Can A Male With A Large Adam’s Apple Have It Reduced?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 38 year old male. I’m interested in getting my adam’s apple reduced. It’s grow too much, honestly I’ve never seen an Adam’s apple protruding like mine. It’s really bothering me since I was a teenager. I’ve been searching about the surgery then I found your webpage with some fantastic results. Have you ever reduced a protruding Adam’s apple like mine? How much it can be reduced? Could you share some before/after photos of similar cases? Thank you so much

A:Unlike transgender MTF tracheal reduction where the goal is to take a normal male thyroid cartilage protrusion and flatten it as much as possible when a cis-male -presents for tracheal reduction it is a bit different. They usually have an abnormally enlarged tracheal prominence and the goal is to reduce it to normal. (not flatten it) Thus I have seen numerous large male thyroid cartilage prominences. Whether yours is larger than anyone i have seen before I can not yet say since I have not yet seen a picture of it. Regardless I am sure it can be reduced. The only question is how much of its prominence can be safely taken down.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon