I thought I should share my top surgery results on here, because my top surgery was a little unconventional. Here's a full view of my chest. Pay attention to the right side of this photo.
And here's a closer view of that side:
As you can see, there's a little dent on one side of my chest, in addition to an extra scar attached to the main one. This is not a mistake. I specifically asked for this.
I was born premature, and in the first month of my life, my lung collapsed. When this happens, they insert a tube in your chest and suck out the fluid that comes in to fill the space, and then the vacuum that creates causes the lung to reinflate. As a result, since I was an infant, I've had a scar on my chest. When my breasts grew, the scar was firmly adhered to the muscle tissue that the breast on that side ended up having a large indentation in it. So for 23 years, my chest has had a scar on one side. And for about 15 years, my breasts were noticeably irregular. One of them had a large hollow on the side of it.
When I started pursuing top surgery, my biggest priority was that I wanted to preserve that scar. It has been a part of me for essentially my entire life. It's part of the way I look. I didn't want to lose that. And when I told my surgeon that, he immediately understood. And more than that, figuring out how to keep it was clearly a fun challenge for him. He asked if I wanted him to create an indent in my chest, so I'd retain that as well, and I said yes. I just assumed I'd have to lose that aspect of it if I wanted to have a flat chest, but he proved me wrong.
So even though I got my breasts removed, I still have the same scar from when I was a baby, and I still have a little dent in my chest. I think that's really cool. This isn't just any trans guy's chest. It's specifically my chest. Scars and all.
The reason I want to share this is so that you all realize that trans surgeries are individualized. The results are customizable to you. If there's something specific you want, even (or especially) if it isn't how other people's bodies look, you should pursue it. A good surgeon will understand that and do what they can to help you achieve it.
You don't have to try and achieve a cis body, or an average body, or a body that meets societal standards. You deserve to have your own body. It should look like it's yours.
Anyway, have another picture of my chest because it's cool:
(Additional information people might want to know: my surgeon was Dr. John Borkowski in Middletown, CT. He retired very shortly after my surgery, so you should not try and get top surgery from him. Second, he suggested several treatments to make my incision scars less visible, and I chose not to do them. If you're the kind of person who doesn't want prominent scars, don't look at how visible my scars are and get worried. That's on purpose. Third, the acne on my chest is not at all related to surgery. I always had a lot of acne on my breasts, and it took about two weeks after surgery for that to come right back. Don't look at these pictures and worry that top surgery will give you acne. That's just a me thing)