Quote from: shelleyg on January 09, 2016, 09:02:04 PM
Thanks Dena,
Im just a little younger than you. The small amount research Ive done, much of it from reading thru the numerous posts here, it would appear that given my age, and fo, Dr. Haben is probably the best option for me. I am concerned, like anyone, about the downtime with no or little voice. Anecdotally, it seems that Habens patience show a little more variability here, in terms of time with voice recovery? To be fair, this is not a criticism of his techniques, instead that larger number he sees have more challenges, lower fundamental, median age is higher, etc.
I think I recall that you didn't opt for the triple, but might have some regrets?
I am going to make consultation appointment next week, and hopefully see in in the next few weeks.
Thank you for the PM with voice tips. That is a lot of info - very appreciated
Shelley
My starting voice was so low that the triple wouldn't allow me to get away from the trained voice. Because of that, I felt it was better to have more flexibility in my voice than the small additional bump I would get out of the triple. My voice appears it will settle out around 220 Hz which for my size is a pretty good match. My trained voice can range between 160 Hz and 500 Hz which was a far better outcome than I ever expected.
Had Dr Haben told me the triple was needed, I would have handed the money over on the spot but I am glad that I didn't need the triple.
As far as recover time, we are getting a large number of his patients reporting here so you will see more issues. From what I understand, Yeson also has patients with problems who post on the internet but not here. I fully expected a long recovery time before surgery based on how my body recovered from past surgeries so I don't consider a long recovery abnormal for me.
I also suspect that Yeson rejects more difficult cases and they go somewhere else like Dr Haben. In addition, if you are old, a smoker or just have a really low starting voice, Dr Haben may be the only game in town. The first two are likely to have longer healing times.
One last item, Dr Haben will correct damage or defects while he is in there. The additional surgery will require a longer rest time and possibly longer healing time. If you look at Dr Haben's site, you will see he is a general voice surgeon and people come from all over the world for non feminization surgery.