My Top Surgery Experience (Periareolar)

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[@no1uknow32]

I'm a gay cis guy, but I had gynecomastia and I ended up getting surgery to have it removed. That was many years ago now, but it brings back all my memories to see you so happy with your procedure! I can't express enough how satisfying it was to see my chest after surgery, even with scars and swelling. After a few months and then after years, things only continued to improve. I'm so happy for you!

[@arthur_rockwell]

Hell yeah! It's so amazing how modern medicine can help us all feel comfortable and confident in our bodies ❤️

[@bigmanrui3503]

I just wanted to say you give me a lot of hope as a young trans teen. Though I haven’t had top surgery I know that feeling of catching a glimpse of yourself since I’ve had my hair cut. It’s a wonderful thing watching myself emerge and I hope if I ever get top surgery it goes as well as yours has :)

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aww I really appreciated this comment! I totally felt the same when I cut my hair too. Congrats on taking steps towards finding yourself 🥰

[@Doglover-gh9ut]

U radiate joy and it’s contagious One of the most amazing things for me about having had top surgery is the little moments where you can wear something you couldn’t wear before or you can be shirtless somewhere or you can feel the wind blow your shirt against your chest and see that it’s flat. I still have little moments where I get so happy and appreciative that I want to cry and I had surgery a little over 3 years ago. I’m so happy you get to feel this joy too.

[@arthur_rockwell]

Awww 🥰. I love to hear that the joy doesn't wear off 🥲

[@flame.alchemist]

congrats!!! i'm a gay trans guy in college and i'm finally planning on starting to medically transition in the next few years. my family isn't accepting of me being trans which is why i have to wait a few years until i move out. i can only dream of when i can get top surgery, this is super inspiring and makes me even more excited for the future!

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aw thanks I'm so happy to hear it!

[@kerricantelupe8337]

Nothing wrong with feeling confident in how you look. Nothing narcissistic about it! I’m glad to see how happy you are, post-op :)

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aww thank you! ❤️

[@nancydrewnerd]

Congrats dude! Your results look really good! I loved hearing about all the little moments that made it more real (the toilet paper roll thing) because I have those but the other way around, with dysphoria. Like, when I still lived at home my mom had a glass shower and the frame was made of metal. I would see the reflection of my chest and feel so sad and hopeless. Hearing that it can happen the other way, where those little unexpected glimpses of yourself are positive things makes me so excited for when I get there (it'll be a while though cause I'm very broke). I'm not far in my transition. I've informally changed my name, I have a couple binders, and my hair and wardrobe have been very masculine since before I'd even figured it all out. I've known I'm a guy for a couple years and have been out a few months, so I'm not exactly at square one. What I've noticed is it's really the little everday things that give the most euphoria.

[@arthur_rockwell]

Yes exactly! It's like that everyday dysphoria got flipped around on its head. You will get there too!! And I remember having those kinds of moments even before top surgery too - like catching my reflection in the window of a car and appreciating how broad testosterone has made my surgeries. So even if top surgery takes some time for you, those casual moments of "seeing yourself" will come for you. ❤️

[@losmiquis]

Arthur, thanks for sharing this video. I was absolutely excited and literally bursted into tears. My son is having periareolar surgery in a couple of days and I am so happy for him. You look fantastic and it is evident you finally feel in your own skin. What a joy! Congratulations 🎉

[@Another_leaf]

Man, congrats on the surgery!! Your results are really good, I really hope that I can apply for top surgery too in the future

[@arthur_rockwell]

Thank you!! And good luck pursuing top surgery one day

[@plarnston]

loving your joy right now dude, it's so contagious. you look great and I'm so happy for you

[@arthur_rockwell]

:))) thank you!!

[@brody1216]

30 seconds in, and I am still in AWE how much our experiences over lap in certain ways!! I was also scheduled for spring and had my date scheduled twice before I finally had it. Very much relate to the "is this actually happening?" feeling. I didn't want to be let down anymore ://

[@marymanic8958]

God I CANNOT wait until this is me. Your experience and wisdom has been such a help to me in realizing my transness. Now, I’m seeing you living as a man and feeling joy and I am SO EXCITED to have joy, confidence, and peace like yours :)

[@LG-ie1on]

Congrats on your surgery, it looks great! So much of the negative/positive stuff you mentioned was super similar to my experience too. Top surgery is such a special, personal experience and I really appreciate you sharing yours with us :)

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aw thank you 🥰

[@samsleeman8206]

I’m getting Peri in two months! Thank you so much for making this ❤️ Hope the recovery is still going well :))

[@kevincollins53]

Congratulations, Arthur! You look amazing, and I'm so happy for you. You are overflowing with joy at finally having the body that matches who you really are, and I loved watching that joy come through in this video. I hope your continuing journey brings you everything in life that you want - you deserve it! ❤

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aww thank you! This comment really made me smile 😊

[@tyng6691]

Congrats Arthur you look awesome! You are so full of joy I can't stop smiling! Thank you for making this video. It gives me hope. I look forward to getting my mind and body aligned. I'm really early on in my transition and only out to a few friends. But getting binders, new clothes and new haircut have made me happier. It feels great to finally be able to see myself!

[@arthur_rockwell]

Hell yeah! That's amazing that these first steps are bringing you happiness - it only gets better from there :)

[@MH-gd5uu]

I am so happy for you 😍 you can really see, how hot you find your new chest now, you are basically beaming with confidence. All the best for the rest of recovery and have fun at the gym, as soon as you’re allowed:)

[@arthur_rockwell]

Awww thank you so much! ❤️

[@shezzar7038]

Your chest looks great!! I have peri in two weeks, this video (and all of your joy) just made me even more excited

[@ldsnix]

Congratulations! Your chest looks awesome!

[@kindchennn]

Your videos have been really helping me. I’ve been working through my gender journey since I was a kid. I’m now 29, realizing I am a gay man (afab). I got a gym membership to actually take your advice from another video and start working out to see results before transitioning/deciding how I want to transition. Also giving myself time to work in therapy on my depression and anxiety before transition. Just thank you, thank you thank you for sharing your journey. It gives me so much hope that I can be beautiful and love myself after transitioning.

[@arthur_rockwell]

Hell yeah that's awesome! Gym + therapy + low-and-steady transition is a powerful combo 😎

[@blueberrymuffin7207]

Hi Arthur, you look great! Absolutely beaming with joy and your chest turned out amazing too. So happy to see you happy haha

[@juliathesheep]

omg youtube hasn't shown your videos in my subs box for so long i just assumed you hadn't uploaded in awhile, so i decided to check up and i'm so glad i did!! top surgery is a huge step i hope recovery continues going well for you !!

[@arthur_rockwell]

Awww that's so sweet you checked!! And yes, everything's continued to go splendidly :)

[@Johnny_T779]

Congratulations 🎊 🎉! Your results look fantastic and your joy is contagious 😀!

[@kingcharizardakaCX]

Wow I’m so happy for you, I love your energy and your personality and I can’t wait to get top surgery some day ❤❤❤

[@hotlatino94102]

Very Happy for you Art. It shows how happy you are. Im not a trans but I believe we all deserve to be Happy People . . . live and be happy

[@adrian5011]

Congratulations Arthur, you are radiant and I am so happy for you!! I'm hoping to be in that place with my transition and also just life at some point. I was feeling particularly dysphoric today but this video felt like a little glimpse into a reality that is also possible for me one day. Thank you

[@arthur_rockwell]

Thank you!! Yes it's absolutely possible for you too. You will get there ❤️

[@yeatu]

Congrats Arthur! The results look great. I'm glad that you're so filled with joy. :))

[@bryanponce5560]

I like how happy you look.

[@AnythingExcept]

I am so happy for you! Your smile brings me joy

[@camradex]

I'm still in the process of getting top surgery but omg you look so happy, it makes me believe the wait will be worth it

[@morganetiberti4399]

You look so happy, I'm so happy for you ! Your happiness gives me so much confidence for my own transition, thank you

[@bryanponce5560]

You seem happier with your body than I’ve ever been with mine.

[@Addy_boy_ab]

Actually thanks for explaining & the full disclaimer before showing us! 👏🏻

[@AnythingExcept]

Ah it looks amazing!! Your results are excellent!

[@jacobaeden]

i had keyhole in june. my nipples hurts when i am gently rubbing it cant wait for the nerves to settle down. also you're results are great!

[@jacobaeden]

i also had complications, hematoma on my left chest.

[@TM-vl9su]

CONGRATS!

[@lostfountain595]

I have but havn't processed that I have had surgery, about 5 days after the surgery, I was feeling under my binder, not enough to harm me or mess with anything but enough to feel that my chest is actually flat and I started crying, all the day to day worry about if my chest is "flat enough" is over, no more binding and no more checking in the mirror, and this and that, I can be free. It was just a huge relief when I fist processed it.

[@yea166]

I'M SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! CONGRATS

[@grovhund]

Hi I’m a 15 yr old trans guy, I’m not out to my parents and don’t plan on it since they’re extremely religious and don’t react kindly to stuff like this. I plan on getting top surgery when I’m older but I don’t want big scars, so I hope I’m eligible for donut incisions. It makes me happy and jealous to watch videos like this.

[@arthur_rockwell]

Aw those conflicted feelings definitely make sense! I hope you end up with a body that makes you happy and people in your life who can celebrate that ❤️

[@ace.of.space.]

fantastic! so happy for you

[@captiankento3212]

THATS SO COOL

[@goblinzed3078]

I'm so happy for you!!! It looks amazing!!! I would have to have a double incision because I'm a cup d because I loved to learn about this type of top surgery too! Wish you the best things in the world man ♡

[@melissel5648]

I know it's been a while but I'm happy to see the results on someone who had peri but was on the limit like I am 😊

[@ernie39]

THAT'S SO EXCITING!! CONGRATS!!

[@Alliien34]

Congratulations !!!

[@KarolaTea]

I often feel like my brain isn't made to process instant changes. Like, getting on a plane and 7 hours later you're on the other side of the planet?!? Does not compute, this body only moves at 3mph. So not having that _one_ "wow, it really happened" moment after surgery makes perfect sense. Great to see you so happy immediately with your results ^_^

[@Addy_boy_ab]

Dude looks good. 👍🏻 Congrats I wanted that surgery 😭 but got a small incision under my peck that aren’t soo visible. & my right side is the droopy too not like the left side that’s good. Crazy lol. We’re so alike, & everything you said is so true 💯 agree! I miss my nipples doe 😢

[@wolfibird]

I keep comming back to this video to feel the post op joy radiating off of you! Do you think you will ever post an update video? I am finnaly getting Keyhole on July 11th!

[@arthur_rockwell]

Congrats on having a date!! I definitely do hope to do one... Probably in the next couple months

[@felixandsomebricks4258]

Looks so goood!! can’t wait to eventually have top surgery

[@MilesFredrick]

This makes me so happy :) Hopefully this will be me one day❤

[@arthur_rockwell]

I'm sure it will be!! I remember when top surgery just felt like a dream - and then it happened 🤯

[@smokesparkles777]

I am so happy for you :)

[@leighthomp]

You look great!! I'd love to hear more about the process before. How was your consultation? Like how did they decide to do regular peri on one and modified on the other? Could you have gotten DI or was peri the only option?

[@leighthomp]

Also, were you able to use insurance? What was the approval process like? Did you have to get letters from a therapist?

[@FutureMint]

My guy, the gender envy I get from you, it above the roof- but you look great! I am mentally preparing myself for when I get top surgery. (Once I'm out of a homophobic household) But this video explains it so well! Ty!

[@ernesto5471]

I’m getting top surgery tomorrow, It also took a year of appointments and whatever 😢, I know how it feels

[@robertsimons806]

Hi I am very glad that things work out for you I like say you look great as a men byrobert

[@arthur_rockwell]

Thanks Robert!

[@EldestMillennial]

Congratulations!

[@zvezdavan]

U kinda look like lip from shameless and I’m here for it

[@arthur_rockwell]

Ooh that's a first for me... I love that

[@brody1216]

I'm 3 weeks post op and I have to wear my compression vest for 3 more weeks! I feel like I'm going bonkers wearing it 24/7 jfjdjd. Very much looking forward to the moment I can feel just a T shirt on my skin :'''')

[@arthur_rockwell]

Omg six weeks!! Wow that's rough. But also so crazy how similar our timeline has been. I hope it's absolutely amazing when you get to put on a t-shirt for the first time post op ❤️

[@tailormadetalorraid]

i know this is an older video, but i'm wondering if you know what affects skin elasticity before top surgery? my chest is so small, especially after starting testosterone that i'm pretty sure i'd qualify in that regard. but does wearing tape instead of binding (or the other way around) affect elasticity? will my chest shrinking on testosterone make my skin too loose for peri? tyia

[@luckyjay9562]

Hey Arthur you look real cute in those glasses ;))

[@theamandias]

love the video! wait, is that a soy sauce?

[@rocko_salamanca]

YOOOO CONGRATS!!!

[@agenarts]

I wish i could have top surgery. Im a young teen and i just want everything to end. Not my life i dont mean that, but i mean just being a girl. I want it to end. Ive seen many adults around with naturally flat chest and im just really jealous. Meanwhile they want a bigger chest. But ofc the young transmasc teen with transphobic parents has to have the bigger bust. Nature just f-ing hates me. At this point i hope i get breast cancer just so i have a reason to remove them. I know cancer is really bad but i just dont care. All of my moms aunts and her mom died of breast cancer. So even if i dont get it at least i have a reason to get surgery. Im just afraid of needles. But i want T. I know there is other ways to take it but i just want my cycle to end. I dont want to deal with this. It happens at the most f-ing inconvenient moments. Oh your close to ur first day of school where you need to do laundry and pack up stuff and move a lot? Well guess what! Cycle. You wanted to do camp where you can swin and stuff? Cycle. Im just so godamn tired of this sh**. Why does the universe just f-ing hate me. Even if my dad just simply accepted me that would make hell of a difference. I never told him im trans but i know hes transphobic. And im still questioning if i should tell my therapist if i get one. My dad said he was getting me insurance so i can do therapy and get diagnosed with ADHD or whatever i may have. So i can get a 504 plan which i need. But i do research to learn about why im just different. So i have undiagnosed autism. And there are a lot of transmasc autistics so i wonder if i would need to tell the therapist about me being trans. Im gonna tell the therapist i think i have autism, but thats it. Ill also mention that i think my dad has it also since its genetic. He also experienced similar things in life to me. So if something happens at school that i dont like and i tell him he just says that he went through that also. But thing is typicals dont experience the thing but my dad just thinks it normal when i know its not.

[@krazytravtrav]

have you tried putting a cold compress eg an ice pack on the swollen area of your chest ??

[@luca_the_destroyer9811]

Pre-everything trans guy here! This video just made me so happy and excited for my own top surgery. I've considered peri-areol (B chest) but didn't really find anything informative online until this. I couldnt help but smile because you're literally glowing! Im so happy for you bro, thank you so much for this video.

[@franny5295]

Before you do something you can't undo, look into the other side of transitioning because they're not gonna tell you about it. Look into the growing numbers of detransitioners. Look at the medical consequences of taking cross sex hormones like heart disease and osteoporosis for biological females and prostate cancer for biological males. Look at the long term studies out of Europe that clearly show transitioning doesn't improve outcomes in terms of mental health. The suicide rate doesn't drop. They die later but they still die. At some point, the high of having created the body you envision gives way to the daily reality of managing consequences and complications and the expenses that go with that. You'd be surprised how quickiy IM injections given frequently can cause scar tissue and it starts to hurt. They know it doesnt fix the dysphoria but it's profitable to sell you a placebo and that's really why they're doing it. I'm serious, before you so any more than you've already done, find that growing community of young people that are realizing that their actual needs were neglected because it was easier to sell them snake oil. And pay attention to how those kids are treated. There's no help. The same people who wrote the scripts, the same people who took them to surgery, those same people who appeared to be so invested in their well being abandon them. They don't take their calls. They don't have time for them. Just think about it and give yourself the opportunity to make a more informed decision. Look at what "women" who have had double mastectomies have to say about the things they have to deal with because they're not glamorizing it. Not that the person in the video is, it's just that, when you hate something, removing it at any cost is great until you're old enough to appreciate that some costs are too high. Like the fact that there's a possibility that no matter what you do, you will stink. I'm not sure why but there's something about it that prevents things draining through that area the way they're supposed to and its just foul. Or there's a scarring thing that can happen over the long term and it binds up the nerves so that that whole side of your body is compromised. You don't realize how important your torso is into the nerves are bound up in scar tissue. A lot can go wrong and a lot does go wrong over time which is why people get tired. I don't have any easy answers honey, I wish I did. Whatever you decide on, good luck to you.

[@luca_the_destroyer9811]

@franny5295 Okay so, there's a lot to say, and I'm sure you didn't mean any harm, you just wanted to educate me on a medical matter, which is fine. I know the risks. I have informed myself. I will not be able to get that kind of medical care until I'm 18 because people are afraid I will change my mind until then. Fair enough, since many young "trans" people do these days, eventually. Nobody can say that it's guaranteed they never ever change their minds or start to feel different again. That's life. That applies to everything else too, every other permanent decision you make to change your body, tattoos, piercings, beauty/plastic surgeries, even breast reduction surgery, which saves lives too. I will not get bottom surgery done because of the risks. I know there can be consequences, they come with every single decision we make every day. But for the real transsexuals (NOT talking about those they/it nonbinary people) there is either living a sad, unfulfilled life in your biological sex and (for many) dying by suicide, or undergoing hrt and surgery to live as the opposite sex and be comfortable and happy in your body and life. It's not something you choose, or something you can just forget about, it's everyday life for me and many others. But what I CAN choose is happiness. And I will choose it over and over again. Transitioning saved the life of many trans people. And that's beautiful. Everyone dies, sooner or later. But the time we spend on this earth is ours to live. Have a nice day :)

[@o.steinman3855]

awwwww you look so happy lol

[@heyyo162]

Why are these FTM guys more handsome and manly than any gay guy I can find in Germany?

[@p1xelware]

heyy watching this 2 days post op :3

[@neomatrix4412]

does it feels weird to now walk around topless in public ?

[@dreamione5751]

👍👍👍👍

[@martymcfly8731]

ouch! Had to hold onto my own boobs to numb the phantom pain.

[@OscarGonzalez-rn7vi]

you're very cute

[@cedude69]

How disgusting & sick!!

[@jamarbrando2615]

Good Day! I just wondering do you have a partner? Can I apply to be your BF? If you may i just like sorry😏✌️

[@darussianping61]

😢😢😢 mutation