Hello,

As I said in the title, I have mixed feelings about getting hip implants. I mean, there is a part of me that wants them for the sake of having my curvaceous womanly figure but another part of me is saying "don't bother" mainly because i don't think it will look too natural and I want to look and sound as much like a cis woman as possible.

The thing about it is hip implants will obviously do nothing about the manly V-pelvic outline that is bothering the hell out of me, and not many cis women have that (I don't think). I am also afraid the hip implants will feel uncomfortable and look unnatural.

If you've have had hip implants what were your experiences? Did the implants soften or look more natural after a certain period of time?

I haven't but a close friend did. She went through a lot of pain when they failed and came out through the incisions, the 'gaps' have never been successfully refilled, and still has pain in sitting.

Probably not a feminising surgery I would choose but that is only my opinion.

I have a friend who had the hip implant procedure done in Mexico about 1 1/2 years ago. She complains of discomfort all the time and when sitting can feel them in there. Maybe that 'feeling' goes away in time.

Just in case you are thinking about it (and small warning)  -- I also have another friend (years past) who had silicone injections in her hips and derriere. It looked beautiful for about 1 year. One side migrated down her thigh and she could not sit without pain due to lumps in her butt. It was causing circulation problems. She was attempting to have it removed, but to do it would scar her. As far as I know she had some removed but I lost contact with her. I know this is a little too much info, but I hope it helps.

I let the hormones pretty much do there thing and it took a long time but one day I looked in the mirror and was surprised at what had happened to the lower part of my body. Something we said in our group about breast implants but applies to all the surgeries they are doing today is don't do a surgery until the hormones have had time to work. A few people had implants early then had to have them removed because they developed so much that the breast implants made them look wrong.

I plan to let hormones do their thing for 2 years then I'll evaluate whether I want to do body contouring. I won't do hip implants but I may do fat transfer.

Other than the the usual things about cosmetic surgery, like don't do silicone injections, pick a reputable doctor, and there is always some risk, I understand completely. I'm hoping to get very wide hips, an enormous bum, and large breasts after I start HRT (be realistic, Rachel, be realistic girl). Unfortunately, I think I'm going to need procedures to get those, but I am going to wait to see what HRT does first. Don't do anything you have a bad feeling about, have realistic expectations, and do it because you want it for yourself and not for other people.

I started out with a total pancake butt.  I thought I was going to be a hopeless case, but 2 1/2 years later I have a very femme derriere.  Please give the hormones a chance.  Sometimes it takes cisgirls several years before it fully develops.  Surgery of this kind should be a last resort after many years of hormones.  Also, if you are not eating enough, your body will not store anything as fat where you actually want it to collect.

Quote from: herekitten on June 30, 2015, 01:49:39 PM
I have a friend who had the hip implant procedure done in Mexico about 1 1/2 years ago. She complains of discomfort all the time and when sitting can feel them in there. Maybe that 'feeling' goes away in time.

Just in case you are thinking about it (and small warning)  -- I also have another friend (years past) who had silicone injections in her hips and derriere. It looked beautiful for about 1 year. One side migrated down her thigh and she could not sit without pain due to lumps in her butt. It was causing circulation problems. She was attempting to have it removed, but to do it would scar her. As far as I know she had some removed but I lost contact with her. I know this is a little too much info, but I hope it helps.

Shocker! 

I am planning on going to Mexico to have my FFS done there by Dr. Lazaro Cardenas. If I was going to do it, I was also going to have him do my hip implants as well. As of now I have a pretty big butt, which I can safely say is a little too big to be a guy.

The other thing about it was that after studying the pelvic bones of an adult male and female person. Their pelvic bones relatively look similar (note I didn't say "exactly the same" but "similar") so I'm not too worried about my pelvic bone as i once was. However, I would like an even bigger butt, and for my hips to look feminine. Hopefully bodyshapewear will be able to do it for me. I'm already getting a corset to have an hourglass shape.