Even if after you spent 6 - 18 months or so training your voice and you sound perfectly female, do you still go for the tracheal shave?

I would prefer to train my voice rather than turn for risky and expensive voice surgery but my Adam's Apple is a bother to me, especially when I'm going full time.

When i go out when I'm going full time i don't do much to hide my Adam's Apple because i don't feel that it's in a good enough view for people (even myself as i look at myself in the mirror) to see it, and the few times i do get clocked i'm thinking it's because they do see the Adam's Apple. Mind you, i haven't undergone any gender-related surgeries yet.

A big part of voice training is developing feminine resonance. This is accomplished by learning to raise the Adam's Apple high in the neck to constrict the throat. An added benefit is that the Adam's Apple, prominent through the thin skin at the middle of the neck, becomes less visible in the muscles and fatty tissue at the base of the jaw. As you progress in voice training you begin to unconsciously maintain your throat in this position so you are always prepared to speak. Depending on your body shape, your Adam's Apple may be so well hidden just from developing your female voice that a tracheal shape is no longer necessary. I am thin and have a fairly pronounced Adam's Apple. My Adam's Apple completely disappears into the flesh below my chin when my female alter is controlling the body. 

Quote from: AnnaiyahStarr on March 01, 2015, 10:57:21 PM
Even if after you spent 6 - 18 months or so training your voice and you sound perfectly female, do you still go for the tracheal shave?

I would prefer to train my voice rather than turn for risky and expensive voice surgery but my Adam's Apple is a bother to me, especially when I'm going full time.

When i go out when I'm going full time i don't do much to hide my Adam's Apple because i don't feel that it's in a good enough view for people (even myself as i look at myself in the mirror) to see it, and the few times i do get clocked i'm thinking it's because they do see the Adam's Apple. Mind you, i haven't undergone any gender-related surgeries yet.

I, like you, got the tracheal because it bugged me how much it stood out. I really don't think it is risky, was a 15 minute procedure and was awake. I'm sure in the context of surgery, all surgeries are a risk, but I doubt a tracheal has a high risk relative to other surgeries.
I did some voice training with a speech therapist, but getting tracheal had nothing to do wih voice training and even if voice training produced the results I wanted, I still would have gone for the surgery.