Quote from: Debra on November 10, 2015, 10:22:56 AM
Looking amazing! Is there any swelling? i can't really tell. Pretty darn awesome for only 10 days!

Thanks! And yeah, tons. My jaw is actually wider now than it was preop. But as they showed me on the cat scan, my actually bone is MUCH narrower and the height of my jaw/chin has been greatly reduced. So all of the extra width comes from swelling. I can feel and see the swelling on the jaw/chin easily. They also told me the same thing about my nose, but I don't really feel swollen there.


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Hey Dana, you look great!

Couple of questions, not too sure if anyone else asked this but could you break down the cost (including the cost of staying at Jenny's) and how long you spent in Spain for your recovery?  How was the flight back?

So far, my top choices have been either DiMaggio or Facial Team due to their excellent records from what I've read.  I'm planning on getting similar work done with my brow, nose, chin and jaw and wanted get some details.  How did you come to choose Facial Team over other doctors?

Thanks!

Quote from: Dana88 on November 10, 2015, 11:40:16 AM
Thanks! And yeah, tons. My jaw is actually wider now than it was preop. But as they showed me on the cat scan, my actually bone is MUCH narrower and the height of my jaw/chin has been greatly reduced. So all of the extra width comes from swelling. I can feel and see the swelling on the jaw/chin easily. They also told me the same thing about my nose, but I don't really feel swollen there.

Wow but no swelling in the forehead? You did have brow-ridge work done , right?

Quote from: Autumnleaf on November 10, 2015, 07:42:03 PM
Hey Dana, you look great!

Couple of questions, not too sure if anyone else asked this but could you break down the cost (including the cost of staying at Jenny's) and how long you spent in Spain for your recovery?  How was the flight back?

So far, my top choices have been either DiMaggio or Facial Team due to their excellent records from what I've read.  I'm planning on getting similar work done with my brow, nose, chin and jaw and wanted get some details.  How did you come to choose Facial Team over other doctors?

Thanks!

The cost of the surgery was €19,300. I don't remember the exact pricing quote but that was the total. It included the surgery, the anesthesia, two nights in the hospital, and two lymphatic drainage massages.

Jenny's was €2,680 when I stayed there and it was for 11 nights (two nights are spent in the hospital). My surgery was on a Friday so I was in the hospital for two nights after that, and then got back to Jenny's on a Sunday and spent 7 more nights there. I haven't headed home yet. I went to Granada and now I'm in Madrid :-). But I could have gone home on Monday.

I chose Facial Team cause I liked how naturalistic their results are. Their philosophy is that certain bony structures grow thanks to T during puberty. They are easily identifiable. All they do is remove those structures and reset your facial structure to what it would have been had it not known T. I'm only (freshly) 27, and one of my biggest fears was starting to look 'plastic' in my 20s. So that philosophy majorly appealed to me. Also I liked that thanks to techniques they've innovated, that in my case, there wasn't going to be a single visible incision or scar anywhere. My forehead incision was in my scalp and is covered by my hair, and then my jaw and chin incisions are inside me mouth. Then there was just comfort level. I consulted with a number of surgeons. It came down to FT and Zukowski for me (who I also felt very comfortable with). But I had prominent brow bossing and ultimately decided I needed a reconstruction not just bone burring.

Quote from: Debra on November 10, 2015, 09:38:08 PM
Wow but no swelling in the forehead? You did have brow-ridge work done , right?

I had major brow work done. My brow ridge was quite prominent. They said forehead swelling goes down fast, and frankly it didn't swell all that much. There's some residual swelling around my orbital rim, but not much. No one would notice it but me.


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Quote from: Dana88 on November 11, 2015, 02:59:16 AM
The cost of the surgery was €19,300. I don't remember the exact pricing quote but that was the total. It included the surgery, the anesthesia, two nights in the hospital, and two lymphatic drainage massages.

Jenny's was €2,680 when I stayed there and it was for 11 nights (two nights are spent in the hospital). My surgery was on a Friday so I was in the hospital for two nights after that, and then got back to Jenny's on a Sunday and spent 7 more nights there. I haven't headed home yet. I went to Granada and now I'm in Madrid :-). But I could have gone home on Monday.

I chose Facial Team cause I liked how naturalistic their results are. Their philosophy is that certain bony structures grow thanks to T during puberty. They are easily identifiable. All they do is remove those structures and reset your facial structure to what it would have been had it not known T. I'm only (freshly) 27, and one of my biggest fears was starting to look 'plastic' in my 20s. So that philosophy majorly appealed to me. Also I liked that thanks to techniques they've innovated, that in my case, there wasn't going to be a single visible incision or scar anywhere. My forehead incision was in my scalp and is covered by my hair, and then my jaw and chin incisions are inside me mouth. Then there was just comfort level. I consulted with a number of surgeons. It came down to FT and Zukowski for me (who I also felt very comfortable with). But I had prominent brow bossing and ultimately decided I needed a reconstruction not just bone burring.

I had major brow work done. My brow ridge was quite prominent. They said forehead swelling goes down fast, and frankly it didn't swell all that much. There's some residual swelling around my orbital rim, but not much. No one would notice it but me.


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Thank you so much for all that Dana!

Quote from: Dana88 on November 11, 2015, 02:59:16 AM
I had major brow work done. My brow ridge was quite prominent. They said forehead swelling goes down fast, and frankly it didn't swell all that much. There's some residual swelling around my orbital rim, but not much. No one would notice it but me.

Wow awesome. Very good to know

Just to give you an idea, this is a profile before and after (I took the after profile pic two days ago, there's actually been more swelling and bruising reduction since then). But this shows you more clearly the brow work that was done and the nose/genioplasty work. The genioplasty was actually a last minute addition to my procedures. After looking at my cat scan, we saw that all of my chin projection came from the very bottom of the bone, which was going to be removed when they shortened and tapered my chin (I had a very long square chin). So to counteract that loss of projection, they did a genioplasty as well as the recontouring at no additional charge.

Okay! Two week update :-). After this I'll post an update at one month. Firstly, pictures!





So the swelling continued to go down. My nerves are starting to wake back up, leading to weird itching/random shooting pains, tingling etc all over random parts of my head and face. The only places that really still have major numbness are my scalp, and the left side of my chin (the right side of my chin is totally back online). But they're slowly getting better. Each of those places continues to get more feeling day by day, sometimes hour by hour and sometimes very suddenly. For example, yesterday I was lying in bed. Until then my whole forehead except for the center of it had been totally numb. Suddenly I got all of these shooting pains and tingles in my forehead, and then after it subsided I felt it my forehead and the whole thing had feeling again! It was crazy.

FT's patient care continues to be amazing. Even though I'm no longer in Marbella, whenever I send emails to my patient coordinator, she responds within 24 hours, making me feel like I'm taken care of no matter what.

That's all for now! Feel free to ask me anything :-).

What a wonderful result!

I'm set for surgery with Facial Team on January 18th, and it's a confidence booster to see how pretty you are.

Quote from: Dana88 on November 11, 2015, 11:20:09 AM
Just to give you an idea, this is a profile before and after (I took the after profile pic two days ago, there's actually been more swelling and bruising reduction since then). But this shows you more clearly the brow work that was done and the nose/genioplasty work. The genioplasty was actually a last minute addition to my procedures. After looking at my cat scan, we saw that all of my chin projection came from the very bottom of the bone, which was going to be removed when they shortened and tapered my chin (I had a very long square chin). So to counteract that loss of projection, they did a genioplasty as well as the recontouring at no additional charge.

WOW! Such a big difference. You look AMAZING! Thank you so much for posting this.[emoji106]



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Quote from: Eveline on November 14, 2015, 09:42:03 AM
What a wonderful result!

I'm set for surgery with Facial Team on January 18th, and it's a confidence booster to see how pretty you are.

Thank you! Yeah... They're amazing :-).


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Quote from: Gladys-phylis on November 14, 2015, 10:02:32 AM
WOW! Such a big difference. You look AMAZING! Thank you so much for posting this.[emoji106]



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Thank you!!!!


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Hi Dana,

You are looking awesome.

Well done girl ... 

Quote from: Paula1 on November 17, 2015, 08:40:12 PM
Hi Dana,

You are looking awesome.

Well done girl ... 

Thank you :-). Though I think that well done should be given to Facial Team, not me :-P.


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Quote from: Dana88 on November 14, 2015, 03:38:09 AM
Okay! Two week update :-). After this I'll post an update at one month. Firstly, pictures!

You look amazing!
I was a bit worried by the discoloration and stuff in your picture a week ago, but now I can see it was just swelling.

Both of you well done ...

That's why I am having FT sort out my facial problems next year.

Having seen many of their post-op girls here in London, for me it was a no brainer to have them operate on me.

Quote from: Dana88 on November 18, 2015, 06:07:12 PM
Thank you :-). Though I think that well done should be given to Facial Team, not me :-P.


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Quote from: ThaliaNyx on November 18, 2015, 06:22:48 PM
You look amazing!
I was a bit worried by the discoloration and stuff in your picture a week ago, but now I can see it was just swelling.

It was bruising not swelling. Very common with rhinoplasty even when it's done on its own and not part of FFS :-).


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Okay! So I said I'd do a one month update and then I forgot :-P.

First! Pictures!

This was taken a week ago:


And this was taken a few days ago:


And finally this was taken last night:


Overall, I feel great. There's still some stiffness in my jaw and chin, and still a bunch of swelling there, but it's not noticeable to anyone really but me. The numbness on my chin and forehead had totally dissipated. I have some odd feeling in my chin that's hard to describe, but it's no longer numb. Now the only place that is still numb at all is the top of my head right in front of the scalp incision. The sides of my head are totally back online though. Occasionally I get weird pains around the endotines that are holding my eyebrows up haha.

Psychologically, I feel lotsa feelings :-P. I've definitely experienced some postop depression. That said, my confidence in my passability is now through the roof. Two anecdotes: one is that I'm taking two acting classes with the same teacher. One is specifically for LGBT students, so they all know I'm trans. I started that class pre my FFS. Then one is an on camera class that's open to whoever that I started after my FFS. Before doing a scene in the latter class, the teacher always asks "how are you doing?" And he wants a real answer, not a generic "fine," "I'm doing well," etc. So I said "I've been feeling a bit emotionally raw the past several days." And he responded well, you've been going through a lot, are you comfortable sharing with the class? So I did. And everyone was SHOCKED that I'm trans.

Second story is I participate as a writer in a concert series where you get assigned a singer you've never met and you have to get to know them and then write a song for them. So I met my singer. And we were chatting for over an hour. And then it comes up that I'm trans, and she also FLIPPED HER ->-bleeped-<-. She couldn't believe it. And then when we left the bar she was staring at me and I go, "what?" And she goes... "I'm trying to see it and I just can't, you're just SUCH a woman." And then I also have been getting hit on like whoa haha.

So yeah! That's it!

Gorgeous results!

Better every day, like a good bottle of wine ... 

I can't wait to get Facial Team sort out my forehead next April after all the problems caused by poor, inadequate and inappropriate surgeries down the years.