Risks

Like any other type of major surgery, top surgery for transgender women poses a risk of bleeding, infection and an adverse reaction to anesthesia. Other complications might include:

• Scar tissue that distorts the shape of the breast implant (capsular contracture)
• Fluid accumulation beneath the skin (seroma)
• A solid swelling of clotted blood within your tissues (hematoma)
• Breast pain
• Asymmetry of the breasts or breast creases
• Implant displacement, leak or infection
• Dissatisfaction with appearance after surgery

Correcting these complications might require more surgery. Within 10 years of surgery, you might also need implant replacement.