Dr Bart patient: What do I tell my hairdresser?

[Carol2000]

Hi, I have just undergone FFS surgery with Dr Bart van de Ven. It's the first time in my life I have been happy to have my photo taken confident in the knowledge I will look good.

Here's the thing, I have been in stealth for a good many years and I am, at the time of writing this, 4 weeks post-op., and feeling a little paranoid.

I can see that before returning to work, where no-one knows my secret,  I am going to need to get my hair done. How do I explain to the hairdresser why I have a zig-zag scar and two scabs along my hairline? I will have to say I have had some cosmetic surgery because I look very different, but how do I easily explain away those tell-tale scars?

Any advice would be appreciated.

By the way, I can thoroughly recommend Dr Bart.

Hugs

Caroline
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[mementomori]

just tell them you had a facelift

[AbraCadabra]

just tell them you had a facelift

Exactly!
And who will bother about the details?
Such details are NOT a girl thing in my experience

So just don't go into any details on your own – otherwise just be naturally shy about it all, eh?

Axélle

[Carol2000]

Thanks for that. I'm not known for being naturally shy, but I'll give it a go. Perhaps I am worrying too much.

caroline
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[Carol2000]

Just thought I would come back with how it went with my hairdresser. She obviously spotted that something was different about me and kept looking at my face. So I just told her I had had facial cosmetic surgery. She was very interested in what procedures I had had.
I told her I had had a facelift and as I didn't fancy botox, I had undergone a lift to make my forehead look smoother and younger as well as lowering my hairline.

She thought my eyes looked fantastic and noticed that my brows were higher. She was very impressed by my new look and said I looked about 10 years younger.
She does not know my trans status and still doesn't know. I am now very relieved that it went so well.

Now I have to face my work colleagues on Monday!!! I look quite a lot different to how I looked before the FFS operation. I shall use the facelift story. Fingers crossed. ;-)

Thanks again for the advice.

Caroline
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[dejan160]

Hi Caroline,

Facelift is a good story. Tell your coworkers that you felt that you look tired and you decided to take the fate in your hands and change the tired looks. Cosmetic surgery is very common nowadays I don't think they will mind, on top of it all "normal" people are not aware of FFS and they will not even suspect a thing. I wish you a smooth recovery.

[Carol2000]

Hi Caroline,

Facelift is a good story. Tell your coworkers that you felt that you look tired and you decided to take the fate in your hands and change the tired looks. Cosmetic surgery is very common nowadays I don't think they will mind, on top of it all "normal" people are not aware of FFS and they will not even suspect a thing. I wish you a smooth recovery.

Thanks Swan,
Yesterday went very well at work. When I arrived several of my colleagues said I looked well and commented on my weight loss which was due to not being able to eat very easily after the jaw surgery. I hjad told them I was having jaw surgery. This was because I felt the most change would be in that area, especially my lips. So their attention was drawn to that area and they didn't comment on, what turned out to be, the amazing changes to my forehead, brow and around the eyes, which resulted in one woman saying I looked a lot younger.

So, yes, it went very well, apart from the fact I felt exhausted after a long day. Thankfully, the boss had already agreed to me working a three-day week until I feel up to doing a full week. So, here I am inputting this at home and trying to recover in time for tomorrow.