Greetings All,
Thank you for stopping in for my first posting on my new FFS thread. Currently Deb and I are on the last leg of our honeymoon stage 2 excursion, overnighting in Amarillo Texas. We were taught by some good friends to never finish one journey without already planning your next one. Well, I/we have been planning the next one for some time now. Several ladies, in particular, Kendra, have had excellent FFS work done at FacialTeam in Marbella Spain. We will be heading in that direction next month.
A little bit of a back story. Like most of us, we believe that we pass to some degree and that other times we don't. The lack of passing is driven by many things; voice, mannerisms, size, socialized behavior, etc. Some of these things we have control over, others we don't. A biggie for me is the remaining masculine facial features that create an instant judgement in the eyes of those around us. It often isn't even thought out, just the recognition of something not right about what they are seeing that leads to a more studious look and judgement. I sent some pictures off to FacialTeam with the request to identify my facial characteristics that could be worked on to reduce that occurrence of instantaneous mis gendering. I was actually hoping for them to say, "Wow, you are already feminine in most every way and we can only see a minor tweak or two to help you out". That wasn't the case but during our skype consultation Dr. Simon did an excellent job of identifying several areas that can significantly help and he did it in a manner that both Deb and I see the potential.
So, the game has begun. We have reservations to fly to Paris for a few days of touristing and then going to Marbella for the procedure and recovery, followed by a week in Barcelona for some extra culture saturation and enjoyment before returning home. We will be leaving in late March and returning a month later.
So why start this thread now? Next Monday I have a skype consultation with Dr. Bellinga to discuss what I want to have done to my nose. Actually, I have no clue as to what I want changed, or more properly how I want my features changed. I do want brow boss reduction, nose changes, some jaw stuff, you know, the usual stuff.....but how to make them look....no clue. Perhaps just hand him a picture of Julia Roberts and say, "sort of like her". How many of you have specific details of just what you want to look like after a procedure? I will let you know how my Monday skype conversation works out.
Now here is the deal, I will make lots of postings about this next step in our journey as long as I get a lot of feedback and responses from all of you....OK?
Until next time,
Tia Anne
