{"id":18074,"date":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","slug":"trans-woman-new-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"La cirug\u00eda de reafirmaci\u00f3n de g\u00e9nero dio una nueva vida a una mujer transexual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asignada al sexo masculino al nacer, sufri\u00f3 una disforia de g\u00e9nero que lleg\u00f3 a ser tan grave que apenas pod\u00eda mirarse al espejo a medida que crec\u00eda. La disforia de g\u00e9nero se produce cuando no hay correspondencia entre el sexo biol\u00f3gico y la identidad de g\u00e9nero de una persona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Odiaba lo que ve\u00eda en el espejo\", dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni, que ahora tiene 65 a\u00f1os, creci\u00f3 en una \u00e9poca en la que la palabra \"transexual\" apenas se utilizaba y la cirug\u00eda de reafirmaci\u00f3n de g\u00e9nero no era una opci\u00f3n. \"Crec\u00ed y viv\u00ed buena parte de mi vida sabiendo que algo no iba bien\", afirma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viviendo como un var\u00f3n, pas\u00f3 seis a\u00f1os en un submarino nuclear y luego visti\u00f3 el uniforme de polic\u00eda durante 23 a\u00f1os, jubil\u00e1ndose como sargento. No fue hasta dos a\u00f1os antes de jubilarse cuando Toni decidi\u00f3 pasar a la acci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom\u00f3 hormonas para desarrollar rasgos m\u00e1s femeninos, pero no se lo dijo a sus compa\u00f1eros. Ocultaba sus pechos en desarrollo bajo el chaleco antibalas y llegaba al trabajo de uniforme, evitando los vestuarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando Toni decidi\u00f3 someterse a una operaci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica de reafirmaci\u00f3n de g\u00e9nero como parte de su transici\u00f3n, se encontr\u00f3 con lo siguiente Dra. Caroline Plamondon<\/a>cirujana pl\u00e1stica de Southcoast Health, entre cuyos pacientes se encuentran miembros de la comunidad LGBTQ+. Tambi\u00e9n ha sido oradora y conferenciante en actos del Orgullo LGBTQ+ y es miembro activo de la Asociaci\u00f3n Profesional Mundial para la Salud Transg\u00e9nero<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni qued\u00f3 tan impresionada con las cualificaciones de la Dra. Plamondon y su enfoque personal y compasivo que viaj\u00f3 90 minutos desde su casa en Connecticut para ver a la cirujana en Dartmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Dra. Plamondon y su personal tienen cuidado de utilizar los pronombres preferidos del paciente, dice Toni, y entienden que las cirug\u00edas son m\u00e9dicamente necesarias para muchos pacientes transexuales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"No s\u00f3lo entiende de est\u00e9tica, sino tambi\u00e9n de disforia de g\u00e9nero\", dice Toni. \"Por ejemplo, todo el razonamiento para la cirug\u00eda superior es diferente para una persona trans que para una mujer cis que tiene c\u00e1ncer de mama\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antes de realizar la cirug\u00eda de aumento de pecho de Toni, el Dr. Plamondon utiliz\u00f3 im\u00e1genes VECTRA 3-D para simular c\u00f3mo quedar\u00eda Toni con implantes de distintos tama\u00f1os y le explic\u00f3 las opciones de cirug\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni quer\u00eda un aspecto natural, por lo que opt\u00f3 por implantes bajo el m\u00fasculo. El Dr. Plamondon tambi\u00e9n le practic\u00f3 una abdominoplastia para afinar su silueta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"En lugar de un rect\u00e1ngulo, ahora tengo una figura\", dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni ayuda a poner en contacto a los pacientes con las opciones de cirug\u00eda de reafirmaci\u00f3n de g\u00e9nero en su trabajo como navegante de pacientes en un centro de salud en Rhode Island. Debido a sus experiencias personales, ahora recomienda el Dr. Plamondon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"La Dra. Plamondon es una gran defensora de las personas trans y una gran profesional\", afirma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni est\u00e1 encantada con los cambios en su vida. Las personas m\u00e1s cercanas a ella, su mujer y su hija, le apoyan y encuentra un gran sentido a su trabajo con la comunidad trans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hace poco, Toni le pregunt\u00f3 a su mujer, Rita, qu\u00e9 se siente al ser lesbiana. Ella respondi\u00f3 tir\u00e1ndole una almohada. \"Me deleito con mi feminidad\", dijo Toni. \"Es una expresi\u00f3n de lo que soy. Tener eso es poder vivir como una persona completa\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Southcoast Health Plastic Surgery and Cosmetics, visite Cirug\u00eda Pl\u00e1stica | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18075,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18074","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGender-Affirming Surgery Gave a Trans Woman New Life - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Toni was so impressed with Dr. Plamondon\u2019s qualifications and her personal, compassionate approach that she traveled 90 minutes from her home in Connecticut to see the surgeon in Dartmouth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gender-Affirming Surgery Gave a Trans Woman New Life - 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