looks like Dr. Spiegel is now offering glottoplasty

[iKate]

Do you really thing that this makes such a difference? I think I would not have chosen to go for VFS if I had a 180 Hz voice already. Any surgery carries risks, VFS definitely also does change some aspects of the voice that are not always great. Soem people reported some decrease in volume, some hoarseness that comes easier post VFS, some loss in upper range... not sure if those are worth going from 180 to 220 Hz.

Are you a petite feminine person that you say a 180 Hz voice would not fit to you?

The difference between 180Hz and 220Hz is pretty dramatic to me. I am around 220-250Hz and I couldn't imagine going back below 200.

[anjaq]

My morning voice bothers me.. and when I get a cold I get really uncomfortable with my voice. Otherwise in normal daily life I get by with my voice more or less fine. Its not ultra feminine, but its OK enough, I guess.
I wouldnt say Im petite looking person at 5-11, more or less about average female built... I just think my voice is still in somewhat androgynous range, while my appearance isnt. I think of it more as an added benefit to resolving my morning voice and cold voice issue. It is worth taking the risk of less than ideal result... is why Im not decided yet.

Sounds like how I felt with my 140-150 Hz voice, which would drop to 100-120 in bad moments. I hated it often, sometimes I felt ok with it, often people told me it sounds female in any case... but I did not want it. I wanted about 190-200 Hz maybe, Dr Kim sait it would be 210, now it is more like 170-180, but thats ok, I guess. And going up a little bit is not hard - when I read and put just a little bit of effort into directing my voice, it is above 200 Hz, but my relaxed voice is more in the 170 Hz range. I am 5'8 , but have a bit of a heavy built, I guess thats ok then, because 5'8 is in the upper 10% or so of female size distribution - also I am German and german women have lower voices anyways.