Resource links

Pre-surgical considerations

• GenderConfirmation's FTM videos
• Achieving a NONBINARY look with TOP SURGERY

Pre-op questions

• TopSurgery's questions to ask at your consult
• TransHealthSA's question to ask your top surgeon

Pre-op exercises

• Queer Doc's exercises

Preparing for top surgery

• Kaiser Permanente's prep for transgender top surgery
• Kaiser Permanente's top surgery packet (good info regarding FMLA and SDI)

Top Surgery rehab guides

• Top Surgery Recovery Case Study
• Getting back to exercise

Medication reminder/tracker

• "Medication tracking log"
• We used this app for medication reminders: Max

Skin and scar management

• Scar massage
• Scar strips vs gel
• Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin
• Trans Guys: Complete Guide to Surgery Scar Care

Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD)

• How to self manual lymphatic drainage) Note: not all steps in this packet are necessary. Do not do MLD on the chest or do scar massage until 2-3 weeks post op. Also, interaxillary (step 8) and axillary-inguinal (step 9-11) pathways are not necessary.
• Self MLD first 2-3 weeks.pdf
• Self MLD weeks 3 + wks post op.pdf
• The Lymphatic Drainage System
• Intro to the Lymph System

Nipple grafts

• Nipple Grafts
• In the occasion that your nipple graft does not take:
  • Temporary Nipple Tattoos
  • Permanent tattoos
  • Nipple and Decorative Tattoo artists near Santa Cruz, CA:
    • Tessia Spisak: (510) 229-8261
    • Jil Hoyer (Los Gatos)
  • Silicone nipples