Nice to hear from a few familiar forum goers
Deeiche: Transplants are growing quickly, aren't they? The doctor Amanda brought me to, Dr. Bruno Szyferman, is incredibly humble but certainly talented. I chose to go with the incision in the back method and it's almost invisible. My hairdresser who's seen plenty of these incisions said it was by far the best. I just love the shape he created too, no way it would have been this perfect with hairline lowering. From the looks of it, it'll be pretty dense too
The price was crazy affordable, less than half what Dr. Arena's in Mexico was asking for (Dr. Arenas does transplants with Cardenas, who I was thinking of going to for FFS initially).
Sorcha: Hi! Hope you're doing well. Thanks for the complement
Possessed: Thanks again. You're right about the eyebrows, I think. Shaping helped. They are also swollen a bit still. Jaw and chin are perfectly fine, any smaller would not be proportional to my face. Dr. Rossi is particularly good with chins using the sliding genioplasty. His wife, an oral surgeon, helped too in the operating room. For some reason I had very little swelling in the lower section of the face.
Before/afters on the nose show a very big difference. It flows smoothly from the forehead too. Of all the swelling, it's still the worst here. It's a bit asymmetrical if you'll notice, because of the swelling on one side. As for the front not looking as feminine, perhaps it's just how the chips fell. My upper lip is long in regards to my face as a whole, that's one possible issue. Can't do much more as my teeth are already showing. That's why I did the lip fat transfer. But you're right about the fat transfer. I was thinking the same about cheeks/temporals (we're on the same page there). However. I've only been on a full dose of hormones for a year and a few months. My testosterone levels are stubbornly high, my doctors says. Orchiectomy or GRS are the only way as medications don't work as well as I wish. They're still in high end for a female. I did see Dr. Bowers and the wait time is over two years. I'm going to wait as I have my heart set on her.
Another reason I decided against fat transfer to the cheeks/temporals at this time is because I don't know how my body will reabsorb fat. Also, I am already doing so much else. Less than a week ago I did tumescent lipo from the upper arms, flanks, lower back, stomach, and a rather massive transfer to the butt/hips (smaller transfer to the lips as well). The doctor used smart lipo to finish it off making my recovery much better, while shrinking the skin from the inside with a laser. Right now, it looks incredible really, the doctor and I were kind of blown away at the difference it all makes. But I am crossing my fingers that my body won't just take most of it back. If it stays, I'll go forward with the fat to the cheeks/temporals. I'll go to Dr. Rossi for that and a breast augmentation as I trust him, would like to see Amanda again as well as explore the city of Buenos Aires.
Hope this thread is useful for others. I chose to do it because I believe insurance should pay for it considering facial dysphoria is as bad as genital dysphoria, or at least was in my case. Since insurance doesn't pay, someone needs to go public with their experiences with high quality, aggressive, and affordable options in other countries. I'm not for one surgeon or another so much as I just want others to know they can trust Dr. Rossi.
- Ruby
