feminization laryngoplasty, age & size?

[grace88]

Hi! I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I have been looking through Dr. Thomas' website and looked through a lot of cases. For those of you who are more familiar with the procedure, do you think age, weight, and size affect the outcome? I also heard that some of the time the vocal cords stretch after the surgery and reverts the voice back to original, would this be less common in younger patients?

[EmilyElizabeth]

I've never heard of a good result from voice-related surgery.

Maybe someone else has information I don't, but I'm never ever going to think about getting this done unless there are tons of well-documented, positive results for me to hear from.

[A]

Uhm, the general reputation of voice surgeries is very bad, and my very limited knowledge makes me estimate the satisfaction rate to 10% maximum. Think about this a LOT and ask MANY professionals before even considering it seriously. This is a serious risk, as it can worsen or even eliminate your voice completely.

As for your question, as with every single surgery (I think), I am sure that young age and healthy weight decrease risks to some extent. But how much is "some" is unknown to me. I do not know WHAT risks it reduces either (voice-related risks, or life-threatening risks only, etc.) It may be very small. As for body size, I have no idea. In any case, I do not think even the best possible parameters could make the operation worth it... Unless there have been some serious advances.

[Lara]

I personally know 2 people who have gone to Dr Thomas, and they sound awesome. I am always very jealous of their voices, and I'm saving as much as I can so I can have surgery with him as well. Both were young (late 20's early 30's) and very skinny. That's as much as I can say about it. The results on his site are worrisome, but I am sold from the personal experiences.

[Jameve]

I have never heard of Dr. Thomas but there's another surgeon who does vocal chord surgery and it's Dr. Mayer http://www.bevhills.com/tg/index. I am looking forward to hopefully having it done in the future since my voice training so far has been futile...but ill keep trying for now