I've talked to one of the girls who had her surgery at her late forties and she looks super cute, feminine and she recommends him whole-heartedly, I presume she posted on this forum a while ago, I believe her nickname was inna or sth like that. Hopefully I'll be having few surgeries with him in the late 2014!

I had FFS back in March this year, in Thailand.

In my experience it does take a long time to heal and I think your age is a factor.  I am 55 but in pretty good health.

They don't even do FFS or VFS in my country (or anywhere near it) so my traveling to Asia (as I have done) was necessary.

I also had a consultation just before both procedures.  I wasn't a fool.  It was the only way it could be done.

Not the most pleasant experience (either one) but Now I look (and will sound) like how I feel.

At least I could do it, and life isn't without it's risks, no matter what we do or who we are.

H

I had my FFS surgery and breast Augmentation with Dr Cardenas on August 30th, 2013 and the care I received was first class.  I was 58, a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic, so having complications are often expected.  I developed a streptococcal infection in my right breast a few day after my augmentation.  Dr Cardenas and his Argentenian Post Doctoral Fellow swung right into action.  They injected an antibiotic solution through my suture line and then had to force the infection and antibiotic solution out.  It hurt like you would expect getting your breast squeezed hard, but it worked and they saved my implant.  It cost me an extra 4 days of stay in Guadalajara.  But well worth it.

Today, the results of my FFS are very good and I love my breasts.  I would go back to Dr Cardenas for any further surgery if I needed it.  I'm having my SRS in August 2014 in Thailand and am anxiously awaiting for that special day to come.  It's been a long and difficult journey and I haven't reached the end.  None of us do.  Even after SRS, there's a lifetime of dilating and special care of our new vagina that is required of us.  I just pray that now that Medicare is covering SRS, that private insurance will stop the coverage discrimination towards our community and more of us can find coverage.  Kathy

Quote from: KathrynJulia on June 11, 2014, 12:39:50 PM
I had my FFS surgery and breast Augmentation with Dr Cardenas on August 30th, 2013 and the care I received was first class.  I was 58, a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic, so having complications are often expected.  I developed a streptococcal infection in my right breast a few day after my augmentation.  Dr Cardenas and his Argentenian Post Doctoral Fellow swung right into action.  They injected an antibiotic solution through my suture line and then had to force the infection and antibiotic solution out.  It hurt like you would expect getting your breast squeezed hard, but it worked and they saved my implant.  It cost me an extra 4 days of stay in Guadalajara.  But well worth it.

Today, the results of my FFS are very good and I love my breasts.  I would go back to Dr Cardenas for any further surgery if I needed it.  I'm having my SRS in August 2014 in Thailand and am anxiously awaiting for that special day to come.  It's been a long and difficult journey and I haven't reached the end.  None of us do.  Even after SRS, there's a lifetime of dilating and special care of our new vagina that is required of us.  I just pray that now that Medicare is covering SRS, that private insurance will stop the coverage discrimination towards our community and more of us can find coverage.  Kathy

I'm 4 weeks out and I'm pretty sure I will need a revision. We did a type I on my forehead but you can still see my sinus, especially on the right side, which is my left side. This isn't swelling I see, it's the frontal sinus. Type I wasn't enough to remove the sinus prominence, only the bossing on the orbital rims. I will need type III...  and will also likely get fat grafting to the cheeks or implants, not sure which. I hate the idea that Imma have to do this all over again. Ladies if you're going to Cardenas for forehead work insist on type III if your frontal sinus is prominent, better to do it right the first time than be faced with having to do it all over again.

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 11, 2014, 10:30:29 PM
I'm 4 weeks out and I'm pretty sure I will need a revision. We did a type I on my forehead but you can still see my sinus, especially on the right side, which is my left side. This isn't swelling I see, it's the frontal sinus. Type I wasn't enough to remove the sinus prominence, only the bossing on the orbital rims. I will need type III...  and will also likely get fat grafting to the cheeks or implants, not sure which. I hate the idea that Imma have to do this all over again. Ladies if you're going to Cardenas for forehead work insist on type III if your frontal sinus is prominent, better to do it right the first time than be faced with having to do it all over again.

I see what you mean from looking at this photo of you...... I have to have all my procedures done again, after Dr Cardenas messed it up by not doing enough nor doing what I actually paid him to do. These were, a sliding genioplasty and a type III. He didnt even refund me the money that I paid him for these procedures, he just said that the same amount of time, work and effort was involved in what he had done. 

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 12, 2014, 02:08:05 PM
I'm sorry TearDrops, did he actually perform a type III procedure on you? If yes, how did it turn out for you. I understand overall you're not satisfied, but if you did the type III I would be interested in knowing how you feel about your forehead? I ask because I am trying to determine if I will go back for the type III with Cardenas. You may also private message me if you wish. Thanks, J

I paid for a type III for my forehead, I also paid for a sliding genioplasty for my chin. He did neither. I actually believe, from everything that I have read, that he does not like doing them, because its stretches him to the limits of his capabilities. All the forums I go on say the same thing over and over, "Dr C said that I didn't need a type III". Lets be honest, statistically, not my opinion, but statistically, 90% of men who have FFS will only get a truly feminine looking forehead with a type III. Anything else is pie in the sky, and your just kidding yourself if you think otherwise, you may pass okay, but with a type III, you could of had a much better end result. I paid him to do the procedure, so why the hell didn't he just do it?
Every procedure that he performed on my face has to be redone. Like I've already said several times on this forum, even if he offered to redo my surgeries for nothing, I would not let him. People only go to him because of his cheaper prices, well you get what you pay for. I'm now sick and tired of talking about Cardenas and his team of Muppets, I've warned everybody about him to the point of boring people. That is it now, no more.

Quote from: TearDrops on June 12, 2014, 08:16:46 PM
I paid for a type III for my forehead, I also paid for a sliding genioplasty for my chin. He did neither. I actually believe, from everything that I have read, that he does not like doing them, because its stretches him to the limits of his capabilities. All the forums I go on say the same thing over and over, "Dr C said that I didn't need a type III". Lets be honest, statistically, not my opinion, but statistically, 90% of men who have FFS will only get a truly feminine looking forehead with a type III. Anything else is pie in the sky, and your just kidding yourself if you think otherwise, you may pass okay, but with a type III, you could of had a much better end result. I paid him to do the procedure, so why the hell didn't he just do it?
Every procedure that he performed on my face has to be redone. Like I've already said several times on this forum, even if he offered to redo my surgeries for nothing, I would not let him. People only go to him because of his cheaper prices, well you get what you pay for. I'm now sick and tired of talking about Cardenas and his team of Muppets, I've warned everybody about him to the point of boring people. That is it now, no more.

Ok, so you paid for a type III and he didn't complete it, and didn't refund you the money, is my understanding correct?  Thanks, J
Oops, I see where you answered the questions already, that he did not refund you for paying for type III and reasoned that "  the same amount of time, work and effort was involved in what he had done. "   

PS I was asking because I thought he had done the type III on you, and he didn't. Ok, I got it.

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 12, 2014, 08:56:22 PM
PS I was asking because I thought he had done the type III on you, and he didn't. Ok, I got it.

Ive just finished writing you a very long and time consuming private message. It is very late now.........actually its now early morning and the birds have just started singing, time for me to go. Seeya

Quote from: TearDrops on June 12, 2014, 09:21:54 PM
Ive just finished writing you a very long and time consuming private message. It is very late now.........actually its now early morning and the birds have just started singing, time for me to go. Seeya

Thanks for that, I have not received it yet... Will check again later.

Quote from: TearDrops on June 12, 2014, 09:21:54 PM
Ive just finished writing you a very long and time consuming private message. It is very late now.........actually its now early morning and the birds have just started singing, time for me to go. Seeya

Can You share few highlights of what You mentioned to Jgirl? I am also considering Cardenas for couple of procedures.

What about your chin work? You paid and he didn't touch it? How do you know?

Quote from: crowcrow223 on June 13, 2014, 04:02:08 AM
Can You share few highlights of what You mentioned to Jgirl? I am also considering Cardenas for couple of procedures.

What about your chin work? You paid and he didn't touch it? How do you know?

I paid for what he described as a sliding genioplasty, It was $750 extra on top of the normal price for chin remodelling which you usually just have to make your chin more feminine. He did not do the genioplasty, but he did reshape and remodel my chin, the only thing is its now a lopsided mess. Im going to put a photo up of just my chin area so that you can all see what I mean but I will have to wait for my daughter to get home so that she can take a fresh photo. I will try to get it on here before the end of Sunday. Oh, And he kept my money for the sliding genioplasty that he never did, amongst other procedures that I paid him for that he also never did.

Whats a sliding genioplasty?

Quote from: Kiwi4Eva on October 28, 2013, 12:49:42 AM
I had FFS back in March this year, in Thailand.

In my experience it does take a long time to heal and I think your age is a factor.  I am 55 but in pretty good health.

They don't even do FFS or VFS in my country (or anywhere near it) so my traveling to Asia (as I have done) was necessary.

I also had a consultation just before both procedures.  I wasn't a fool.  It was the only way it could be done.

Not the most pleasant experience (either one) but Now I look (and will sound) like how I feel.

At least I could do it, and life isn't without it's risks, no matter what we do or who we are.

H

Could you let me know who did your surgery and what you had done, and the cost of the surgery/ies. What do you think about the results???

Quote from: crowcrow223 on June 13, 2014, 04:02:08 AM
Can You share few highlights of what You mentioned to Jgirl? I am also considering Cardenas for couple of procedures.

What about your chin work? You paid and he didn't touch it? How do you know?

I cannot find the email that I sent to jgirl anywhere. If you read this post jgirl, could you please send a copy of it to my private e mail address, that is if you did receive it, thank you.

Quote from: crowcrow223 on June 14, 2014, 03:02:39 AM
Whats a sliding genioplasty?

Dr Cardenas called it this. He told me and then showed me with a diagram, what he meant. Apparently they saw your chin off, then cut a section of bone off of it, and then affix it back into place with very small titanium plates and screws. I think some Surgeons call it a sliding osteotomy or just a chin oseotomy, but don't quote me on that, because I am unsure of the correct terminology. Anyway that is what DR C called it "A Sliding Genioplasty".

Quote from: TearDrops on June 14, 2014, 10:03:04 AM
I cannot find the email that I sent to jgirl anywhere. If you read this post jgirl, could you please send a copy of it to my private e mail address, that is if you did receive it, thank you.

Sorry, I never received the message in my inbox on Susan's...  

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 14, 2014, 10:54:20 PM
Sorry, I never received the message in my inbox on Susan's...

maybe cuz it's full? check it

Quote from: jgirl76 on June 14, 2014, 10:54:20 PM
Sorry, I never received the message in my inbox on Susan's...

Ive sent you 2 e mails, from my end it says that they have been sent. Maybe its in your spam or your mailbox is full. That first e mail took me three hours to write so I cant possibly write it over again, which is a shame because of its content. Sorry. 

 I sent you one too a few days ago Jgirl, it also seems it got lost, not sure why. Anyway... Probably some glitch