Yeson voice surgery booked

[Carlita]

Another video update! Enjoy

It's really amazing, Sarah, how each new video takes you on a massive step from the one before. I mean, I thought your voice sounded great, and 100% female in mid-January, but this is moving on to a totally different level. It's not just the pitch, it's the smoothness of tone - no rasp at all in the throat - and the ease with which you automatically emphasis things by rising in pitch, rather than volume, which is the female way of talking, as opposed to the male. I don't think that anyone hearing you talk now would take you for anything other than a perfectly normal woman ... which is precisely the point of the whole thing. Good for you! And good for Yeson, too ...

[Jamie D]

Another video update! Enjoy

The smile on your face when you talk about not having to be hesitant about your voice, tells me everything I need to know.

You are a super success story!

[anjaq]

The smile on your face when you talk about not having to be hesitant about your voice, tells me everything I need to know.

+1

[sarahb]

So I've been away from Susan's for a couple months as life has kind of gotten in the way, lol. I'm at 4 1/2 months post-op now, which is crazy to think that it's already been that long. I'm still really happy with my voice. I'll be doing another video update in the next couple of days probably so you can hear what it sounds like. I'm not sure how much, if any, it's changed since my last video, but it'll be good to get another progress video out there and give a full update on how things have been progressing. I'm still going to try and be diligent about doing progress videos throughout the first year at least so others (and myself as well) can hear how it progresses over that time period.

I'm also surprised just how many others are flocking to Yeson as well. I can't wait to start hearing more post-op results from others. That's definitely a big win for Yeson, and well-deserved in my eyes.

[anjaq]

Cool Sarah - we will be eager to see another video. Maybe you can also say something about the issues that worry some - loudness, volume etc . I of course would be greatly intereste din how it feels like especially as you have used a trained voice for so long - how it does compare now to that one...if you did get the increase of 75 Hz calculated from your regular trained voice or the original voice. Also what you still do about resonance and if it is easier for you now to develop a melody when speaking that goes into higher pitches. I noticed that if I do that now, like use a high pitch for some words in a sentence - then my throat clamps up a bit to get the pitch there shortly - did you have the same issue and was it resolved? Or was it never a problem for you to use a high pitch and emphasize words by going up even higher?
Greetings

[Jennygirl]

I'd have to say that the throat clamping thing you describe is perhaps one of the biggest changes I've noticed when it comes to speaking in a higher pitch. That used to happen to me all the time, and I would end up hurting my throat when trying to talk in any higher pitch than my old regular voice.

Volume did decrease a little bit (still getting better too I think), but it's hard for me to know whether it is from vocal tremor .. I have a feeling it is at least partly! I'm researching voice doctors in LA at the moment... Hoping to get a direct look at how things have healed over the past year and see if I should get another botox injection. Really looking forward to evaluating what kind of a difference that makes sans healing from the surgery. I have watched some before/after laryngeal botox results on YouTube, and they are dramatic. This doctor in LA, Gregory Berke, also has some kind of cure for spasmodic dysphonia. At the very least he can evaluate the status of my vocal cords and apply another botox injection if necessary

[anjaq]

Yeah, totally makes sense to get the larynx checked by a professional locally. I still did not get the whole botox thing - on one side it seems to be why some people have a rather bad voice initially after that surgery - on the other hand it actually can improve the voice?
I was told yesterday that my "clamping" is from doing bad voice training as I did it mostly from videos and remote learning...which she said is overall the reason my voice is not really thet feminine sounding yet but of ocurse with some more training she claims it would be effortless for me in the future -  but of course that is words from a voice professional who had a shocked face just hearing about surgery .

[Jennygirl]

So the master of voice in LA, Dr. Berke, is out of the picture. He is too expensive and doesn't accept anything other than individual Anthem insurance (out of the picture for me).

His office referred me to one of the people he taught, I guess an apprentice. Her name is Dr. Amanda Salvado. Instead of $1,200 for a consultation with Dr. Berke, she is only $225 and "just as good". I have an appointment scheduled with her on Monday and will definitely be asking for laryngeal photos to post up here I may or may not be getting another botox injection.. that is up to her whether I need it. Very interested to see if she will detect the presence of vocal tremor that Dr. Kim diagnosed.

I'll be keeping you updated. Probably going to start YET ANOTHER thread

[AmyBerlin]

Hi Jenny,

He is too expensive and doesn't accept anything other than individual Anthem insurance (out of the picture for me).

Wow. I gather Obama wasn't entirely successful then in restoring order to the wild disarray that is American health insurance...

Anyway, wishing you all the best and keep us posted of the results! (as far as they relate to VFS)

Take care,

Amy

[Jennygirl]

It will be interesting to see how obamacare pans out, but right now it seems like a lot of doctors are not accepting it... Which kind of defeats the purpose... I guess the plans reimburse doctors much less than old school insurance and they aren't happy at all about it!

[abbyt89]

Heya

Long time no see! Sorry about my hiatus - but here's a video to update you guys



Sarah - you sound FANTASTIC!! Like my gosh you have to be so thrilled! I am so happy for you!

[Jennygirl]

ASDF@(#%*

Abby you look INCREDIBLE! And your voice is the perfect compliment. Woweee!! Amazing transformation

Welcome back! Megahugs for you girl!

[xponentialshift]

Abby you looked and sounded great in your video! I am relatively new to the site so I have nothing to compare it to...
I guess that is even better because you look and sound great without a "before" to contrast against!
Welcome back to Susan's!

[AmyBerlin]

ABBYYYYY!!!

Great to hear from you! Thanks for your video update and I'm so thrilled that you're doing so well now. You look and sound just wonderful! I mean, I knew Dr. Kim did wonders for your voice, but what Dr. diMaggio did for your face is like totally awesome!

And the recording is such a big reassurance for me: in 3 weeks, my VFS will just be behind me and I'm getting a tad nervous. But your recording (along with all the others) tells me all I need to know.

Thank you so much.

Amy

[abbyt89]

ASDF@(#%*

Abby you look INCREDIBLE! And your voice is the perfect compliment. Woweee!! Amazing transformation

Welcome back! Megahugs for you girl!

Thank you so much Jenny

I was looking at your surgery thread last night and you look absolutely gorgeous!! I was last here when you were first starting to heal and even early on you looked fantastic. What an amazing job Dr. Mayer did!!

Abby you looked and sounded great in your video! I am relatively new to the site so I have nothing to compare it to...
I guess that is even better because you look and sound great without a "before" to contrast against!
Welcome back to Susan's!

That means so much, thank you! If you want an idea of the before, one of my video's is up on Yeson's youtube channel. Although after re-watching it for the first time in months I contacted Yeson and asked if I could re-record the video now that my voice has improved and I'm post-FFS. So I will be sending the new one for them soon

ABBYYYYY!!!

Great to hear from you! Thanks for your video update and I'm so thrilled that you're doing so well now. You look and sound just wonderful! I mean, I knew Dr. Kim did wonders for your voice, but what Dr. diMaggio did for your face is like totally awesome!

And the recording is such a big reassurance for me: in 3 weeks, my VFS will just be behind me and I'm getting a tad nervous. But your recording (along with all the others) tells me all I need to know.

Thank you so much.

Amy

Amy I am so happy for you! I know it's easier said than done but please please try not to be nervous. Everything will be fine and you are in great hands with Dr. Kim. Keep us updated with how everything goes


Lisa: I got your PM and I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful words. Congratulations on your surgery and this healing-re-adjusting period is going to be over before you know it! Sorry I couldn't PM you back but it's probably because I don't have the post count for it. Anyway take care!

[abbyt89]

Oh my gosh sorry Sarah I didn't realize this was your thread lol, I thought this was the main one jenny started a while back.

And I've been going through your videos and can't get over how amazing our voice sounds. Congratulations!!

[anjaq]

ABBYYY - great to hear from you again - and with such a good voice. It totally fits you! Its not too high in pitch which could be as bad as if it was too low. Just heard this week about one woman who had to train her voice to be lower post VFS because she is tall and was sounding squeaky (Dr Thomas seems to have done it a bit too much). So I love that this voice fits you so well. IIRC you started out with a very low original pitch and you had a 1/3 suture, not a 1/2 like Jenny did, do I remember this correctly? Did you do a lot of voice training afterwards to get your resonance better as you mentioned it in the Video?

The most striking thing about your video definitely is that you are just beaming - you radiate so much happiness that its contageous - I am so happy for you!

[sarahb]

Wow, Abby your voice is really sounding great, great, great!!! You really have gotten your resonance and inflection down perfectly. And the FFS results are superb. I'm so happy for you. You really are beaming in your video and it's so obvious how happy you are now, and you should be.

[Madeline1635]

Over the past 5 years I have tried a few different voice feminization programs and also working with a Speech Therapist (Dr. Jack Pickering) and I am still not satisfied with my voice.  In person I do well, but I hate how my voice sounds over the phone.   After watching Sarah, Jenny and Abby's videos, I think that a trip to Yeson is in my future.   Thanks for sharing your results.

Madeline

[inspire]

Hey I am scheduled for mine on May21st. I wIll be getting to Seoul the 18th. I am travelling by myself. Let me know if any of you got something scheduled around that time. It be awesome to get together.