Adam's apple shave

The procedure is suitable for transgender women or gender-expansive patients having prominent Adam's apple. Individuals seeking the procedure should have good overall health. Should have realistic expectations from the procedure and should have an optimistic mindset for the procedure. Procedure

The tracheal shave is a simple but delicate procedure. First, the surgeon will check how much cartilage he/she can remove from the larynx without damaging the vocal cords which lie beneath Adam's apple. To ensure this, a needle is placed from outside to the inside of the thyroid cartilage right up to the level the cartilage needs to be removed. With the help of an endoscope it is checked if the needle reaches the vocal cords or not. This is an accurate method for shaving Adam's apple.

The procedure is performed under general or local anesthesia. An incision of around 2 cms is made under the chin. The surgeon can hide the incision inside a crease below the chin area. From here, a small tunnel is created to get to the thyroid cartilage. The prominence and the superior border is reduced using a surgical scalpel within safe parameters. The incision is then sutured back, and the site of the incision is covered by compression dressing.