender Surgery | Jul 29, 2026 | Gender Affirming Surgery
Every top surgery leaves scars. What varies and what can be planned is where they sit, what shape they take, and how well they fade. Those three things are decided partly by the surgical technique, partly by your anatomy, and partly by how the scars are looked after...
by GDT Gender Surgery | Apr 27, 2026 | Gender Affirming Surgery
A complete, honest guide to chest masculinisation with the periareolar technique — written for patients, by Mr Giuseppe Di Taranto, Consultant Plastic Surgeon. Mr Giuseppe Di Taranto — Consultant Plastic Surgeon NHS plastic surgeon and specialist in gender-affirming...
by GDT Gender Surgery | Jan 2, 2025 | Gender Affirming Surgery
Closure of the London Transgender Clinic - One Year On In December 2023, the trans community was left reeling by news that the London Transgender Clinic, the UK’s leading centre for gender affirming surgery, had shuttered its services. The news was posted on social...
by GDT Gender Surgery | Oct 29, 2024 | Gender Affirming Surgery
Ask Me Anything with Dr Giuseppe DI Taranto Ask Me Anything with Dr Giuseppe DI Taranto Dr Di Taranto recently took to Reddit for an exclusive live Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with members of the TransgenderUK subreddit. The AMA offered community members a rare...
