Community Conversation => Transitioning => Facial feminization surgery => Topic started by: wannalivethetruth on February 07, 2011, 05:22:24 AM Return to Full Version
Title: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 07, 2011, 05:22:24 AM
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 07, 2011, 05:22:24 AM
My jaw is perfect..but my chin is square. The heigh of it is perfect. Its just that its square! I dont want to have surgery on my jaw. Just my chin to get rid of the two point (squareness) of it. What surgery would be best for this?
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: Sandy on February 07, 2011, 06:22:29 AM
Post by: Sandy on February 07, 2011, 06:22:29 AM
Rose:
Having your chin shaved to round its shape is one of the FFS procedures that a plastic surgeon could perform. It will round it out and make it less square.
Mine wasn't quite a classic male lantern jaw, but my surgeon did shave it a little bit. Actually changing the mandible is very dangerous and usually not recommended. But it sounds like you don't need that in any case.
-Sandy
Having your chin shaved to round its shape is one of the FFS procedures that a plastic surgeon could perform. It will round it out and make it less square.
Mine wasn't quite a classic male lantern jaw, but my surgeon did shave it a little bit. Actually changing the mandible is very dangerous and usually not recommended. But it sounds like you don't need that in any case.
-Sandy
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 07, 2011, 04:16:15 PM
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 07, 2011, 04:16:15 PM
So is there a surgery for this?
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: Sandy on February 07, 2011, 11:53:52 PM
Post by: Sandy on February 07, 2011, 11:53:52 PM
Quote from: RoseBlossom on February 07, 2011, 04:16:15 PM
So is there a surgery for this?
Yes there is. Basically the doctor take a surgical version of a dremel tool and rounds out the square parts of the chin. I'm not sure what the procedure is called, my doctor referred to it a bone shaving. It is similar to shaving down the brow bossing that is another masculine trait.
-Sandy
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: jennajane on February 08, 2011, 10:12:03 AM
Post by: jennajane on February 08, 2011, 10:12:03 AM
It is a relatively common FFS procedure, but not cheap, Dr. Spiegel is around $7500 for jaw and chin + operating room fees and anesthesia fees, Dr. Zukowski was $2500 for just the chin ($4000 for jaw) and again plus fees which could be 2-3k. HTH
Jenna
Jenna
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: Cruelladeville on February 08, 2011, 12:12:08 PM
Post by: Cruelladeville on February 08, 2011, 12:12:08 PM
A chin implant might also do it?
You'd need ideally a doctor who's a highly-skilled craniofacial expert... has a great eye for detail and understands the particular balance of your unique facial dimensions and underlying structures..
Like mine does/did....lol
You'd need ideally a doctor who's a highly-skilled craniofacial expert... has a great eye for detail and understands the particular balance of your unique facial dimensions and underlying structures..
Like mine does/did....lol
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 08, 2011, 03:21:41 PM
Post by: wannalivethetruth on February 08, 2011, 03:21:41 PM
Who did you go to?
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: jennajane on February 10, 2011, 01:19:09 PM
Post by: jennajane on February 10, 2011, 01:19:09 PM
Quote from: RoseBlossom on February 08, 2011, 03:21:41 PM
Who did you go to?
me?
I went to Dr. Z for my forehead and nose. I didn't feel I needed a forehead setback (which Speigel does), and I liked his endoscopic methods.
Jenna
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: Sandy on February 10, 2011, 02:04:31 PM
Post by: Sandy on February 10, 2011, 02:04:31 PM
Quote from: RoseBlossom on February 08, 2011, 03:21:41 PM
Who did you go to?
I'm also a "Z" girl.
-Sandy
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: jennajane on February 11, 2011, 12:44:48 PM
Post by: jennajane on February 11, 2011, 12:44:48 PM
Quote from: Sandy on February 10, 2011, 02:04:31 PM
I'm also a "Z" girl.
-Sandy
I don't think I can call myself a "Z" girl, I didn't have enough surgery and didn't get the pin.
Jenna
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: Sandy on February 11, 2011, 06:59:21 PM
Post by: Sandy on February 11, 2011, 06:59:21 PM
Quote from: jennajane on February 11, 2011, 12:44:48 PM
I don't think I can call myself a "Z" girl, I didn't have enough surgery and didn't get the pin.
Jenna
Trust me hon, you are a "Z" girl! Tell me where you want the pin sent.
If anyone questions, tell 'em they have to deal with me! I'll break their arm... :icon_pistoles: :D
-Sandy(I still have a little upper body strength left)
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: AlexCallende on May 08, 2011, 08:03:08 AM
Post by: AlexCallende on May 08, 2011, 08:03:08 AM
Quote from: jennajane on February 10, 2011, 01:19:09 PM
me?
I went to Dr. Z for my forehead and nose. I didn't feel I needed a forehead setback (which Speigel does), and I liked his endoscopic methods.
Jenna
Hi, Jenna!
I saw your post on Dr. Zukowski (in Illinois?) and I became very interested in his procedure. I have some slightly embossed brow bones. I thought about just getting fat implant for that very shallow depression slightly above/between the bones.
Could you explain hat is this endoscopic method for the brow bone? And what the costs are like?
Thank you very much!
Alex
Title: Re: What surgery would you suggest for this?
Post by: jennajane on May 10, 2011, 05:02:04 PM
Post by: jennajane on May 10, 2011, 05:02:04 PM
He of course could explain it better and he is more than happy to do so. He is a good salesman! He can do the brow reduction procedure from 3 smaller incision from the hairline or from one long incision if you are going to do a scalp advance at the same time. He goes in with a camera and tools through the incisions without actually pulling the forehead skin down. This allows him to leave a couple of large nerves intact that is not possible with non-endoscopic methods. This has the effect of having much lower rates of long-term nerve damage in the scalp, and seems slightly less invasive to me. After a bit more than 5 months since my surgery I am starting to get feeling back in my scalp. It has been itchy for the last couple of months.
I had the procedure combined with a couple other procedures, but I imagine that just the brow would be about $10k
I hope that answers you questions.
Jenna
I had the procedure combined with a couple other procedures, but I imagine that just the brow would be about $10k
I hope that answers you questions.
Jenna