YESON: Seoul from 3/17 to 3/28

[Boca.Lisa]

Hi Everyone,

Today is 3 months post op from VFS and I thought I would post a new recording along with providing some real world feedback.

Overall, I am still not sure if the surgery was worth the time and cost. I do think some people will benefit greatly from the surgery, however, because I had over 5 years of vocal training pre surgery trained voice was at 207hz when measured by Dr. Kim. The end result for me seems very similar to how I sounded previously. Unfortunately, I have not experienced any improvement in my upper range and still struggle 2x per day to hit the higher notes in my vocal exercises which I within a single octive. I am not finding it easier to reach those higher notes even after doing the exercises for a month. I'm hopeful, but not optimistic, that I'll pick up range at the higher end.

According to my parents and friends, the general consensus is that my voice still sounds about the same although they have commented that the voice sounds a bit smoother from time to time. I guess that's the result I can expect.

Not complaining, just would have liked something a little better. Here's the new recording. This is voice that comes out without any effort to raise pitch.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nhoHcdpiLc

Lisa

[anjaq]

Well - I think the voice is good, but if you say it sounded the same before...? Did you compare recordings pre and post? If you had 5 years of vocal training before and got a voice that was similar, what were your expectations for voice surgery? An increased pitch? As I understand it, you say that now you do not have to raise the voice anymore and it comes out like that. Isnt that a good benefit compared to previously where you had to raise the voice to get the same pitch? I hope that you will manage to get the higher tones work properly. Even if there is little increase in the upper range, it should at least be reachable and useable the way it was before and I think that is manageable. After 3 Months I think you are still well in that training and vocal exercise timeframe, right? So from what I get, up until month 6 there are some significant improvements to be expected, esp if you had Botox.